thub
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I am curious about swaging, what is it and how is it done. I would like to know. Thanks very much
Swageing is a lot of work with expensive gear...
I've been bullet swageing since the 70's....
DM
So why do you do it DM?
Is it because it's paid for itself in 40 years?
Is it because you do it for odd calibers?
Or do you simply love "lot's of work with expensive gear" (probably the best answer)
Thanks.
My Gramps told me that to get a square peg into a round hole, ya gotta use a sharp blade. And maybe a big hammer.swaging is proving that given sufficient pressure, you can indeed put a square peg into a round hole.... the peg will, however, be round when it comes out the other end. :^)
Another BIG reason to use hand swaged bullets is that you can't win in short range benchrest competition without them. As stated in earlier post on this thread, I do not know of any serious short range bench competitor who does not use hand swaged bullets. There are some popular brand varmint and even target type bullets that are plenty accurate for the purpose they were intended but still don't compare with the best hand swaged bullets benchrest grade bullets. The one promising exception are Burger's 6mm BR Column bullets introduced last year. Weighing 64.2 grains, they were designed and made specially for short range benchrest and so far reports have been good. I have a few hundred sent for testing but haven't yet seriously worked with them so have no opinion. As with all bullets, the rubber will hit the road when and if they are used in big time bench tournaments like the SuperShoot. And win.