[Dark Tranquility]

Who makes dies which can crimp .38 S&W cases or shorter. I need to make up some custom blanks from shortened .38 spl cases with about 8-9 grains of bullseye. I don’t want to use cardboard wads or anything similar, but want professional star crimps like you see with factory blanks.

And if you guys are wondering , yes I have done a search. It returned plenty of good information, but nothing on who makes the dies I need.

Thanks, Dan

[bigbird1]

hornady makes a die for cowboy action shooters , No. 044090 in the book.

[Sheldon]

http://www.ch4d.com/catalog/?p=19
http://www.ch4d.com/catalog/images/BlankCr.gif

[rcmodel]

No. 044090 in the book.That's a Micro-Adjust bullet seating stem in my Hornady book.

It has nothing to do with star-crimping blanks!


Dark Tranquility
You might want to try Bullseye blanks first with just over-powder wads before investing in a die.

I would be very surprised if you can get the desired results with Bullseye.
It's fast, but nowhere near as fast as real blank powder.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j219/rcmodel/KTOG/1224.gif
rcmodel

[Dark Tranquility]

That’s what I’m looking for. Thanks for the links.

rcmodel: I'll probably give that a try first. These are to launch 40mm rounds form the hi-lo pressure M203 grenade launcher. Most people seem to get best results form bulseye pistol powder.

Thanks, Dan

[BigJakeJ1s]

Hornady #544590

Andy

[Roccobro]

So what was the outcome? Was a crimp necessary for the projectiles after all?

Justin