Norma 9mm brass

[leadhead2]

I may be the odd man out here, but I think Norma brass sucks.
Both rifle and pistol.
leadhead

 

[mikld]

I haven't sorted much 9mm brass in quite a while, several years (15?). I have reloaded several thousand 9mms and never come across this problem. Perhaps I didn't find any Norma brass. (I recently prepped about 400 9mm "once fired brass" with my Lee dies and had zero problems).

 

[Euclid]

I have been hearing the same thing from my reloading buds recently about Norma brass primer holes being very small. I don't think is has ANYTHING to do with the dies.

 

[Engineer1911]

You now have learned why Lyman, Redding, and RCBS have a better idea for carbide pistol caliber sizing dies, replaceable decapping pins. Lee dies are excellent right up the the point when the decapping pin breaks and it will. Every die makers decapping pins will break, for Lee you need the whole new decapping stem, not just a new pin.

 

[duman444]

Norma 9MM shells

Went by Academy to pick up hunting license and found that is where the Norma brass is coming from. There were 16 to 20 boxes on the shelf with a limit of 4. Did not check price, but it was the only 9MM in the store.

 

[AJ]

Replacement pins are maybe in your garage, if you have any small finishing nails................

Glad you solved the problem and recovered your two pins.

Years ago I did just that when I broke a decapping pin.