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  1. OliveOil

    Home made core swagging and core seat dies

    Hi Gentlemen, Hope the turkey tasted good. Would like to get in touch with those of you who succeeded in making their own core swagging and core seat tools for 6mm br bullets. I will appreciate you share about your experience, how to and material used. We can go here or pm, your choice. Many...
  2. OliveOil

    Are they dirty jackets or normal jackets ??

    Dears, Have been cleaning 300 J4 .30 jackets today. I use some kind of "RCA clean" that concists in 3 successive bathes of acetone, 20 minutes exposure per bath with 3 shakings during each of the 20 minutes long bath. I am very much surprised to see such an amount of dirt in bathes 1 and 2...
  3. OliveOil

    Marlin MR-7 action / stock disassembly - help needed

    Hi Gentlemen, Just bought a first hand Marlin MR-7 in 30-06. (RG, just stop laughing at me please ...;);) that gun just jumped in my arms, I couldn't do anything) I would like to remove the barreled action from the stock to clean, inspect and grease. I can't achieve it. I took the 2...
  4. OliveOil

    Core squirt die - squirt holes position

    Gentlemen, First, let me take this opportunity to say a BIG thank-you to all the people who contributed to the various threads about bullet making among many years. BRC is a true gold mine. From what I have gathered, holes are placed quite near the punch position once the core is...
  5. OliveOil

    making .30 118/124gr bullets on 1" J4 - ram stroke at core seating ??

    Considering a .30 cal bullet in the 118 / 124 grains range built on a J4 1" jacket, what is your ram stroke in between : - just making contact on the uncompressed core, - core properly seated. I understand that stroke will change depending on core OD, jacket mouth angle, lead bleed, but I...
  6. OliveOil

    bonded cores, coper tubing jacket, dual rverse jacketed bullet aka A-frame

    I use to hunt big trophy wild boars in the 200 pounds in south of France. This is silent stalking, puffing flour to check wind direction, with .308W shot taken from 5 to 150 yards. Those beast are heavily armored with thick skin and 2" of very hard fat from neck to mid chest (often found 00...
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