Hey All,
I just purchased a swage die in .356" which works great for smaller grain weight tips like the 93 grain .308", however it nose punch is a round nose 1 ogive which means that there will be a lot of lead riding on the barrel rifling for bigger longer bullets ( IE a 200 grain bullet in a .38s&w ).
Two questions here,
Will this be a problem with loads? As in will the extra lead on the rifling create extra pressures and require me to reduce the loads?
Second, does anyone know of someone who sells or could make extra nose punches? I'd like to get a 2 ogive, a semi wadcutter, and if possible a pointed nose punch so I could make HBWC tips.
Thanks!
I just purchased a swage die in .356" which works great for smaller grain weight tips like the 93 grain .308", however it nose punch is a round nose 1 ogive which means that there will be a lot of lead riding on the barrel rifling for bigger longer bullets ( IE a 200 grain bullet in a .38s&w ).
Two questions here,
Will this be a problem with loads? As in will the extra lead on the rifling create extra pressures and require me to reduce the loads?
Second, does anyone know of someone who sells or could make extra nose punches? I'd like to get a 2 ogive, a semi wadcutter, and if possible a pointed nose punch so I could make HBWC tips.
Thanks!
