How To Make Bullet Jackets From Copper Strip Part 1

The knowledge of doing this is worth the price of admission.

I hope more people get into bullet swaging. It's a powerful skill to have and we could benefit from more innovators like Dave Corbin.

Speeding this video up to 1.5x speed made this a more watchable. Good content though.

Hi I just saw you were not feeling good a few months ago sorry to hear that I'm interested in swaging but a little tight on cash now but I still enjoy watching the videos. Unfortunately it seems there are some who don't consider what it takes to be sure it's filming properly explaining what's going on and doing what needs to be done with only one hand. To me just the skill to make these dies is impressive everything else is gravy. I hope you remain in good health and that you continue to produce and sell quality dies and informative videos.

Nicely done, sir!

Make the ejection port ramped and hang a box to catch your blanks in underneat. ;)

hope you get feeling better soon! Great videos, sir!

This video got me into bullet swaging. i bought a Corbin mega mite and a kit for making .264 ULD rebated boat tails for 6.5 Creedmoor. The bullets that this makes are better than I hoped. I just ordered the dies and punches for making 9mm jacketed hollow points. While 9mm ammo and most others are not in stock anywhere, I can get all the bullet-making supplies I will ever want AND it's better quality than my usual Sierra Matchking. Best ng able to make them perfect every time and to any weight is too good to be true. I really want to get the jacket-making kit next. It's four thousand dollars!! I'm still going to get it, however. I am applying for an ammo manufacturing ffl, too, just in case I get anybody who wants ammo. There's so little information on bullet swaging, but luckily Dave Corbin shared copious amounts of time and information with me.

Thank you. Informative.

Hello, may I ask how thick is the copper tape used for punching bullet casings? If it is too thin, how to process the bottom edge of the tail?

Where’s part 2! This is awesome. I always thought it was made a diff. Way.

Hi, Thanks to everyone who has commented and e-mailed to talk about jacket and bullet making! I have been asked more about sets to make 7.62x39 than probably everything put together. I wanted to let people know that I actually have two sets for same ready on hand right now. Both make jackets from copper tubing as opposed to strip ( I will try and get a video up on tubing sets soon too) and include the jacket maker and the bullet swaging die set. One set is for the S-size press the other for the WH press. These are much simpler sets than the strip makers and thus are a bit less costly! We also have a couple presses on hand in different sizes and a couple more coming in. It is rare that I have a lot of anything in stock; it is mostly a custom sort of job, but these sets are from deals that were ordered and the customer was forced to back out . . .Stuff happens! Anyway feel free to e-mail if there is any interest. -Kel

put a compressionspring around mandril and the holder for the discs - removes the need for manually resetting the disc holder each time !

Thanks for making this video

Nice video sir! How many draw dies does the cup go through for the final jacket? Do you lube the copper disks before they are drawn into a cup? Thanks

For some odd reason, I am thinking about Sam Elliot.... really cleverly done on the video..

making bullet jackets with John Goodman

I am interested in drawing rim fire cartridges and primer cups. Thanks for this video. It is nice to see the basics.

Yes with some minor changes.

What kind of press is that one? Looks to me like a mighty max Corbin press??