TUK, your story in one form or another is how most of us have walked the reloading path. One thing leads to another and you learn every step of the way. Basically a person's imaginationbecomes the limit of their ammunition and I've loaded up and down and around some crazy things.

I used to have a set of custom built bullet swagging dies in .224 caliber. I got a 22 core mold from Lyman and some short jacket cups and created a 26 gr HP that I shot in my K Hornet. This bullet was so explosive that when it hit a rabbit or something, it sounded like someone just clapped their hands. When you picked up a Jackrabbit after one of these little bullets caught up with it...........there was only ONE side of the rabbit left. The "exit side" was simply gone.