[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

[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)