Does this seem like a perfectly good waste of 9mm brass?

[Chills1994]

http://s636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/BT...nt=P1020390.flv

[Chills1994]

He could have just as easily sold the 9mm brass somewhere and then used that money to buy for real commerically available .40 S and W bullets...or at least buy a .40 cal mould to start casting his own .40 pro-jo's...

What say you?

[3quartertime]

I'm not following. He is using 9 cases and brass to make a 40 load somehow?

This is obviously waaaaaaaaaay to crafty for my simple mind to follow...

[Chills1994]

Yeppers...that is exactly what he is doing. He is taking a cast 9mm boolit, which I think weighs 125 grains, and then stuffing it upside down into a 9mm case, and then running both up into a swaging die/press to make a .40 cal pro-jo.

[3quartertime]

I agree. Some people seem to excel in making the easy hard...

[boz1911]

I applaud the creativity but the trouble factor is unreal...........

[G-ManBart]

What say you?

Yeeeaah, not so much

I seriously doubt his "and good shooting too" part since no part of a 9mm case is larger than .392"....well undersized. I wonder where he's getting data for when loading that combo? I shudder to think that people like this are shooting crazy combinations at public ranges with other folks around.

Since he's a sniper (yeah, right), I wonder if he picked up this tidbit off Police Ninja magazine....

[Chills1994]

Unless, in swaging them the whole 9mm case gets fatter.

Meh...

[G-ManBart]

Unless, in swaging them the whole 9mm case gets fatter.

Meh...

Could be....I still can't imagine you'd get a good seal between the brass case and the bore. Still, the work involved makes me wonder if this guy has waaaay too much time on his hands! R,

[Chills1994]

well... I could say something....

But... I won't....

[jmorris]

Makes about as much sense as just getting a box of 9mm and fire forming them in a 40 for reloadin....looks to me like another example that crack doesn't smoke itself.

Edited December 15, 2009 by jmorris

[Chills1994]

look on the bright side.... at least he didn't re-prime the 9mm cases and stuff them with powder before swaging them into a .40 cal pro-jo....

that could have made for some very interesting results....

[Graham Smith]

Hey, come on, give the guy a break. People laughed at the Tucker and the Edsel but look where they are now!!!

[RufDog]

can this be found somewhere other than photobucket, I cant open this @ work & I'm dying to see this!

[ebg3]

He does have a nice do!

[bbbean]

http://s636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/BT...nt=P1020390.flv

Is that the bullet equivalent of a cross dresser? I suppose if I were stranded on a desert island with 9mm components and a .40 gun this might be useful, but otherwise why?

Edited December 15, 2009 by bbbean

[MTU_327PC]

One video over (on photobucket), does anyone see them trying to shoot a rock?

[Rob Boudrie]

His finished product:

http://s636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/BT...cal190grain.jpg

[Steve J]

Homemade bullets, shooting at flat rocks, and way too many cheese burgers.

[Ray_Z]

Look on the brighter side. Now you've got something to do with all that brass that came out of a Glock.

[NoSteel]

I would be curious to see what the expansion looks like on this thing. I would expect that the reason for making this bullet would have to do with what it does to a human target or maybe one protected by a vest.. Sometimes there are darker reasons behind being creative. After all, he is a Sniper

[DougCarden]

I gotta say, knowing how to make your own bullets if you need to in a pinch, can't be a bad thing.

At least it got us thinking......how many of us discard our .22 brass when they could be made into rifle bullets with a Corbin swager kit.....LOL I know, getting a second mortgage to buy it is another thread.....

DougC

[h2osport]

For what it is, it looks ok to me. The finished produce looks ok to me. Would be curious to see final specs on bullet.

Randy

[Jman]

I do like his mom's SUV though.

[RV man]

I think I will keep buying Montana Gold bullets.