or I’d grab some. I did pick up an evil smiley stamp from evilbay and a regular smiley stamp , but it’s just not the same.
I've bought a lot of his stuff and never used the code....
Ditto. Never even asked. It's nice to get a discount but something inside says, if you expect to get what you pay for, then you need to pay for what you get. RMR bullets are very, very good and worth the money. Same is true for many other bullet makers and vendors but they don't support the forum like @longdayjake so they don't get the kudos RMR does. That's also fair and honest.
The smiley face was added to the .357" bullets to easily tell them apart from the .355" (9mm) bullets...during packing/shipping.Unfortunately Jake isn’t making them in .3555 for the lowly 9mm.
Then add a cannalure, problem solved....
It's not really needed. All the cannelure does is give us a firmer grip with a roll crimp in an obvious spot to do a roll crimp. I taper crimp plenty of .38Spl and .357Mag loads using bullets with no cannelure and don't have problems with setback or pulling. Neck tension is still the key. A .357Mag isn't going to pull a bullet with proper neck tension. I think it helps with certain powders to have a good roll crimp - and have said so many times - but so does having good neck tension and a good taper crimp - and you can always roll crimp a bullet with no cannelure, just don't roll it so hard it bulges the neck or separates the jacket/plating.
Works best in revolvers with "tight" throats but, it's a TMJ so you don't really have to worry about gas-cutting or blowing a jacket skirt open and even in my older Colts OP's with half-a-bazillion rounds through the barrel they're laser beams at 25yds. Very blasty and light-showish.
The problem is solved much easier by stamping the "face" while forming the bullet.
It would be much cooler if the did... then I could leave everglades and rmr would be my one stop shop
I don't crimp 9mm. Don't see the need. Resize, neck expand, add powder and seat the bullet. Never an issue. I doubt 38 Special would really require a crimp either.
