Swaged some .251 bullets today

[melloroadman]

I recieved my die from Richard Corbin the other day and gave it and the core mold for it a try . These are 38 grains for my Condor air rifle .Marvin

[MIBullets]

Nice, are they flat based or hollow based? Have you shot any yet? I thought about trying this for my .22 caliber air rifle too.

[melloroadman]

These are flat base . They are a very tight fit and really do not need to expand . The condor has no leade or chamber you press the bullet right into the barrel and there is rifling at the very end . I have used the same basic bullet in a hollow base in my Career .357 air rifle with good results . But it has a different type chamber . No I have not shot these yet . I need to make a few hundred in a couple different weights and chrony them and see what happens as well as check for accracy . But in my .357 the bullets are very accurate and out do and of the cast cow boy type bullets I have ever tried . I use pure soft lead as well . I am waiting for a .313 and .454 die for two other air rifles I have . They are both bolt action and I will be useing a flat base for them as well . To make sure I get the bullet past the air tube and they do press the bullet into a chamber as well . Hope this helps you make up your mind . Here is a picture of the .357 Marvin