Resizing 10mm Brass

I have 10mm handguns from several different companies. The Springfield XDm provides the most support for the case, and the Witness is second best. Of course, the S&W 610 is the best, but it's a revolver. The Colt Delta Elite isn't much better than Glocks when it comes to an unsupported chamber in 10mm. I had two of the Colts, but sold one.

Before Magma Engineering closed their doors, they produced a Case Master Jr. for full length sizing of rimless straight wall pistol cases. It's based on a slightly oversized Dillon carbide sizing die in an arbor press. It has a manual case feeder so you can go through cases pretty fast, as long as your arm and shoulder hold out. The cases are fully lubed with spray case lube prior to sizing, but it's still quite a bit of work, but it does size the entire case, mouth to rim, since it pushes the cases all the way through the die, much like a Star bullet sizer/luber sizes and lubes bullets.

I have the 9mm, 10mm and .45acp setups for mine, but to tell you the truth, I haven't used it in awhile. With those setups I can size 9x19, 9x21, 9x23, 10mm, 357 Sig, 9x25, .40 and .45acp.

Hope this helps.

Fred

PS: Please don't leave your brass on the ground at the range. Someone else just has to clean it up.
The size die you mentioned only hides the bulge and sooner than later it will line up with the unsupported area and cause a gas leak. I wouldn't gamble. Put them in the scrap bucket!
 
If that's the case annealing should help. But I've never annealed the BOTTOM of a case, only the neck.
When I started annealing rifle brass necks, I read that you should only anneal the neck. Annealing the base would make it soft and increase the chance of it blowing out.
 
Yes, annealing the entire case changes the properties of the brass and can make it too soft to contain the combustion pressure.
 
The size die you mentioned only hides the bulge and sooner than later it will line up with the unsupported area and cause a gas leak. I wouldn't gamble. Put them in the scrap bucket!
No brass with a Glock bulge gets reloaded in my shop. I only mentioned the Case Master Jr. because of the ongoing conversation. It does uniform the cases full length and does away with any burrs on the rims from striking gravel or concrete upon ejection.

Hope this helps.

Fred
 
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