9mm double check

[Nevada Ed]

Had nothing to do today except making a pot of chile later on for a late meal,
so I deceided to size 500 9mm cases to get them ready for later loadings.

I had two that gave a lot of resistance and two that gave none to the single stage unit.
these four were set aside for a closer look at, when done, when
I could put my new glasses on, and see the fine print.

The two that gave a lot of resistance were cases that showed a little pressure signs, from the previous loads.

The other two that did not give any resistance, turned out to be...
380 cases.

This is one reason that I detail check new brass, to make sure
everything is on the up and up, for later use.

Getting tired watching the 9mm cases fly......

It might be time to start loading for my Revolvers, that have been collecting dust.

Tight groups.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Ed,
I have a very bad back and hate picking up brass from a semiauto. That's probably one of the reasons why I'm still a huge revolver fan. Besides, I like shooting revolvers better lol.

I truly enjoy reloading for the 38/357, it's a ton of fun for me.

 

[Forrest r]

Hate to say it buuuutttttttttt

I'm not a huge fan of the 9mm. Been thinning the herd lately & still have 5 wheelguns laying around. There's a 1911 chambered in 9mm & when I feel like picking up brass, the 45acp/1911 gets the nod every time.

Actually, most of my handgun range time is spent with the wheelguns and the 22lr semi-auto's.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Ed,

I have a very bad back and hate picking up brass from a semiauto.

Last time I was at the public SCDNR rifle range, an older man asked if I was keeping my 7.62x51 cases. He sat at the empty shooting bench to my right, with a 5gal bucket and a squeeze handle extension pole gripper, and deftly retrieved the cases while seated.

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[glenwolde]

The RSO's at the indoor range I go to sweep it into a pile for me if I ask. Of course you get all sorts of things....9mm, .40, .380, and.....

 

[mikld]

It's funny (sad) how one little thing can stop one from playing with their hobby. I got into bottom feeders a few years ago but walking around, head down and bending over "forced" me back to my revolver shooting much more (and I can still shoot 9mm in my Taurus 905!). I even made a "hook" to pick up brass, but walking around with my head down looking at the ground makes me dizzy (stroke in Feb '20). But for reloading; I inspect each case I reload. If it's range pick ups I glance at the case/headstamp when I pick it up, after cleaned a good inspection, and after each step in the process. Works for me...

 

[mikerjf]

I check 9mm brass for height before it goes in the bucket, and I STILL had 2 380’s show in the last batch of 9 I loaded. Like the OP said, no resize force is a flag, God knows we don’t want to waste a primer these days.

 

[smithra_66]

Had nothing to do today except making a pot of chile later on for a late meal,
so I deceided to size 500 9mm cases to get them ready for later loadings.

I had two that gave a lot of resistance and two that gave none to the single stage unit.
these four were set aside for a closer look at, when done, when
I could put my new glasses on, and see the fine print.

The two that gave a lot of resistance were cases that showed a little pressure signs, from the previous loads.

The other two that did not give any resistance, turned out to be...
380 cases.

This is one reason that I detail check new brass, to make sure
everything is on the up and up, for later use.

Getting tired watching the 9mm cases fly......

It might be time to start loading for my Revolvers, that have been collecting dust.

Tight groups.

I think you need a progressive.

 

[HKSmith]

I’m also in the process of resizing and depriming a large batch of 9 mm cases. The difficulty of running them through the resizing die is dependent on the manufacture. I find that CBC (mag tech, Brazil) is the hardest to resize. Remington and Federal are the easiest, with the others in between.

 

[STORMINORMAN]

Ed: When I get around to processing deprimed cases en mass, I try(attempt, anyway?)
to 1st sort them into caliber before they go into the Thumlers because the 40s and the 44s don't play well, neither do the 40s and the 9mms & the 380s: they just love to get stuck with the SS pins, or just get stuck period. (Ever try to get a 40 out of a 44?)

The 38s, 357s, 9mm & 380s don't have a problem in the tumbler together but need to be sorted before resizing, and some of the 380s always seem to slip through. Now when a 9mm tries to go through the 380 resizing die it is usually a crushed case.

When you found those two cases that you culled because of extremely hard effort to resize, and they looked to be a potential problem, that's as it should be...

Then you noticed only(?) the other two were too easy that turned out to be 380s, and that's as it should be, as well... Wish I only ran into your stellar less than 1/2% rejection rate!

Sounds like everything's jake to me: Your system worked perfectly!

Cheers!

P.S. Resizing 500 cases at a time is a bit repetitive, but you only have to do that a couple times per month (if you can find the primers, that is?), right?

