Reloading 9mm

[pistolpete10]

The 9 MM is as easy to load as any other Auto pistol round. You should be using a taper crimp die in a separate operation.
The so-called Lee Factory Crimp die is a taper crimp die, they also make a taper crimp die with a sizing ring in it, useful if you get a bulge at the base of the bullet. I have it for 45 and 9, some of my cast bullet loads in the 45 need it, haven't found a 9 with a large bulge in it yet. Before Biden/Covid I bought quite a bit of factory ammo instead of loading it. I'm back to loading them now, at least till I run out of primers.

 

[Nevada Ed]

I have another coworker who as already offered a few thousand 9mm cases, I'm thinking of getting a few boxes of ammo of different weights to see what the gun and me like. I prefer to use plated bullets so that I am not handling bare lead while reloading, not in a big hurry to get started since I probably won't get back into shooting until after I retire in April.

Nothing wrong with copper, plated or coated bullts that are out there now.
They all work, just maybe some better than others in your pistol but that will take time to learn.

I load from X-lite to barn burners in all types but when it all comes down to what's what..........

lots of my 115-124 bullets do well in the 1020-1140fps zone.
Have fun.