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Old 03-15-2008, 10:49 AM
george ulrich george ulrich is offline
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george,no it would flow through all just like a squirt die with multiple holes also the more holes the less pressure, but you would have to balance the amount of holes to your usable pressure otherwise they would not all fill. george p.s. sierra's are setup with multiple holes
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Old 03-16-2008, 11:53 PM
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George, we make all our lead wire in our shop using Richard Corbins 8 inch hydra swage and dies he made. He uses a lead cylinder about 4 inches by 3/4 inch and the die has multiple inserts for different size wire. Just one size at a time though, I'm not sure the lead would flow with multiple size holes. With just the one hole in my die you really can make lots of wire. We go through several hundred pounds a week with just the one die and seem to keep with production just fine.
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Old 03-17-2008, 05:57 AM
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what's the chance of seeing some pictures of the die/s and operation?
What kind of production are you running? Don't believe I've heard about your deal yet.
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Old 03-17-2008, 01:51 PM
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George, I run "Rocky Mountain Bullets". We produce 2 -3 thousand bullet a week, mostly custom bullets for 338,375 and the 408 chey tac. Anyways the dies are very simple, just a extruder die to accept the 3/4 by 4 inch lead with a hole the size of the wire you want in the top and a 3/4 punch to push the lead up into the die and out comes wire. Next time we make wire I'll try and remember to take some pic's. Maybe go to Dave Corbins web site and I think he has some pictures of the dies he produces. Richard Corbin built my dies but Dave is his brother and the look the same. www.corbins.co
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Old 03-18-2008, 05:36 AM
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Ironhorse:
Thanks for the info. Shall keep that in mind.
Hmm, what wt .375's?? They work in the H&H?
IF so, I'd like to see some of them.

I've printed Corbins books, and things out months ago. Still lacking on some details I'd like to see.
Re: wire swaging dies.

Question: Each size has it's own die head? What dia is the outside steel? Do they thread to the press, or pin somehow?

For the outlet holes, are they bushed, or just drilled holes?
When you make wire, when you change slugs, do they combine into one continous wire, or each one makes it's own length of wire?

Thank you, appreciate all the replies and info.
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Old 03-21-2008, 03:43 AM
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George, I have a single die with several different size bushings that fit into the top of the die for the different wire sizes and then a threaded bushing holds these in place. The major threaded part of the die is 1.5 inch and the top portion looks to be about 2 inch. This die threads into the top of the press and the punch fits down in the bottom where the ram comes up and pushes the lead wire out the top. And when I make wire it come out in just a single length, not continous.
Oh, the 375 bullets are 380gr. ultra low drag type bullets, but we can make most any size. I have shot them out of my 375 H&H but I'm not sure they would be the best choice for the H&H.
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Old 03-21-2008, 06:05 AM
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Ironhorse and others:
Thanks for the continous responses.
Have a little update. Yesterday, got to digging in the iron pile and found three ft section of: 2"OD x 1.25" ID with a smooth bore. Believe I'm going to hone the bore with a cyl hone. Have about an inch, or 1 1/2" deep on one end threaded and a foot of rod in matching size threaded. Then cut off pc's for exchangeable top bushings. Will turn a ram so it's just barely a slip fit.

Am thinking of milling rounded groove's on each side about half the depth of wall thickness. For supporting rods to punch thru bars on the press frame to hold the body in place. Believe this will work fine.
Do wish the bore was smaller, but, use what you've got, right? This is nice clean, new steel. I cut a 6" pc and faced the ends yesterday. SO it's on the way already. Makes more sense than trying to dill and bore a 3-4" hunk of round. This will closely fit the ram on the jack too.

More as I get to it.
Headed out of town to see a doc today and smoked the engine in the truck again. Gonna find another owner this time! Enough, I quit!
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Old 03-21-2008, 10:40 PM
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You can just mould cores at home with a cheap gang mould and a lead melting pot. The cores are made a bit too long and then swaged down in the core swage die.
I can't see any difference in accuracy from wire cores to molded cores.
Not in my hunting bullets anyway .
I have hunting .308's that put the first 3 shots in a .7 group consisitantly and sometimes tighter with moulded cores.
Once you get the mould warmed up you can make 1000 cores in an afternoon.
However I see you want to see if you can do it , so by all means give it a go.

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Old 03-22-2008, 08:44 AM
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Thank you for the info etc.
Life has gotten in the way once again.
May work on these things over the weekend to get my mind
off problems. Never fails, when getting started on some off the
wall projects like this that other things play bombs with a man's
life, savings, income, and tolerance. Anyone else have these
problems??

Wish you well,
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Old 03-24-2008, 02:55 AM
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