NEW PRODUCTS:
- ULD Metal Bullet Tips -- available for ULD ogive bullets in the .284 to .510 caliber range.
- ULD Tip Seating Point form dies (PF-1-TS, PF-1-TH), use for Ultra Low Drag ULD tip bullet making.
- Rimfire Jacket Maker improved version for 243 caliber using fired 22 cases, for -H and -S type presses.
- Improved 4-cavity core mold CM-4A replaces both CM-3 and CM-4 older versions, covers .185 to .489 diameter.
- Improved 50 Caliber Bullet Puller (BP-50) uses the patented Vise Grip mechanism from Irwin, with brass precision collet jaws.
Here's the current production status:
- CSP-1 S-Presses are sold out but will soon be in stock for immediate delivery. The CSP-1 S-Press swages bullets from .102 to .458 diameter, up to 1.3-inch length in the 2-inch stroke mode, and serves as a high powered reloading press using its 4-inch stroke mode.
(Click for info on CSP-1)
- CSP-2 Mega Mite Press are back in stock at last! Call, fax, email or place your order on the secure shopping cart today! This heavy duty press is often used for reloading 50 BMG with its 6-inch stroke. It can make bullets from .172 to 25mm, and draw copper strip into cups and jackets, as well as forming copper tubing into jackets in the 3-inch stroke mode...compare it with other presses on the PRESS page.
- Hydro Presses. Now shipping within 30 days. The console (operator controls and top panel of the press) has been redesigned with striking artwork and layout by Greg Duval. The new tops are computer-formed from 10-gauge steel, coated with a baked-on light grey polymer finish, then over-printed with the graphics and text in easy-on-the-eyes light blue and black. The console is then covered with a clear polymer overlay (clear-coat) which is baked on to bond the layers into one monolithic unit. As always, the entire cabinet and integrated hydraulic tank is powder coat finished inside and out for protection against rust and corrosion. (Many bullet makers and weapons labs have earlier version Hydro Presses that are over 30 years old and still making bullets as well as ever.) Available in 115v 50/60hz standard model, or optional 208v, 220, 230, or 240v 50/60hz versions (single phase, 1.5-hp). Check it out on the Hydro Press page.
Not listed but available on request are two special versions:
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CHP-2 is a super power version with 4-inch drive cylinder (versus 3.25 inch) for 1.514 times the ram thrust. The standard Hydro Press can deliver 16,592 pounds of ram thrust, which is about 8.296 tons. The CHP-2 "X" press can deliver 25,133 pounds of ram thrust (at 2,000 psi drive pressure). This is about 12.5665 tons. The price is $8950 in the 120v 60 hz version. A 205 to 240 volt, 50-60 hz power option is $498.
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CHP-1HS is a high speed version for operations which are normally run at the lower and middle pressure ranges on a standard Hydro Press. It offers higher ram speed (about 169% of the standard CHP-1) with no increase in power. The trade-off is a reduction in maximum ram thrust, which is not required for many swaging operations or bullet designs. Maximum ram travel of 6 inches takes about 1.7 seconds with the standard Hydro Press. The same distance of ram travel takes only about 1 second with the HS version. Maximum ram thrust is 9,817 pounds (about 4.9 tons). Price is $8950 for 120v 60 hz version, $498 additional for 205-240v 50/60hz option.
- Polymer "bullet balls" in all standard sizes are in good supply again! Use these for adjusting bullet weight in the same jacket length, making ultra-light high speed bullets, or positive expansion polymer tips over a deep cavity to insure expansion on impact.
Packaged in bags of 1000.
- SIM-TEST ballistic test medium is in stock. We ship pallet loads of this to various government agencies, not only for bullet testing but for testing helmets, gloves, vests, any kind of trauma simulation sensor-equipped tests, and for medical research (simulates adipose and brain tissue for impact and penetration testing with hypodermic needles, radiation therapy, etc.). You can use it over and over again, unlike gellatin. It can be used at room temperature, and simply melted and recast any number of times. Very economical in the long run. Sold in aproximately 10 lb blocks or 58-60 lb cartons (weight varies a little with exact size of the blocks). Density of 1.3 gm/cc, 100% water soluable at 140-deg F. Makes bullet "wounds" that look like the real thing and act that way, not like the over-dramatic results from less resiliant clay, wet paper, wax, etc., so you get closer to real life results.
