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Which Top Punch for 500S&W...
« on: August 30, 2012, 12:44:22 AM »
In my Lyman 450?  (God I hate Lyman's web site!)

oops: for the 440grain Lee casting.
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Re: Which Top Punch for 500S&W...
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2012, 11:25:25 PM »
I shoulda taken a pic!

So, looks like there is not one made for this boolit. It's either custom or just flat since it's a flat tipped design.

Or... the hot glue or epoxy trick!  :tung:

The top punch I have is for a semi-wadcutter design but the diameter is way too small up inside so it just barely clears the meplat of the boolit and cuts a nice ring around it!  :o  Anyway, I took a nice slug and hosed it down with silicon spray. Then filled the punch with quik-JB weld. Set them up in the press and let the weight of the press rest the punch on top of the boolit and left.

Back from a dump run and oil change, I lifted the press, applied pressure on the boolit and it popped right off. Cool! I then tested by pressing a couple fresh slugs and.... there's that ring cut 'round the tip again. Hmmm. The JB must have shrunk? I removed the punch for closer inspection to find that the JB is gone! Wow, it just must have fell out!  :dunno: I'm looking around the bench. Looking around the floor. and slowly, very slowly a thought occurs to this feeble mind.

Gimme that first boolit! Sure enough... the JB stuck to the silicon sprayed lead better than the machined steel punch! DOH! Really cool new boolit design now tho!  :chuckle:
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Re: Which Top Punch for 500S&W...
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2012, 12:25:58 PM »
You're really throwing me off here....   :dunno:      :sry: 

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Re: Which Top Punch for 500S&W...
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2012, 12:37:38 PM »
Are you huffing the bore scrub?

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Re: Which Top Punch for 500S&W...
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2012, 01:10:08 PM »
I think he is talking about loading cast bullets...

However, I am completely lost here...
By my honorable conduct as a hunter let me give a good example and teach new hunters principles of honor, so that each new generation can show respect for their god, other hunters and the animals, and enjoy the dignity of the hunt.

Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented immigrant' is like calling a drug dealer an 'unlicensed pharmacist'.

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Re: Which Top Punch for 500S&W...
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2012, 01:28:31 PM »
 :o

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Re: Which Top Punch for 500S&W...
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2012, 03:02:56 PM »
boolit

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Re: Which Top Punch for 500S&W...
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2012, 08:52:19 PM »
Apparently no one (except Sabotloader  :tup:) casts/sizes their own muzzleloader conicals here.  :rolleyes:
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