Is the round nose pistol bullet not politically correct anymore ?

[Intheshop]

Todd,as of this post.......see below.

Has a boogered Lee mould thread questioning the value of reworking it.No real wrong answers,good thread.

It came to me this a.m. that considering the $$ on a single cavity Lee mould (especially boogered,or "wore out"...think free)...it would make a dandy bullet holder,fixtured into a mill,or DP.......and then unmercifully forcing/swaging a HP,or dimple,or whatever,...via a male pin.

Obviously you gotta drill a hole for whatever it is you want to introduce.And it could be on both ends.The bullet is fully supported.We don't give a hoot about the mould.Drilling mould on both ends is actually desirable because....it allows us to use a pin gage to get it vertically aligned in the fixture(simple DP vise bolted to a subplate).

 

[Intheshop]

Clamp mould in fixture,align fixture to whatever is doing the work,ram male pin through pre drilled hole,use a combination depth stop and ideally a linkage that has flex in it.Because of the "feel" .....

Open vise,flick the bullet out,inspect,grab another,wash,rinse,repeat.

 

[Bret4207]

E. Keith had a lot to do with the "demise " of the RN.

Anyone remember those days?

Depends on exactly which RN you're talking about. Many of the older RN were pretty "pointy". Others were very blunt. St Elmer had less bad things to say about the blunt B+M designs (1 of which I have) than the pointy jobs. The blunter designs were more like the "rounded flat nose' designs that were somewhat popular a few years back. Think streamlined wadcutter.

But yes, Elmer believed in his designs above all others.

 

[Todd M]

Intheshop, one question I have is: Where does the displaced lead go? Obviously the sprue plate won't hold the pressure..

 

[Intheshop]

I was thinking small dimple really.But a conical pencil point might be better.

Do the bottom,with nothing more than removing sprue plate.I'll bet it doesn't displace enough metal to make it a problem,to the point that....you're gonna feel exactly how much that particular mould and "pin" can take.Set a depth stop and call it good.

But a RN,with a little dimple in the end would be fun to play with.Much less deep than a typical HP.

This would be an hour long project here,to include turning pin and drilling the mould block.So it's not a lot of investment.Just knowing that RN designs,especially a single cavity Lee,isn't that high of a "demand" item.Which is why I posted it here.

It was mainly an offshoot of my hillbilly swaging.Nothing more.....well,that,and terminal ballistics.

 

[KHornet]

Have a few RN of various cals, one even that Brad HP'd for me. Looks
a bit odd, but shoots well. No idea of impact potential. Probably ought to
test.

Paul

 

[Intheshop]

A torx T15 or T20 screwdriver(not a "tip") cut off,then mounted into an arbor...
... pressed/swaged into the nose would probably initiate some kind of upset on impact?

I'm gonna think about it on my FP rifle,varmint bullets.Got to support the bullets shape....I'd modify(drill out) a Lee mould but sure as heck ain't going to mess with anything nicer(Lyman,RCBS,etc).

Might have to lathe a cherry and make a cpl fixture blocks?

 

[Todd M]

It's a good idea, let us know how it works I'll hang onto my buggered Lee molds and down the road someday I'll tackle them when I have equipment. Unless they get tossed before then.