andy
10-05-2004, 11:17 PM
if a bit tedious. All you need,really,is access to a lathe for an hour and you can have 50 or so of them. That is, if you''ve obtained the lightest wt bullet mold in any given caliber, and cast slugs withit, out of "non lead" solder, which is 95% tin, 5% antimony. Hollowpoint and hollowbase them in the lathe, deepen the grease groove. If you only want to check the breakup in flesh, you can slit the noses (almost back to the grease groove) with a little mandrel mounted "rotary saw" in a dremel.If you want real accuracy, you have to drill holes in the top of aluminum vise jaws, slit 6 bullets at a time, in a horizontal milling machine.
If all you want is to check the velocities I claim, all you need is Bullseye powder, Lee liquid lube, and the Lee Sizer tool, which mounts in a reloading press. Size and lube after hollowbasing in the lathe. you can skip the hp'ing and the grease groove deepening, of course, as well as the nose-slitting. Start with the heaviest load of Bullseye shown in the manuals, with the lightest bullet. Youll notice that it doesnt even cycle the slide with a 55 gr 9mm bullet, or the 90gr .45 bullet. Add .5 gr of powder at a time ,testfiring while 'hugging" a tree, with glasses , hiding your face, with the mag out, the grips off, and heavy leather gloves. Mike the case web after each shot, and if the case bulges as much as "plus P" cases do in that gun, stop. Me, I always go til either no velocity gain shows on the chrony, or the case bulges REALLY bad, or the primer flows, (or moves back out of the case or the case rim gets bent by the extractor-ejector.
If all you want is to check the velocities I claim, all you need is Bullseye powder, Lee liquid lube, and the Lee Sizer tool, which mounts in a reloading press. Size and lube after hollowbasing in the lathe. you can skip the hp'ing and the grease groove deepening, of course, as well as the nose-slitting. Start with the heaviest load of Bullseye shown in the manuals, with the lightest bullet. Youll notice that it doesnt even cycle the slide with a 55 gr 9mm bullet, or the 90gr .45 bullet. Add .5 gr of powder at a time ,testfiring while 'hugging" a tree, with glasses , hiding your face, with the mag out, the grips off, and heavy leather gloves. Mike the case web after each shot, and if the case bulges as much as "plus P" cases do in that gun, stop. Me, I always go til either no velocity gain shows on the chrony, or the case bulges REALLY bad, or the primer flows, (or moves back out of the case or the case rim gets bent by the extractor-ejector.