7mm Custom Bullets
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Guess I missed the news. Who’s not making 7mm bullets anymore?
MattPeetz
Banned
He passed away. Shame, he made some fantastic bullets
I wish I had known there was a top notch bullet maker in South San Francisco. I would have tried to see how he made them. I just heard the Cauterucio name a few days ago but unfortunately he passed away in 2017.
I would not be surprised if his machinery has already been sold off to people who don't know what it's good for...
I would not be surprised if his machinery has already been sold off to people who don't know what it's good for...
E-mail me after 10/16/19 
RG
RG
Don't forget us 6five guys!!
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Where did you hear that Matrix isn’t making 7mm bullets? I don’t see that on website.
what weight 7mm are you planning?
Just home from eight days of mule deer hunting - been making great 6.5 for three years now . . . a well kept secret so far: < bibullets.com > still under the NEW PRODUCTS tab.
Shot nice mule deer with a BIB 7mm, 160 Gr. BT (annealed J4 jackets) out of the Detsch die (unknown ogive) which I purchased through Charlie Hood, from Jim Hardy's estate - very good shooting bullets.
I also have a set of Ulrich 10 caliber ogive, 0.050" me'plat dies. Thus far have made only 160/165 Gr., but am starting a batch of 180 Gr., or, so - yet to be determined, depending upon jacket/nose fill: for ultimate precision, lead too far up nose is undesirable.
The Hardy/Detsch die makes a longer shank than does the Ulrich 10 ogive: the 160s, pointed in the Detsch die are working well in barrels throated for the 180/185 Bergers; the Ulrich 160's are a little short of shank for barrels so throated. RG
Shot nice mule deer with a BIB 7mm, 160 Gr. BT (annealed J4 jackets) out of the Detsch die (unknown ogive) which I purchased through Charlie Hood, from Jim Hardy's estate - very good shooting bullets.
I also have a set of Ulrich 10 caliber ogive, 0.050" me'plat dies. Thus far have made only 160/165 Gr., but am starting a batch of 180 Gr., or, so - yet to be determined, depending upon jacket/nose fill: for ultimate precision, lead too far up nose is undesirable.
The Hardy/Detsch die makes a longer shank than does the Ulrich 10 ogive: the 160s, pointed in the Detsch die are working well in barrels throated for the 180/185 Bergers; the Ulrich 160's are a little short of shank for barrels so throated. RG
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dcali
Bullet Maker
Still to be determined, but somewhere in the 180s with BCs competitive with the Bergers of similar weight. I still have to nail down the specifics. I've got a 6mm in the works first, and then the 7s are probably going to be next.
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