- PCM-2 Power Cannelure Machines are available for immediate delivery or within a short period if you need a special size or shape of cannelure. The machines are capable of being set up for either 115v 50/60hz or 220-230v 50/60 hz, and can run about 30 bullets a minute on a continuous production. These are built into the production lines at major bullet producers' plants. They can be manually fed as fast as you can push bullets into the input side, for doing rapid cannelure grooves on any bullet. The tool does require a hardened specially built wheel for each caliber, and comes with one wheel in a standard shape and caliber of your choice.
- HCT-1, HCT-2, and HCT-3 Cannelure, Knurling, and Bullet Grooving tools. Very low stock, nearly sold out (may be sold out by the time you read this). Huge demand has drained our inventory. We're working on another huge group of parts but it may be some time before we have it all finished and in stock again. If you want to order for future delivery, go ahead and we'll ship as soon as we have them. Put a factory cannelure on any bullet from .17 to .72 diameter with the same tool, no accessory parts needed! Knurl lead bullets or apply twin grease grooves with the other two models.
- Custom Die Orders. Setup and planning is about 90% of the time, plus just working through the older jobs. That's why, even if we may be a year or more backlogged, it only means the OLDEST job in the queue is that old, not that every single order will take that long. Sometimes we finish several very large, early orders and then are able to zoom through a large number of smaller jobs that cuts the backlog by several months, with less than a month of work. Other times, we might have just one order that happens to be the currently oldest job and also happens to be a large, experimental project that could take weeks of work all by itself, slowing down the output until it is finished. It is fairly common for us to have over a year's worth of work. Five people, over 10,000 clients, average job taking a couple of days, and normally about 500 jobs in the queue at any moment...you do the math! The only reason we are not several years behind is that we can often make 2 or 3 identical jobs while set up for the oldest one (sometimes those are much newer, but it doesn't slow the older jobs if we can double or triple the parts for some jobs with another hour's work instead of doing the entire setup again).
Predicting delivery is an impossible task when almost everything is custom built. The best way to get quicker delivery is to have the order in the queue as soon as you can, so there is more chance of an older job matching it. Another thing you can do is ask for delivery as completed. What that means is we will ship complete, workable caliber sets together rather than hold up the entire order until the last part is done. You can then get started setting up, learning how to use equipment, making at least one of the calibers or shapes you ordered, and we can ship the other items as they are done. (We don't usually ship items that you couldn't use without some other item, for instance. If you ordered a 224 die set and a 308 die set, we wouldn't ship just part of the 224 set, but would make sure it was a complete working package.)
We do have some time available on weekends to do rush overtime jobs. If your order needs to be completed within 30 days or less, guaranteed delivery, and the time of year is such that we are not shut down for the holidays or have other issues with enough people to do the work, then it can be done on the weekend with an overtime crew for 2x the regular 40-hour work week price. It won't put anyone else behind, or put you ahead of anyone in the normal queue. It will put your order out of the queue, and into a time slot that isn't part of the 40 hour work week.
That costs twice as much as doing it in its normal turn, because we must pay overtime rate and pay state and
federal taxes based on that rate, plus pay additional shop overhead costs for running an extra couple of days. Dies are primarily
the cost of labor and shop overhead, since the material cost isn't great in a swage die. This is where the 2x standard price comes
in. It is just what it costs extra to do it out of sequence on overtime. It doesn't change what the company makes. The extra all
goes to the die-makers who give up their family time to do a specific job when they would otherwise be home, and to the government
for giving up... well, I'm not sure exactly what they give up, but I'm sure it is worth
every cent.
- Bullet Jackets. We have stock on hand of benchrest quality .224, .243, and .308 bullet jackets. We've begun packaging
same press run, same lot number jackets in bulk cartons at a discount price. Look for catalog number J-22-BOX, J-6m-BOX, and J-30-BOX for the discounted quantity packaging. Stock up...periodic shortages have taken place ever since jackets were introduced! Better to have a few too many on hand than to be out of business!
Copper is not a bad investment! It
never seems to drop in price over the long run (just periodic fluctuations on its way up). With more power generation and consumption,
more automobiles, more appliances, and other modern products being used in the world every year, the use of copper just keeps going up.
The only metal that conducts electricity or heat better and is reasonably available is silver!
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