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I have a BSA Model 12 Martini action in .22 Rem Jet which is a bit of a rarity in the UK , The rifle was originally .22 lr so it still retains the original 1:16 twist barrel . The best bullets I have found are those for the .22 Hornet 45gns , I tried boat tail bullets but they did not stabilize . Recently I met someone at my club who has just acquired from the US a mold to cast his own boolits for the Hornet , so buying some of his boolits and working on a download so I can use this on the indoor range I set about working on a load .
The problem I had was a limited number of old cases which were in need of replacement , as the case is a necked down .357 magnum case my friend suggested forming them in the full length resizing die after annealing them . So with a bit of practice and 20 scrapped cases due to splitting and wrinkling and seeing how much annealing is required I ended up with 10 perfectly reformed cases .
So now I needed some more cases , hence the ad in the wanted forum , Dougan came to the rescue and sent me a box with at least 100 cases in it . I have now formed 50 of them with just 2 failures . I have even tried nickel cases and they are just as easy to work with as the brass cases .
Below is a photo showing a brass and nickel case , the annealed cases and the formed cases , is all is left to do to them is to trim the necks then prep them for reloading .


A bit of info on the Rem Jet . http://www.reloadbench.com/cartridges/p22rj.html

Thanks Dougan and I will be getting back to you soon .

Dave

Many years ago when such things were legal and we lived in a relatively free country I had a Smith & Wesson revolver in .22Jet .

Very impressive muzzle flash but not red hot on accuracy as I remember.

waterford103 wrote:Many years ago when such things were legal and we lived in a relatively free country I had a Smith & Wesson revolver in .22Jet .

Very impressive muzzle flash but not red hot on accuracy as I remember.

Ovenpaa very kindly gave me an empty original Remmy Jet for my collection.

Its a striking little cartridge, odd when you think it was a pistol job, I bet it goes with a decent length barrel!!

It is a very interesting little cartridge - you can see why it wasn't ideal for revolvers, but I can't think of a better gun to shoot it than a BSA Martini action tongueout

Here's an inert one Dave sent me (thus the returned favor) next to a standard .22lr

Dave: Do you re-form them while they're still hot, or do you let them cool first? And, I'm assuming that the normal sizing ball sorts the neck out, but what about the inside of the shoulder; does that just stay flat, even and smooth naturally?

It'll be interesting to see how many shots you get out them...hopefully it'll be a while before you can answer that one - did you try any of the Norma cases...they seemed heavier and thicker than most?

Hi To All

Waterford103 that must have gone with a fair crack to it as well , they are a pocky little round .

Dougan . The other cases are in the post to you . I have reformed all of the ones you sent Thank you .
I anneal them by holding the rim in a pair of grips and point a blowtorch up the inside of the case till the first 1/4" starts to turn red then circle the case around the flame till the case turns blue just under half the length of the case . Then drop them in to water until they have cooled down . Just use the full length resizing die with neck ball to size it , the rest takes care of itself . Its amazing how it reforms when you think its being compressed , they have all come out fine no extra work required other than squaring off the neck in cutting the case to length . In all I think I lost about 5 cases where the neck split and folded over .

Dave

So relatively straightforward then...

...there's no shortage of .357 cases, so once you've got your mold you're well sorted tongueout