forming .577 snider

[hobophobe]

I don't even use dies. They are just trimmed to length when new. About 63 grains of 2f. Cornmeal over that, then a cardboard wad. Push waxed .600 bullet down with thumb....still going on brass thats probably been fired 10 times.

 

[milsurpo]

I loaded a batch of Snider once with thick cork washers at the bottom to fill up the excess space. Adjusted their thickness so that the bullet basically sat right on the powder without additional filler. The British had used this technique when they briefly experimented with a smaller powder charge carbine load for the Snider. Mine worked well but some did move out into the bore upon firing. I reverted to good old cream of wheat above the powder.

Just to clarify for newcomers to Snider loading- hobophobe's comment doesn't apply to new 24g CBC brass. It has to be trimmed to length and run through forming dies to even begin to chamber.

milsurpo

 

[Eric Manhattan]

Dies are about $175 for a new Lee set. Rear of case is tapered up until the neck then it is straight. Anyone around you that loads 577 Snider ? Once formed to your chamber you can get a few rounds before they would need to be resized again. Or send your brass to someone that has the reloading dies and they can size them for you. If you want I can resize them for you.

Just read your post. I'm sort of in the same boat. I used to have a large Lee press and Snider dies. I sold everything 20 years ago sadly and saved I Snider with a super claen bore for future me. Well future me lives in an apartment now and I only have room for a hand press. I've loaded hundreds of rounds albeit slowly for my Trapdoor Springfield. I have some Magtech brass but no room or funds for 200$ dies and a press for one rifle. Long story short where approximately are you located if I may ask. I'm in the Greater Toronto area. Cheers.

Dies are about $175 for a new Lee set. Rear of case is tapered up until the neck then it is straight. Anyone around you that loads 577 Snider ? Once formed to your chamber you can get a few rounds before they would need to be resized again. Or send your brass to someone that has the reloading dies and they can size them for you. If you want I can resize them for you.

 

[Snider shooter]

Just read your post. I'm sort of in the same boat. I used to have a large Lee press and Snider dies. I sold everything 20 years ago sadly and saved I Snider with a super claen bore for future me. Well future me lives in an apartment now and I only have room for a hand press. I've loaded hundreds of rounds albeit slowly for my Trapdoor Springfield. I have some Magtech brass but no room or funds for 200$ dies and a press for one rifle. Long story short where approximately are you located if I may ask. I'm in the Greater Toronto area. Cheers.

You can get a small set similar to the old Lee kit. I have a home made set that I occasionally use at the range. Pound the case in to size and stick a bar in the die and pound out. The bullet seater body is basically a piece of pipe that fits over the case. Another piece fits the bullet nose which has a shoulder that stops when it hits the seater body. Bullet is pushed in by had. That set would fit in a regular die box. Hammer also needed.
Some people don’t fully resize the case and seat the bullet loose on top of a wad. I know a fellow that does this and gets 6 or 7 firings before cases need the base resized. I am in Nova Scotia. Try finding someone close that can form your cases.

 

[antiqueguy]

You can get a small set similar to the old Lee kit. I have a home made set that I occasionally use at the range. Pound the case in to size and stick a bar in the die and pound out. The bullet seater body is basically a piece of pipe that fits over the case. Another piece fits the bullet nose which has a shoulder that stops when it hits the seater body. Bullet is pushed in by had. That set would fit in a regular die box. Hammer also needed.
Some people don’t fully resize the case and seat the bullet loose on top of a wad. I know a fellow that does this and gets 6 or 7 firings before cases need the base resized. I am in Nova Scotia. Try finding someone close that can form your cases.

Could you show that loader I happen to have a small metal lathe now. I’m still going to try and cut down the dies I kinda of sat them aside for a time as it was a major p*** off. I think what I am going to do is make up a bushing to thread over the bottom of the die to replace what little bit is missing.

What I’d really like to do is figure out the section needed for the marse taper the sleeve I have is not true Morse taper all the way down the sleeve. But could make a die or even a hand die that will have the right taper to form cases with a Morse taper reamer.

 

[B_noser]

If you have a lathe, measure or find th case diameters at the base and other end and, using the distance between, calculate the included angle per side. Bore your sizer at that angle.