Making Your Own Bullets
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DaveTooley
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It takes a lot of $$$$ for dies w/punches, jackets, lead wire, presses, core cutter and a cabinet full of misc stuff. Then an area that you can keep pretty much surgically clean.
Then in a few years of messing around you'll know when you're making a good bullet.
Then in a few years of messing around you'll know when you're making a good bullet.
Tim Singleton
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I always say you need a good stubborn streak to stick with it long enough to make a BR grade bullet
Start with giving @geo.ulrich a shout
Start with giving @geo.ulrich a shout
Tim Singleton
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@Scotty Crawford has a couple sets of dies from Allie Eubers estate
If it is short range 6mm bullets you are interested in
If it is short range 6mm bullets you are interested in
To me first you need to be a really good shooter. If you aren’t competitive with someone else’s good bullets then you are wasting your time making your own.
You'd be happier giving yourself a Pre-Frontal Lobotomy. My guess would be $5000 and a two year learning curve before you made the first bullet you would be seen shooting at a match.
Tim Singleton
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It won’t be 5grand
You can Probably get going for half that
You can Probably get going for half that
Tim Singleton
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What’s on your mind to make?
As I understand it the 2 best days of making bullets is the day you buy the dies and the day you sell the dies.
Not even close for expense, or the time frame for learning. heres one for you. I had a shooter come over on way to match to show him does and dont's for bullet making spent an afternoon with him while he made some. he went to match following sat. and sun. and won. went home set everything up a couple of calls with questions. next went to shamrock shoot shot a .1600 agg and won. back home few more calls goes to super shoot and wins either lv or hv I can't remember which. time frame from pickup end of Feb. till end of May ..... won at all 3 matches this is as hard as you want to make it, the ones that don't make it difficult succeed...
xswanted
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Well I’m not sure. More so to see if I can do it and also to experiment with designs in relation to fur damage.
The simple pleasure of knowing I made the bullets I’m using to hunt and shoot I guess.
.204 and .224 caliber stuff 50-80 grain
Nothing to the point of trying to sell bullets but I think it’d be fun to do it.
Sounds like Bart !
INShooter
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As someone who has done this for several years trying to make the best match bullets I can, I would suggest just trying the many commercial made bullets to find what you are looking for.
Not trying to discourage you, but find someone close to you that makes bullets. Visit with them to see how it is done from start to finish. If you still want to proceed then by all means call George Ulrich.
George,
that wasn't Tony Boyer was it?
In a word, NO!
In his book he states that "I am not a bullet maker...". He goes on to talk about Bart Sauter who does make bullets; and provides a step by step analysis of what is involved in the process.
For years I have cast my own pistol bullets. Simply because I could not buy quality ones at a price I could afford.
I did make my own rifle bullets for Schuetzen competition, nobody offered them. I have moved on to Sharps rifles for BPCRS, and have quit casting due to several sources for match grade projectiles.
Talk to your doctor about handling lead cores.
that wasn't Tony Boyer was it?
In a word, NO!In his book he states that "I am not a bullet maker...". He goes on to talk about Bart Sauter who does make bullets; and provides a step by step analysis of what is involved in the process.
For years I have cast my own pistol bullets. Simply because I could not buy quality ones at a price I could afford.
I did make my own rifle bullets for Schuetzen competition, nobody offered them. I have moved on to Sharps rifles for BPCRS, and have quit casting due to several sources for match grade projectiles.
Talk to your doctor about handling lead cores.
Handling lead isn't bad as long as you don't lick your hands. melting lead to cast is way worse.
Tim Singleton
Gold $$ Contributor
Om gosh that’s what happened to Bart!
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