Adjam5 Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Hey guys... I have been a subscriber of Shooting Times for over 20 years now and I really enjoy the insight they provide in the articles. One of them that caught my eye was in the recent issue. It addressed the .223 ammo shortage all over the US due to the war effort( many police dept's are limiting target practice due to this shortage) and the article offered an alternative to buying at exorbitant rates and even I guess as a bit of a survivalist method for surviving if .223 ammo should EVER be scarce or restricted. By making accurate jacketed bullets from .22lr cases. The article goes in depth about choosing the light primer dimpled rimfire cases, to using high quality rimfire brass , using a die and punch to draw the heads off the rimfire cases to form the brass jacket cups, swaging the lead cores(lead wire) into the cups and even forming the bullet tip into types like hollow point/lead point and into various ogive shapes. Long rifle cases produce their best bullets in the 52-60grain range. The article also said you'd need to make about 5000 bullets to make your money back if investing in dies and a O frame reloading press. It may not be practical, but glad to know there IS a alternative if things get too tight. Very interesting, did anyone read it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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