 

[Nevada Ed]

As a note guys and girls......

today I filled up my speed loaders for my .357 Magnun that was used at
the last range test and for some added fun for the young lady, that was with me.

Those cases are "HUGE" after loading for the little 9mm case, for a year.

Pistols and revolvers are nice but I am really itching to get some nice weather to get to the
outdoor rifle range with dry walk ways to put the targets up.

Hang in there gang.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Also Love my Revolvers.
But every so often I feel the need to Spit Lead and Throw Brass.
That’s why I have a Glock.

 

[scooterj67]

The RSO's at the indoor range I go to sweep it into a pile for me if I ask. Of course you get all sorts of things....9mm, .40, .380, and.....

These cases are reloadable, with the proper dies. They are also able to be picked up with a magnet. Shell Shock Technologies

 

[crows]

I guarantee you can put ONE .40 S&W case and ONE .45ACP case in with a bunch of 9mm cases in the tumbler, and you will find a 9mm case inside the .40 case, and the .40 inside the .45 case. Must be those gremlins...

 

[max503]

I think you need a progressive.

I was glad to hear someone else reloads 9's buy the bucketful on a single-stage.
Those Harbor Freight EZ Reach tools are a necessity.

 

[Ron IL]

I always dump out the range pickup brass on my loading bench and stand them up. I can see if there is any debris or water in them and easy to cull out 380 and 40. I keep the 9 and 45 for loading. Our range is pea gravel so picking up brass is by hand. I tried the walnut cage thing and it picks up too much gravel with it and spreads the wires and some brass falls out. So I use that pickup time for exercise. I can pick up 300-500 almost any day there. Especially after a group has been there. I can run out there late in the day after everyone goes home. I am just 1 1/2 mile from the range. I played with a couple of those silver two piece cases and now just trash them and don't bring them home. I do like my revolver when I don't want to pick up brass.

 

[GypsmJim]

P.S. Resizing 500 cases at a time is a bit repetitive, but you only have to do that a couple times per month (if you can find the primers, that is?), right?

Rather than a progressive I have 4 single stage presses in a row. That's the way I like it, end of story.

Regardless, I agree about resizing being repetitive. Last year I bought one of the new Lee APPS. OMG, what a handy gadget. Dump the cases in a pan and they self right in a tube, then each time you pull the handle a resized / deprimed case falls out into a plastic bin. It has actually made the process fun.

As far as bending over, my indoor range has brooms and dust pans on long handles. Sweep and collect and then pour the batch onto a screen to separate the dirt. Then simply pick off your brass without needing to bend over.

 

[Green Frog]

When I’m too lazy to pick up brass, I’m also too lazy to reload, so I’ll go to my stash of bulk pack 22s and shoot my K22 or one of my High Standard semi-autos. My 639 Franken-Smith is pretty well behaved and throws its brass into a relatively small area, and the only other centerfire semi-auto I’m likely to shoot, a 45 wad gun I had built for Bullseye about thirty five years ago is similarly polite... which reminds me, I need to get that one out, it’s been in the drawer far too long!

Froggie

PS The retired Navy pistolsmith from whom I learned most of what I know about target pistols prided himself in tuning his ejectors to reliably remove the cases then drop them into a small area. It was a nice finishing touch on his work.

 

[Nevada Ed]

When I’m too lazy to pick up brass, I’m also too lazy to reload, so I’ll go to my stash of bulk pack 22s and shoot my K22 or one of my High Standard semi-autos. My 639 Franken-Smith is pretty well behaved and throws its brass into a relatively small area, and the only other centerfire semi-auto I’m likely to shoot, a 45 wad gun I had built for Bullseye about thirty five years ago is similarly polite... which reminds me, I need to get that one out, it’s been in the drawer far too long!

Froggie

PS The retired Navy pistolsmith from whom I learned most of what I know about target pistols prided himself in tuning his ejectors to reliably remove the cases then drop them into a small area. It was a nice finishing touch on his work.

Yes;
Filing on and extractor or ejector, CAN toss a case in a different direction
but you need to know what you are doing, befor too much medal is removed or that you go past, the desired angle needed.

A Quality GMate or Smith is needed here, or new parts will be needed.

 

[STORMINORMAN]

I guarantee you can put ONE .40 S&W case and ONE .45ACP case in with a bunch of 9mm cases in the tumbler, and you will find a 9mm case inside the .40 case, and the .40 inside the .45 case. Must be those gremlins...

Try getting a 40 S&W case out of 44 Magnum brass some time...!

When only one tiny SS pin makes it nigh on impossible...

Cheers!

P.S. And 38/357 cases fit tightly over the 223/5.56, but usually after they are crammed full of the pins as well...

That's another No-no! lesson (just recently) learned!