jacketed bullet mfg equip?
Pictured below is an assortment of dies, puches & misc equipment left to me from a longtime handloader. unfortunately, I have no idea how any of it works. The opne name brand I have found is Gibbs, but it appears that company merged and the resulting company is no longer in business. It was used to produce jacketed .308" bullets. Any clues as to where to look for information or how it works will be appreciated.
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I found an old book at the Joliet, IL public library (yes the one with the prison where Elwood picked up Jake-closed in 2001) which explained some of the stuff. I don't recall the name but digging around older public libraries might help.
Incidentally, it's a Burnham (he was a famous architect.)0 -
An 84 year-old friend died recently.He was a life-long predator hunter and his rifle was a .240 Gibbs which he reloaded for. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by tocamoha
An 84 year-old friend died recently.He was a life-long predator hunter and his rifle was a .240 Gibbs which he reloaded for.
Rocky Gibbs was a famous gunsmith and cartridge developer back in the 40's/50's time frame. He was a contemporary of Roy Weatherby and developed the same type of super high velocity cartridges. When chronographs became available for general use in the 50's, it was found that a lot of his super high velocity cartridges were figments of his imagination.0 -
I think you got a lot of extra parts and are missing some needed to make jacketed bullets.
I have some kind of post war 22LR to jacket bullet die set that works in a single stage press. I also have a CH press and dies for half jacket bullets in 30, 38, 44, 45.
From using those you need a core seater and a nose forming punch that fits tight in a die body.0
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