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Lead Tip Flat Base die set, type -S
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Catalog No.: LTFB-4-S
Price: $1,015.00
Shipping Weight: 4.00 pounds
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LTFB-4-S is a 4-die set for making lead tip or open
tip bullets, in rifle or pistol calibers and shapes. The
operation is the same as for the FJFB-3-S 3-die set, except
that more lead is left exposed in the core seating and
point forming steps, and then the surplus lead is shaped
into a smoothly shaped lead nose.
Basically this is the FJFB-3-S die set plus a LT-1-S lead tip finishing die. It makes open tip bullets and comes with an open tip seating punch. You can seat the core very close to the end of the jacket so that when the ogive is formed the core extrudes forward and forms a small lead tip. If you want to form a larger lead tip, you may want to add an optional PUNCH-S CS LT EXTERNAL seating punch, or the "LT" punch listed as an option. Hollow point open tips and hollow point lead tips can also be added with a simple addition of one core seat punch per tip style.
Specify caliber, nose shape and base shape. You can get additional
lead tip internal punches to reform the tip in shapes such
as round, flat, or sharp (spitzer) shape. The lead tip
die does not change the ogive curve, but you can get
different internal LT punches to match different ogives
in the same caliber.
SEE TIP DESIGN INFORMATION
- Open tip = core is shorter than the jacket, so bullet has little or no exposed lead when ogive is formed.
- Lead tip = core is longer than the jacket, so bullet has exposed lead tip when ogive is formed.
- Open tip Hollow Point = core is shorter than jacket, and the external seating punch has a conical projection poking a hole in the core.
- Lead tip hollow Point = core is longer than jacket, and the externl seating punch has a conical projection poking a hole in the core.
Note that when people say "hollow point" they sometimes confuse this with "open tip". The "open tip" is the default style, the one you get if you don't specify other kinds of punches. The "open tip" seating punch MUST be a very snug fit into the bullet jacket, often too large to fit by hand pressure alone. The diameter depends on the jacket wall thickness at the point where the core wil be seated. That is, a tapered jacket wall gets thicker toward the jacket base, so a short or light core will require a smaller diameter open tip punch compared to a longer, heavier core. Jacket samples or specific dimensions would be rquired for jackets other than those provided by Corbin (we know our own jacket wall thickness).
IF you order without any special note to tell us otherewise, we will assume that your standard, open tip punch fits our jacket and your core weight will be such that the core is seated relatively close to the open jacket end. If you then try to make a much lighter bullet, with a shorter core, the open tip seating punch provided will be too large for seating at that depth in some jackets (those with much of a taper to the wall). You can order additional core seating external punches to fit if you send us a sample jacket and the weight of core you plan to use (or if you are using our jackets, just tell us the weight or the length of the core you plan to use),
Please note that a LT punch, or a LT-HP punch, does not fit into the jacket ID. It is sized to fit into the die bore. Therefore, the jacket you use with a LT punch or LT-HP punch does not matter to the punch diameter. Only the OT or the OT-HP punches fit into the jacket ID, and must be properly sized for the jacket wall thickness.
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