Reloading .380 Auto

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Does anyone here reload .380 Auto? I have been picking up my brass at the indoor range and in the process I get some .380 mixed in with it. I don't own a .380 and have no plans to do so. I was just wondering if it's worth saving to barter with or sell later, or if I should just throw it in the scrap bucket.

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I would hang on to it.
380acp is not easy to come by and just 3 years ago there was none to buy at any price.
 
I reload for .380 and at times finding brass is like looking for hen's teeth. At my range, I can usually recover 80% of my brass. The rest goes forward of the firing line and is lost to me.

Save it. When you get to 500 or so, sell it. Or save it for that day when you reload in that cal.
 
380 brass should be worth gathering up every chance you get. I actually prefer loading 380 over 9mm for some unknown reason.
 
if you do start to reloard it, be carefull, those small cases can be hard on your fingers.:) pinched mine a few times making sure the bullet is square with the case before seating.
 
If you think 380s are hard on your fingers, try reloading 25 ACP some time. It got to the point where I used a needle nose pliers to hold the bullets in place as they went up into the die.
 
Iron Mike Golf said:
The rest goes forward of the firing line and is lost to me.
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Arg! I hate it when that happens.
I'm about 70-75% with my .32s. It seems the older .32s like to send the brass straight up which makes it 50/50 as to whether they will bounce forward or back.
I often wish the range had a "window" to shoot out of so those precious little pieces of brass would bounce back.

I don't have a .380 but I'm saving the brass that gets swept in -- just in case. The only thing I do not save is 9mm (too plentiful) .40 and 10mm (I'll never own one.)
 
I reload .380 and have several .380 pistols. It's a fun round and very accurate.

Most pistols throw the brass into another County or time zone, black hole. The rate of retrieval is very poor:(

I pick up everyone I find.
 
kenjen said:
if you do start to reloard it, be carefull, those small cases can be hard on your fingers.:) pinched mine a few times making sure the bullet is square with the case before seating.
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Since I started using a Lyman powder-through M-die expander, I have not had that problem.
 
Save that 40 brass..... I would gladly trade you some other brass for it!

I currently am getting ready to reload .38 Spl, .357 Mag, .40 S&W, and 9mm Luger.

I will start saving all the other types I end up with and would love to trade back and forth with someone for brass that benefits us both.

jhvaughan2 said:
Arg! I hate it when that happens.
I'm about 70-75% with my .32s. It seems the older .32s like to send the brass straight up which makes it 50/50 as to whether they will bounce forward or back.
I often wish the range had a "window" to shoot out of so those precious little pieces of brass would bounce back.

I don't have a .380 but I'm saving the brass that gets swept in -- just in case. The only thing I do not save is 9mm (too plentiful) .40 and 10mm (I'll never own one.)
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GTbob said:
Save that 40 brass..... I would gladly trade you some other brass for it!

I currently am getting ready to reload .38 Spl, .357 Mag, .40 S&W, and 9mm Luger.

I will start saving all the other types I end up with and would love to trade back and forth with someone for brass that benefits us both.
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I have a bucket of 9mm I would love to trade 10 or more to 1 for something like 44 spl or mag, 45 Colt, 357

I have 40, 38 too.
 
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