30 cal bullets

G.T. · 07-19-2002, 11:20 AM

Hi Rick, Have you looked into swageing? When I was a kid,(late 50's) my dad had me swage .22 cal bullets for the 222's and the 220 swift, I did buckets full! I was too young to set up the machine, but I would cut the lead wire and put the jacket over it and swage it...one way for soft points, the other way (upside down) for solids! a little less lead yeilded hollow points.... we would weigh them after we were done...and sort them by weight! I remember it was effortless, and fun! till...later...G.T. <img src="graemlins/jumper.gif" border="0" alt="[jumper]" />

07-19-2002, 11:20 AM	#6
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 Posts	Hi Rick, Have you looked into swageing? When I was a kid,(late 50's) my dad had me swage .22 cal bullets for the 222's and the 220 swift, I did buckets full! I was too young to set up the machine, but I would cut the lead wire and put the jacket over it and swage it...one way for soft points, the other way (upside down) for solids! a little less lead yeilded hollow points.... we would weigh them after we were done...and sort them by weight! I remember it was effortless, and fun! till...later...G.T. <img src="graemlins/jumper.gif" border="0" alt="[jumper]" />