.22 cases to .223 jacketed bullets
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DeanC
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Post subject: .22 cases to .223 jacketed bullets  Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:18 am |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:20 am |
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Brass jacketed bullets? Aren't those too soft for use in a rifle? I suppose the stuff left in the rifling is easier to deal with than copper.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:13 pm |
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According to Wikipedia, cartridge brass is 30% zinc and the rest copper, so it shouldn't be that much softer.
I think Remington golden sabers are brass jacketed.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:16 pm |
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I can buy bullets for the 223 so cheap - why would I bother - I can get Hirtneberger 55gr FMJ's pretty cheap
You can get 223 projos really chaep right now - especially 55 gr.....
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:45 pm |
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Pinnacle wrote: I can buy bullets for the 223 so cheap - why would I bother - Latent masochistic tendencies? 
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DeanC
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:08 am |
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White Horseradish wrote: Pinnacle wrote: I can buy bullets for the 223 so cheap - why would I bother - Latent masochistic tendencies? You aren't kidding. I counted at least 16 different operations there. Not to mention the use of a press you probably don't already own and various extruding dies and punches.
You have to have a lot of time on your hands for that process. Although, I suppose if you thought the sale of 223 bullets was going to be outlawed, it would be nice to know you could make your own.
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2000 Hirtenberger 55gr. FMJ's for $77.00 Delivery Included!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why bother - if you think that they will outlaw 223's - just buy a bunch.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 10:06 am |
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DeanC wrote: White Horseradish wrote: Pinnacle wrote: I can buy bullets for the 223 so cheap - why would I bother - Latent masochistic tendencies? You aren't kidding. I counted at least 16 different operations there. Not to mention the use of a press you probably don't already own and various extruding dies and punches. You have to have a lot of time on your hands for that process. Although, I suppose if you thought the sale of 223 bullets was going to be outlawed, it would be nice to know you could make your own. IMHO, the real skills to learn aren't jacketing .223 ammo but how to forge and rifle barrels, make black powder, and make and shoot a longbow and arrows.
If you can do that, there's really nothing they can take away from you.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 12:03 pm |
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mobocracy wrote: DeanC wrote: White Horseradish wrote: Pinnacle wrote: I can buy bullets for the 223 so cheap - why would I bother - Latent masochistic tendencies? You aren't kidding. I counted at least 16 different operations there. Not to mention the use of a press you probably don't already own and various extruding dies and punches. You have to have a lot of time on your hands for that process. Although, I suppose if you thought the sale of 223 bullets was going to be outlawed, it would be nice to know you could make your own. IMHO, the real skills to learn aren't jacketing .223 ammo but how to forge and rifle barrels, make black powder, and make and shoot a longbow and arrows. If you can do that, there's really nothing they can take away from you. Helps if you have access to the tools. 
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Post subject: For the record... Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:10 pm |
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Making jacketed bullets out of 22 cases was how Vernon Speer got into the business of making bullets in the first place, seeing as WWII was going on, and both brass and copper were rationed and controlled materials.
It'a a lot of work for no real point in this day and age, EXCEPT for the benchrest fanatics that normally have a table at the Minnesota gun shows. The state recordholder shot a five shot group of .070" at 100 yards, and he makes his own bullets because the factory stuff isn't good enough. The dies to make these bullets are about 4 grand 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:31 pm |
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mobocracy wrote:
IMHO, the real skills to learn aren't jacketing .223 ammo but how to forge and rifle barrels, make black powder, and make and shoot a longbow and arrows.
If you can do that, there's really nothing they can take away from you.
Hey, 2 of 3 ain't bad! Anyone got a forge?
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