Gauging interest in affordable bullet-pointing die??

[JHardy]

Au contraire; a keen observer or anyone with even minimum reading comprehension skills will see no such thing. My position on the subject under discussion is exactly the opposite from yours.

I said: "If you cant make a GREAT product that gives you better waterline vertical at long range than anything else on the market or better than any custom one-off precision instrument guarded with pride in a shooters shop, you will not be able to give the product away."

You said: "If someone makes a functional bullet die which works as well as the products on the existing market, but which costs $125 instead of $250 (or more), then it will sell."

Is there any real difference in my stating: "better than" vs. your "works as well as."

How does that work for your minimum reading comprehension? Is your written position "exactly opposite" from mine? Or, is it just a distinction without a real difference?

Jim Hardy

 

[litshoot]

I have absolutely zero experience pointing bullets. Never heard of it till last month, I've shot highpower, friendly bench rest and long range once quite decently I was happy to find. I finally am building a rig semi semi capable for long range and have been looking to what is will take to make ammo for it. The number of tools alone is daunting. If a tool can be put out to be well designed and offer decent improvements than many will use them.
Seth

 

[JasonT]

Thanks everybody for your support up to this point! The initial patent has cleared, so I'm getting quotes from several machine shops to see what kind of cost structure we're looking at.

Between today and tomorrow, I'll be sending out the samples for testing to several established benchrest and tactical shooters for a final review of the functionality. I have personally tried the system with 4 different hybrid and VLD designs (same point angle), and the results are good! They're even better when pointing with the HBN and moly-coated bullets. The added lubricity really helps form the copper without compressing the tip.

At this point, I'd like to get a count of how many people would be willing to purchase the system if I went forward with a CNC-run. If you could also post here or PM me with your chosen bullet(s) to point, that'll help me gauge how many of each caliber to make.

Jason

 

[paulT]

Hi Jason, I would be interested with a view to purchase for pointing 200g Hybrids for FTR will you be producing specific bullet pointing inserts for individual bullets to be used with pointing die.

 

[JasonT]

Hey Paul, I sent you a PM to talk in a little more detail.

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

thread only 7 years old, but here goes! let's take the Speer 120 gr 25 caliber bullet. It looks almost like a SMK would look except for the lead tip. so has anyone by any chance pointed them, and tried to make a BR bullet out of them? I am always trying to see if there is an overlooked solution out there somewhere. Bring on the flame for 7 year old thread.

 

[Ned Ludd]

thread only 7 years old, but here goes! let's take the Speer 120 gr 25 caliber bullet. It looks almost like a SMK would look except for the lead tip. so has anyone by any chance pointed them, and tried to make a BR bullet out of them? I am always trying to see if there is an overlooked solution out there somewhere. Bring on the flame for 7 year old thread.

The Speer 120 gr .25 cal bullet is a spire/soft point bullet. Bullet pointing is typically carried out on open tip match bullets, as the open tip allows the pointing die to do its job properly and "squeeze" down the hollow bullet tip to a smaller cone/point/dimension. Not sure how well the solid lead tip of a spire point bullet would actually work in a pointing die, but my guess is not too well. Because the tip is already solid lead, there is really nothing for the die to squeeze down (point).

 

[DocBII]

IF,

Some buddies tried pointing various soft point bullets with the Whidden pointer about 10-15 years ago. While the results were more consistent, not worth a BR effort result.

HTH,
DocBII