Neato [reloading]

[Torqaholic]

Never tried anything like this. Useful info, never know if it something like this might be needed someday, and if he's using a 303, should work great in a 308. Somebody in the comments said people were using 40 cal brass like this in the 45 a few decades back. News to me.

[ZipZap]

Originally Posted by Torqaholic

Never tried anything like this. Useful info, never know if it something like this might be needed someday, and if he's using a 303, should work great in a 308. Somebody in the comments said people were using 40 cal brass like this in the 45 a few decades back. News to me.

Cool video, but how would that ever be better than just having molds in the correct caliber? If you have the equipment to do this, you can damn sure pour some bullets.

[markids77]

Originally Posted by ZipZap

Cool video, but how would that ever be better than just having molds in the correct caliber? If you have the equipment to do this, you can damn sure pour some bullets.

Some manufacturers use polygonal rifling... not compatible with lead projos.
Plated or jacketed are required.

[lrobe22]

Originally Posted by ZipZap

Cool video, but how would that ever be better than just having molds in the correct caliber? If you have the equipment to do this, you can damn sure pour some bullets.

cast has a much lower velocity limit

[Torqaholic]

Originally Posted by markids77

Some manufacturers use polygonal rifling... not compatible with lead projos.
Plated or jacketed are required.

Not sure we watched the same video These are jacketed bullets he's making. He's filling fired casings with lead and seating them in the neck of a larger caliber then shooting these previously fired/lead filled cases downrange. Lots of manufacturers sell brass jacketed bullets, or even brass solids so that's not much of a concern to me.

My curiosity is regards jacket thickness. Jacket thickness could slow expansion because it's not as malleable as copper. Probably more brittle though and that might allow expansion? Hard to say without testing but aluminum is like that in my experience (aka Winchester Silvertip). Not useful to me for most hunting but it'd be fine for plinking/target shooting.

[markids77]

Originally Posted by Torqaholic

Not sure we watched the same video These are jacketed bullets he's making. He's filling fired casings with lead and seating them in the neck of a larger caliber then shooting these previously fired/lead filled cases downrange. Lots of manufacturers sell brass jacketed bullets, or even brass solids so that's not much of a concern to me.

My curiosity is regards jacket thickness. Jacket thickness could slow expansion because it's not as malleable as copper. Probably more brittle though and that might allow expansion? Hard to say without testing but aluminum is like that in my experience (aka Winchester Silvertip). Not useful to me for most hunting but it'd be fine for plinking/target shooting.

I was answering ZipZap's question about cast vs jacketed... I understand he is recycling brass vs swaging new jackets. As to expansion I bet they do not. My take on the video is he is either just thinking out loud, or offering doomsday advice on how to keep shooting after the store bought stuff is gone. I do think a 180 grain "solid" .303 would do sufficient damage to whatever you hit solidly to end aggresion.

[Torqaholic]

Originally Posted by markids77

I was answering ZipZap's question about cast vs jacketed... I understand he is recycling brass vs swaging new jackets. As to expansion I bet they do not. My take on the video is he is either just thinking out loud, or offering doomsday advice on how to keep shooting after the store bought stuff is gone. I do think a 180 grain "solid" .303 would do sufficient damage to whatever you hit solidly to end aggresion.

Oh, I had a misfire. Hate it when that happens. Thanks for painting me a picture

[markids77]

Since dude owns a lathe, I am surprised he didn't turn the bullet points to spire shape, and end up both semi-jacketed, and also magazine length?

[Torqaholic]

Originally Posted by markids77

Since dude owns a lathe, I am surprised he didn't turn the bullet points to spire shape, and end up both semi-jacketed, and also magazine length?

Handloading experiments have to be done in baby steps (for safety). It's a great idea but maybe he's saving that for the next video.

About 40 years ago I was playing around with the 44mag looking to shoot a bullet weighing less than the standard 180 grain light bullet. A 380ACP weighed less than half of that and could be packed into a CCI shot capsule with an aluminum foil wad. Terminal ballistics were unremarkable, might just as well have been shot from a 380.

Next I tried two 380ACP bullets (butt to butt). Alternatively the rear section of two 9mm LRN bullets (clipped them with wire cutters) worked OK. Rattled a bit but a small wad of aluminum foil fixes that. Not much lighter than the standard 180 grain bullet but launched with only 7 grains of Bullseye they were very fast and had no significant recoil. They also blew the living hell out of a 1 gallon milk jug filled with water. There's an inch or two of separation at typical self-defense range and because they're tumbling make some significant holes through "solid" objects

Now getting twelve bullets out of a six shooter was lots of fun until one day a piece of shot capsule escaped the cylinder gap. That little piece of plastic boomeranged back and hit me below the eye. No damage done but that was the end of that because if used as intended (self-defense rounds) I'd not likely be wearing safety glasses.