Anyone making bullet taper dies now?

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Glenn R. Latham posted this 23 June 2023

I read all 55 posts on this subject and can't find any evidence that anyone is making bullet taper dies anymore.  Did I miss someone?

Glenn

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linoww posted this 24 June 2023

I also can't find anyone making a "T-die" like Eagan did.i cherish the ones I have.

"if it was easy we'd let women do it" don't tell my wife I said that!

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OU812 posted this 24 June 2023

Just get creative. You can buy blank case sizing dies, ptg makes them. Ream using the same tapered throating reamer you used to throat your rifle.

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linoww posted this 25 June 2023

I've made quite a few of them on my little Sherline lathe before and cut the taper with a boring bar.But the question was "is anyone making them" Not how to make them.

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Alstep posted this 25 June 2023

What is the taper angle you use on your lathe?

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Glenn R. Latham posted this 26 June 2023

Alstep,

   Taper dies are usually cut with reamers because the hole is too small and deep to be using a boring bar.  If you use a standard taper pin reamer, which is 1/4" per foot, the angle is around 1.2 °.  If you have the throating reamer used to cut your barrel, you can use that.

Glenn

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Alstep posted this 26 June 2023

Thank you Glen.  

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 26 June 2023

the 1.2 degrees of taper pin reamers is 1.2 included ... so per side is 0.6, desireable for accuracy if you have a matching throat.     that will give you about 1/3 inch of tapered engagement of the rifling ...

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Glenn R. Latham posted this 26 June 2023

Thanks for the clarification Ken, I couldn't find that!

Glenn

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linoww posted this 28 June 2023

to clarify i made dies to use in rcbs or lyman sizers and flat punches to just taper noses and maybe a front band. I bore it to close to nose diameter first and in my Sherline lathe take many small cuts at about 1.5deg. I'm a crappy impatient machine operator so I takes a few tries usually to get close to what I'm looking for.

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