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I'm thinking seriously about getting a hobby lathe for my personal gun projects. I'm not considering anything heavy duty or super expensive, in fact, I'm looking in the $-500 range. I know that is limiting, but these are not heavy duty projects. One example is since CA will have lead bullets outlawed in June of '08, it will effectively shelf my Win 94 BB 375, since there are no suitable bullets made for it in non-lead.
One answer is to get some Barnes TSX's for the 375 H&H, that are sprire point, HP (barely) and cut them flat faced and center bore them to HP suitable to open and function in the 375 Win. I've done all of the above, except making it a hollow point, to the Hornady 270gr spirepoint with good results, so I see no reason it won't work on the TSX.
I've been eyeing a couple at Harbor Freight, but was wondering if you guys know something bad about them I SHOULD know, or if another brand is better for the price, or one with a better price.
This is one I'd been looking at, for $449.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93212
Am I on the right track? In case you hadn't guessed I know mostly nothing about this but it seems like fun to learn.
Also, what add ons would be the necessities?
Thanks in advance.
One answer is to get some Barnes TSX's for the 375 H&H, that are sprire point, HP (barely) and cut them flat faced and center bore them to HP suitable to open and function in the 375 Win. I've done all of the above, except making it a hollow point, to the Hornady 270gr spirepoint with good results, so I see no reason it won't work on the TSX.
I've been eyeing a couple at Harbor Freight, but was wondering if you guys know something bad about them I SHOULD know, or if another brand is better for the price, or one with a better price.
This is one I'd been looking at, for $449.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93212
Am I on the right track? In case you hadn't guessed I know mostly nothing about this but it seems like fun to learn.
Also, what add ons would be the necessities?
Thanks in advance.