Once-fired .357 Magnum brass surprise!

[USSR]

Okay, so I went to a local gun show and bought a bag of once-fired .357 Magnum brass. When I got home and went to process them, I found four or five of them had a once-fired .32 ACP brass inside of them. Nice tight fit. Fortunately, the .32's case base was up, so I drilled a little hole in the primer and then started a screw in the hole which allowed me to pull the darn things out. First time for everything I guess.

Don

 

[hartcreek]

I have had it happen with 32 ACP and 9mm too. That is why I seperate out range brass when I get it.

 

[ReloaderFred]

The .32 acp swage into great .357" bullets, Don. I can make a mean little hollowpoint bullet from them, or a flat nose soft point.........

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[Jesse Heywood]

Use your impact puller to get the buggers out.

 

[horsemen61]

Hey Fred I'd love to see some pics of that little 32 acp bullet you make

 

[Walkalong]

Those little buggers get into everything if they get mixed up.

 

[Khaot1c]

and I'd love to see some 357 brass.
I was out at the range the other day and the fella next to me dumped two boxes of 357 brass in the scrap box before I could even say "hey there,"

This particular range locks the scrap boxes so we dang re-loaders can't scavenge the brass. However, it does NOT have a sign (like other places I've been) that says DO NOT SOLICIT FOR BRASS. I usually hate asking, but the rarity of the gem we know as 357 is calling for desperate measures. (No, I didn't cut the lock)

 

[USSR]

Hey Fred I'd love to see some pics of that little 32 acp bullet you make

+1. Only problem with the .32 ACP brass I was dealing with was, they were the cheap stuff that were not made of brass.

Don

 

[LiveLife]

While resizing some 45Colt brass, I was perplexed when the depriming pin on the Lee resizing die got pushed up as I thought I tumbled only 45Colt brass. I went "What the ..." until I found a 380Auto case stuck to the depriming pin.

 

[41 Mag]

Yep I learned a long time ago not to throw mixed caliber handgun brass into the tumbler. You end up with some very frustrating separation issues. :banghead:

 

[ReloaderFred]

These aren't the .32 acp into .357" bullets, but the process is the same, just a different set of swaging dies. These are .44 bullets from .40 S&W cases:



They're a lot of work to make, but pretty satisfying when done.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[627PCFan]

Tell me you don't really shoot those things

 

[Speedster00]

Now that's pretty cool Fred. I didn't know you could do that.

 

[The Bushmaster]

I have a friend that makes .223 bullets out of .22 rimfire cases.

 

[ReloaderFred]

Yes, I do "shoot those things", and they shoot really well. Because I melt the cores into the jackets at 1,125 degrees F and let them "soak" overnight, the cores are bonded to the jacket, without the use of flux, which can really screw up your swaging dies, since it's an acid.

Those particular bullets work great in my Model 629 and Marlin and Winchester leveraction rifles. I wanted to shoot an elk with one from my 629 the year before last, but all the shots were over 200 yards, so there wasn't an opportunity.

Since taking those pictures, I've refined the process and the rim of the parent case is compressed even more, which results in a slightly shorter bullet. There are quite a few people swaging bullets from cartridge cases, and I was glad to finally find a use for all those .40's in the brass I buy from the club......

Sorry to hijack the thread, but the question was asked and deserved to be answered. Somewhere in this forum is a thread dedicated to this process and a lot of the questions are answered there.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[USSR]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but the question was asked and deserved to be answered.

No problem, Fred, you were invited in.

Don

 

[jerkface11]

They look like a golden sabre.