Pt cruiser

oil

IMR 4895
Herco
Red Dot
8 mauser
Reloader 15 imr 4064

hornady

3233 170 grain SST

7.62 russian
Sierra Pro Hunter #2310

180

.311"

2.950"

57.2

IMR 4350

53.8

CCI 200

2871

3295

0.9

7.62x54R rifles, after which I prime with Winchester Large Rifle primers and
charge the cases with 45.5 grains of Hodgdons Varget powder. Ive had
excellent luck with Sierra 180-grain, .311-diameter Pro Hunter bullets, which I
seat to 3.030
Bills gun
Powder . Loads
Bedding
Accuracy
9mm into 40
) get some 9mm brass (range pickup is perfect), then wash it off, then i ultrasonic clean
them
2) anneal the brass (soften it up), you can do this with a propane torch, hold the case in the
flame using pliars until it turns orange then let it air cool
3) find some lead cores, easiest way is if you can cast your own 9mm or 357 mag bullets,
but you can use lead shot, lead wire, or any number of things so long as you can put it
inside the 9mm case... you need about 120 grains of lead core to make a 175 grain 40SW
finished bullet... if you can find some lead 120-125 gra 9mm bullets that would work perfect
4) bell the mouth of the 9mm case with a Lee Universal Expander Die, then drop in the lead
core, then seat the core using the same Lee Expander die until the core is about 0.1" below

the case mouth

5) swage the case in the lead swaging die expanding the case to around 0.398", lube the
case with lanolin first
6) put the case in a Lee 220 Swift sizing die to form the ogive (the nose), this will form the
nose of the bullet but the case is now too big
7) finish size the bullet in the sizing die so that the shank is sized 0.3990 to 0.3995, lube
with lanolin first

my system is based on turning inserts that drop into a Lee powder thru expander
die... my lathe likes 12L14, it turns very easily and i plan to case harden them
eventually... if you are making 40SW/10mm you are taking a spent 9mm case that
has an OD of about 0.388 to 0.390, and you are bringing it up to 0.3995 or so... my
system is also based on using my reloading press and not a swaging press, so i try
not to swage up or size down any more than 0.005 at a time to keep the forces
down on my press...
the first die you need to complete is the core sizer, we can talk about these dies one
at a time, but if you start with this one, which is the easiest to complete, it will give
you the skills to finish the rest of them...
Core Sizing Insert - this will take a 9mm or 357/358 cast boolit and size it to 0.355
so it will drop into the 9mm case... this one is easy to turn, you start with 9/16"
12L14 round stock and it's OD is the same as the ID of the Lee Powder thru
expander, so it drops in... you drill out this insert to 0.355" which is 9mm, you can
get these drills from McMaster, then polish to as close to mirror finish as you can,
the smoother the better... and i recommend that you either learn how to sharpen
your own drill bits or buy a Drill Doctor, i opted for that and i dont regret it... i use a
cast 357 mag boolit from my Lyman 357466 mold, i trim off the ogive with some tin
snips and it gives me aperfect 140 gr insert that will produce a 200gr bullet when
finished... you need to realize that what most swagers do is use some type of lead
wire and they use a "squirt die" to size the cores so they are uniform and all the
same weight, but i am bypassing all this by using the cast boolits and
trimming/sizing them... you will also have to make a punch that fits in your press
ram and is able to push the boolit thru, and you will also have to make a stop that
screws in the top of the die and holds the insert in place... the punch is made from a
1/2" grade 8 bolt, and the stop that fits on top is made from a 5/8"-18 grade 5 bolt
(easier to turn/drill than grade 8)... you need a Lee 9mm Powder Through Expander
Die, but just the die body, you can purchase it from Lee here:
http://leeprecision.com/exp-di-body-9mm.html
you will have to bore out the opening of the Lee die to about 0.45" or so in order for

the boolits/cases can pass thru... i am sure i left something out, but that will get you
started... one more thing, you need some swage lube... most guys use lanolin, but i
have been using imperial sizing wax until i can get some lanoline/castor oil mix... i
can show you a pic later if you want, all the pieces i described are in the pic above
edit: BT Sniper makes fantastic swaging die systems but they are $$$, i think
the 22LR to 223 complete system will set you back around $1200!