Bullet Casting Woes

[Patrick Chadwick]

If doing a custom job, it seems the Lee push-through type bullet sizer that screws into a standard reloading press would be the easy route.

Take a look at the Johannsen catalog. The Lee sizers can be ordered in special sizes. But the delivery will not exactly be overnight!

http://www.johannsen-jagd.de/data_de...og/katalog.php

I bought one in a standard size and turned up some inserts. The turning itself is not the problem. Your problem will be in finding someone who will cut the fine US thread on the insert, or getting hold of a suitable die to do it yourself. Industrial-quality US-thread dies are v. expensive here, so if you will only ever need one, it will probably be simpler to order a custom-made sizer. But, if you are like me and want to try sizing a couple of thous large, or smaller, then you will have to consider making inserts yourself or paying a local turner, both for reasons of price and delivery. Anyway, haven't you got a Hensel custom mold? The bullets ought to be OK as cast.

---------- Post added at 12:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:27 AM ----------

As there´s no manufacturer of Werder brass outside the US, my stock of about twenty cases will have to treated VERY carefully.

Patrick, please send me the basic dimensions of a fired case from your Werder (not from a data sheet - I never trust them blindly), and I may be able to advise you.
---------- Post added at 12:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:33 AM ----------

So it´s now playing with its demise.

If you must chuck it, chuck it at me! But knock the last zero off that fancy price you quoted.
Seriously, I think you may be expecting too much from the Werder. Getting the shots into a 10" black at 300 meters is good. With the short carbine sight radius it is excellent.