Gun Stores Seeing A Run On Ammunition

CBS Miami ^ | 4/18/2013

[familyop]

Folks, if you want to survive the end of the world, you gots to be able to make bullets. There’s only one way to make the real, tactical bullets instead of those gooshy lead bullets that will melt coming out of your AR-15 or blow up your Glocks! Here’s the secret: the Hydro-Press for only $8950.00.

Hurry, before they’re all bought out by the leaders after the end of the world. You don’t wanna die!!!!

http://www.corbins.com/index.htm

;-)

Sorry, Squantos. Couldn’t resist. And no, I have nothing against swaging, having set up and done similar runs and other kinds of machine work in the past. I’d recommend that interested folks go for more flexible machines for custom jobs of all kinds, though. A good and much more versatile hydraulic press can be had for less. Manual presses for custom work for far less. Fads do end, while some less exciting items will be desperately needed (e.g., parts for heavy equipment and light transportation).

[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

"You mean crack smoking CBS reporters?"

No, but that works too.

[Cheerio]

Is this posted in the right YEAR?

[Squantos]

Your most welcome.... share the goodies ya find cheap !

Stay safe !

[Squantos]

I have a corbins press .....:o)

Link to it in my post above to Mark ....needs saying many times !!

I am gonna take a turn on the lathe with some of the copper bronze rod for .224 dia bullets . even if I have to use the bad ones with 30 cal sabots

[Squantos]

Stiil have a care package trying to get together for your tribe ....T-Shirts are nil to none right now at Widget Works due a new contract taking over .... hold the brass and I will send what I have with a note.

Stay safe !!

[familyop]

"I am gonna take a turn on the lathe with some of the copper bronze rod for .224 dia bullets . even if I have to use the bad ones with 30 cal sabots"

That can be a great way to make bullets, for anyone who can cut a very consistent ogive from one bullet to the next. Some custom match bullet shops have done really well with those. I haven't had time to look into solving that problem (extremely consistent ogive on a lathe) but will try to get around to it.

[familyop]

"I have a corbins press .....:o)"

You've gotta like swaging. ;-) IIRC, Corbin's press for near $700 or so is not a bad deal at all. I've thought about swaging a time or two but opted so far to restrict my bullet making to larger bores (cooked lead alloys with gas checks added for rifles)

[Lurker]

Will do.

[TigersEye]

Bullet head’s the part of the bullet that gets shot down the barrel (from “msm guide to bullets, clips and scary parts)

Do you ever feel like you're from an alien race of people from a culture that is a hundred million years more advanced than the one on this planet? Thank you, liberals! You have erased all cause for me to ever doubt my intellectual abilities. Apparently I did poorly in high school because I couldn't decipher the primitive grunting that passes for language on your world.

[Squantos]

Just a cool suggestion if ya have old surplus rifles... soft lead cast bullets, “paper patched” ....very cool, very accurate lots of links on you toob etc ... give it a peek !

303, 6.5x55, 7.62x54R, 30-40 Krag aka 30 Army etc ..... great fun !

[Squantos]

Make a cutter not unlike a pencil sharpener would be my first attempt....:o)

[familyop]

"Just a cool suggestion if ya have old surplus rifles... soft lead cast bullets, “paper patched” ....very cool, very accurate lots of links on you toob etc ... give it a peek !"

Thanks! I'd almost forgotten about that. It would be a good way to get the bullet diameter up enough to fill the grooves. I do cast hard pistol bullets a little over-sized but hadn't thought about checking actual bore sizes in medium or large bore rifles.

[familyop]

"Make a cutter not unlike a pencil sharpener would be my first attempt....:o)"

The same guess occurred to me, too: lay the tool out. Then grind the shape right into the tool to make the consistent ogive on each bullet. I wonder if a wee bit of use of emery paper on each for finish would help with a better finish or mess up the ogive.

It might be a good idea to look around the Net in advance, too. Quite a few men with shops have recently put some good machining tutorials about making firearms parts out there for free.

[Squantos]

All fun .....:o)

Sta safe !

[familyop]

Some info on turning copper bullets can be gleaned from the following folks. They were great with some virtually perfect 6.8 SPC bullets for a test a while back. You’ll also find a little terminal ballistics info there.

GS Custom Bullets
http://gscustom.co.za/

[familyop: Use a hefty flow of good coolant, IMO (re, copper’s radical expansion with heat noticed in other kinds of custom jobs in the past, IIRC).]

[Squantos]

Good Link...grateful !

BTW was looking at my daily video sites I bookmark and found this guy . Awesome video, though ya might enjoy it as well .

http://www.wimp.com/footpowered/

Stay safe !

[familyop]

A few more contemporary, general bullet design bits that might be interesting.

“Interesting ballistics research by Lutz Moeller”
http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/airborne_combat_engineer/2005/01/interesting_rus.html

[MHGinTN]

Way kool!

[familyop]

"BTW was looking at my daily video sites I bookmark and found this guy . Awesome video, though ya might enjoy it as well ."

Yes! Thanks!