Making Hollow Points With a Case Trimmer

Ammosmith shows an easy method of making hollow points with your case trimmer.

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[halopartyboy]

Could I fill one of these holes with a little bit of wet Armstrong's mixture(the stuff in plastic caps) to get a nice pop against a hard surface? I'd never shoot it at living things, just for weekend fun

[ammosmith]

@halopartyboy I wouldn't.

[ammosmith]

@Superlagg No such law exists where I live.

[ammosmith]

@jgazdik1988 Redding makes a tool that works just like this one does. I have been making ammunition for 30 years. I know what I am doing. No need to be rude.

[kidslife101]

@halopartyboy Armstrong's Mixture is very sensitive to shock. Not recommended. 

[kidslife101]

How many grains of lead are you taking out? I just thought that the charge might not be sufficient by taking weight out of the bullet after loading, but you have the experience. Please forgive me! I always see lighter bullet weights pushed by more powder in my manuals. Love your channel, BTW.

[ammosmith]

@MrGarrett1911 No...especially the M855 with the steel penetrator.



[MrGarrett1911]

@ammosmith this is a brilliant video, would it be worth doing this to my 5.56 mm rounds?

[ammosmith]

@hornets599 This stuff made this method is last resort stuff or if you're in a pinch. I have swaging dies I can reshape FMJs to HP easy and precisely.

[hornets599]

ammosmith- we gave you ( grumman581 and I), some advice from experts in the sector, then if you do not care to shoot in a precise way that's your business. The biggest problem of who is shooting is accuracy, but if you do not care why you want to shoot watermelons to 10 yards away it is clear that you do not care ... but interest to other persons know how things work.

[ammosmith]

@hornets599 At 25 yards they shoot fine. The base of the bullet is where it gets it's stability from.

[hornets599]

at 3.15 I saw what i had imagined from the beginning, the hole is decentralized. If you spin the bullet, preferably without the cartridge case, it is better,is right grumman581.