I reloaded 100 9mm rounds last night.

[jmiller320]

I reloaded 100 9mm rounds last night. First time reloading on my own since I was a teenager helping my father. I wish I had paid more attention to the process back then. I loaded 115 grain round point FMJ. Previously I had de-primed the brass, tumbled it, resized it, primed it and expanded the brass. Reading and watching YouTube videos helped, The tricky part of setting the bullet depth and crimping the bullet caused me to crush one bullet. The other 99 went fine after redoing the die setup. I made a quick trip to the range and test fired 20 rounds in my Sig 365X and S&W M&P Shield EZ. Had a good day at the range. Fired 20 and picked up 50 cases.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Congrats !

 

[Sarguy7777]

Nice! I've found that I absolutely hate dies that crimp and seat in the same step. I've since moved to Lee dies and crimp separately. No more crushed cases. Also, I really don't crimp much unless it's h110 for revolvers.

 

[John from MD]

Pistol cases that headspace on the mouth should be taper crimped and not roll crimped. It adds an extra step but it is much better than trying to use a seating die to crimp. The Lee Factory crimp die will taper crimp and insure the case is in spec.

 

[john_bud]

I reloaded 100 9mm rounds last night. First time reloading on my own since I was a teenager helping my father. I wish I had paid more attention to the process back then. I loaded 115 grain round point FMJ. Previously I had de-primed the brass, tumbled it, resized it, primed it and expanded the brass. Reading and watching YouTube videos helped, The tricky part of setting the bullet depth and crimping the bullet caused me to crush one bullet. The other 99 went fine after redoing the die setup. I made a quick trip to the range and test fired 20 rounds in my Sig 365X and S&W M&P Shield EZ. Had a good day at the range. Fired 20 and picked up 50 cases.

I tumble brass before deprime/size. Saves time and steps.

 

[Muleskinner]

If you don't mind me asking why did you crimp them? I've never had to use an expander dye on 9 mm nor do I crimp. I've literally done tens of thousands like that. I've never had an issue with bullets walking back due to recoil. 45 ACP now that's a whole nother ball of wax. I do crimp those

 

[John from MD]

If you don't mind me asking why did you crimp them? I've never had to use an expander dye on 9 mm nor do I crimp. I've literally done tens of thousands like that. I've never had an issue with bullets walking back due to recoil. 45 ACP now that's a whole nother ball of wax. I do crimp those

You must use Jacketed bullets. When you load cast, plated or powder coated, you need to bell so that you don't damage the bullet. With jacketed you can just bevel once and load until the crack.

 

[FN509Fan]

Fired 20 and picked up 50 cases.

Congrats, this means you are officially addicted.

 

[Growler215]

The best part about reloading pistol rounds is that 1lb of powder goes a long way.

 

[jmiller320]

Congrats, this means you are officially addicted.

So far I'm into this hobby $1.933.82.

 

[jmiller320]

I tumble brass before deprime/size. Saves time and steps.

I tumbled the brass before I de-primed and use a Lee Universal de-primer. I watched a couple YouTube videos and some of them suggested de-capping first then tumbling. De-capping first keeps all of the junk out of your good dies and after looking at the brass after it was de-primed I agree. I was still working in my garage with the reloading press C-clamped on a bench. I had plenty of time to tumble while I slept.

 

[jmiller320]

If you don't mind me asking why did you crimp them? I've never had to use an expander dye on 9 mm nor do I crimp. I've literally done tens of thousands like that. I've never had an issue with bullets walking back due to recoil. 45 ACP now that's a whole nother ball of wax. I do crimp those

The RCBS Die Set came with it. Not using the expander die the bullet wouldn't fit. I just followed the directions. You don't need much.

 

[john_bud]

I tumbled the brass before I de-primed and use a Lee Universal de-primer. I watched a couple YouTube videos and some of them suggested de-capping first then tumbling. De-capping first keeps all of the junk out of your good dies and after looking at the brass after it was de-primed I agree. I was still working in my garage with the reloading press C-clamped on a bench. I had plenty of time to tumble while I slept.

Yeah, the used primer does have some junk in it. However... being a competition 9mm pistol shooter, 20,000 rounds a year was normal. I just tumbled, ran them thru the progressive. Maybe ran a q-tip around inside die once a year. The die set is 10+ years old ...

I think guys doing precision long range shooting NEED each round perfect, but for pistol rounds... there's much less stringent requirements. (Just my opinion! Keep doing it your way if you're happy with the results, that's all that matters)