Nice to see someone as hard headed as I am, LOL! I'm working on Martini-Henry brass swedged down from modern brass shotgun shells. Skinning the cat from the other end....

The smaller center drills need fairly high rpm to maintain a good tip speed ratio. They cut better that way.

That is a handy sized bench lathe, it should do what you need. The tailstock is number one Morris taper I bet.

Best of luck on the reloads! You should post this on the pew tag, for shooters.

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