Thank you for these videos. I just bought a forehand and Wadsworth double action 38rf. I was going to convert the gun to centerfire, but I think this is the best way to go. Especially during shortages.
Ahhh come on, let's bring back the real rim fire cases. A few of us grey beards are trying to form cases using the collet method, there is also mentioned a hydraulic method in a die after the cup is formed. Do you have any experience with either method or know anyone doing such work as we hate to reinvent the wheel. In diary's reloading rim fire cartridges are mentioned using nail heads sharpen to clean out rims and even pushing out the crimp so having to clock it properly in a repeater isn't a problem. Any information you may have appreciated. Thanks for your work, really glad I found your channel.
Thanks Steve for taking time putting all this out there. What die did you use to resize your cartridges for your chamber size? My .44rf Ballard is also a Ball and Williams (#2498), and the chamber is smaller than a modern 44 cartridge.
Thanks. My chamber is on the larger size. On the N-SSA site I read of people using either .44-40 or .44 mag brass trimmed to length, depending on chamber size. Trimmed .44-40 works well with mine. I use a .38-40 sizing die just enough for the bullet's heel to have a snug fit.
Thanks for making this video, it is nice to see that its actually very doable process for an at home project. Ive been wanting to do something similar like this but for 32 and 38 rimfire. Im assuming the brass plug would have to be quite small in diameter for 32. Anyways I have minimal metal working experience. I do not have a lathe. How viable is a vice and file to square up that case end plug? Or do I risk throwing the brass rim out of spec using a file and screwing up headspace?
For most .32 cal rifles, the .22 blank can be centered in the case. No need to plug and re-drill. See seller "tenmile" on gunbroker. He sells ready to load .32 rimfire cases and heel bullets.
@@steveblancard5566 Thank you for confirming that for me Steve! I was just wondering if there was enough material on the 32 case to support the 22 blanks rim without an additional plug ...And since its just drilling out an offset pocket I think I can handle that myself... I was just going to ask about bullet selection haha. If you can use a hollow base bullet instead of a heeled bullet it would make sourcing much easier I imagine. Thanks again.
Thank you sir you just helped me revive an old rifle.
this is great information, thank you very much for posting
Thank you for these videos. I just bought a forehand and Wadsworth double action 38rf. I was going to convert the gun to centerfire, but I think this is the best way to go. Especially during shortages.
Letting the brass air cool will normalize the brass. However, quenching the brass will anneal the brass to dead soft.
Ahhh come on, let's bring back the real rim fire cases. A few of us grey beards are trying to form cases using the collet method, there is also mentioned a hydraulic method in a die after the cup is formed.
Do you have any experience with either method or know anyone doing such work as we hate to reinvent the wheel.
In diary's reloading rim fire cartridges are mentioned using nail heads sharpen to clean out rims and even pushing out the crimp so having to clock it properly in a repeater isn't a problem.
Any information you may have appreciated.
Thanks for your work, really glad I found your channel.
That's really cool. Thanks for sharing👍👊🇺🇸
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this is how to make your own Hammond game getter...cool.
Thanks Steve for taking time putting all this out there.
What die did you use to resize your cartridges for your chamber size?
My .44rf Ballard is also a Ball and Williams (#2498), and the chamber is smaller than a modern 44 cartridge.
Thanks. My chamber is on the larger size. On the N-SSA site I read of people using either .44-40 or .44 mag brass trimmed to length, depending on chamber size. Trimmed .44-40 works well with mine. I use a .38-40 sizing die just enough for the bullet's heel to have a snug fit.
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Thank you sir!
Have a great week
Thanks for making this video, it is nice to see that its actually very doable process for an at home project. Ive been wanting to do something similar like this but for 32 and 38 rimfire. Im assuming the brass plug would have to be quite small in diameter for 32. Anyways I have minimal metal working experience. I do not have a lathe. How viable is a vice and file to square up that case end plug? Or do I risk throwing the brass rim out of spec using a file and screwing up headspace?
For most .32 cal rifles, the .22 blank can be centered in the case. No need to plug and re-drill. See seller "tenmile" on gunbroker. He sells ready to load .32 rimfire cases and heel bullets.
@@steveblancard5566 Thank you for confirming that for me Steve! I was just wondering if there was enough material on the 32 case to support the 22 blanks rim without an additional plug ...And since its just drilling out an offset pocket I think I can handle that myself... I was just going to ask about bullet selection haha. If you can use a hollow base bullet instead of a heeled bullet it would make sourcing much easier I imagine. Thanks again.
Hollow base bullets will not be accurate. You can buy the heel bullets easily from Tenmile. Good luck.
Thank you
Found it lol
Can you turn .223 into rimfire lol?
Never tried, but anything is possible!
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.223 can be made into .25-20 Single Shot. I use .25-20 Single Shot to make .32 extra long rimfire. It would be a lot of work, but it is possible.
I use 223 n cut down and make tokerev brass.