Once fired 45acp jackets, can these be reused somehow??

Boolit Buddy Join DateFeb 2013Posts54

Picked up some old bullets from a closed shooting range, melted the lead out of the bullets and was left with the jackets.
Is there a way to reuse these or are they junk??

i suppose anything is possible but IMO good for scrap copper prices. If you could get them clean enough you could draw them to a smaller size and re-stuff them

Boolit Buddy Join DateFeb 2013Posts54

That is what I was thinking, but I just don't know enough about this stuff to know for sure.

I have tried swaging fired boolits I have recovered intact.
the results are pretty ummm varied.
if you could pick out the 45's that weren't too beat up you could most likely swage them back into shape.
the equipment you used would dictate how easy it was and the results.
the diameter of the fired bullets might need to be changed before the final forming.

it's all an educated guess,,,, till the trigger is pulled.

the more i find out about shootin boolits, the more it contradicts everything i ever learned about shooting jaxketed.

Boolit Buddy Join DateFeb 2013Posts54

runfiverun, where would a person find the dies to do such a thing??

If it could be done I would like to give that a try.

I've also done it, but with my equipment I can't totally erase the rifling impressions from the previous firing. They make functional, but ugly, bullets. I also worry about debris that may be imbedded in the jackets that I haven't been able to get out when tumbling them, since "stuff" gets imbedded upon impact.

Hope this helps.

Fred

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. - William S. Burroughs.

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