I toss nato stamped cases, usually crimped, just not worth the effort imo. I also toss most foreign brass as dims seem all over the place. So I stick to US manuf brass & pmc also seems to work fine. I load mostly 147gr for practice & competition, so thicker brass can be an issue, bulging the cases down toward the head.

 

9×19mm, Parabellum, Luger, they all work for me. There is brass I avoid though.

 

My favorite flavor of 9mm (9x19, Luger, etc) brass is WCC brass with the crimped in primer. I try to snag it whenever I can on gunbroker.

 

So you just figure on having to swage all your 9mm brass then. What method do you have setup?

Steve

 

I like this method of enhancing the Dillon 600 Super Swage.

Steve

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uMQd2UBrXos

 

That is basically what I did, except I drilled a hole near the top of the thumb lever and installed a cotter key. Then from HF spring kit attached it to the HF cotter key back to a L screw hook. Instead of grabbing the thumb lever, just place the case on the shaft and press down on the case and shaft. Swag and automatic eject.

 

Here is a not so great picture of mine. Just not hooked up to the L screw hook. And not attached to a board.

 

I use the Dillon super swage on lake city brass for making 300 BLK from 5.56 and reloading 7.62 x 51. I just run it in stock form and that works fine for me. I huck NATO pistol brass as well as small primer 45 auto.

 

I still use pretty much any kind of 9mm I pick up from the ground. It's just not worth the time and effort to sort.

I may get to the point where I start buying new brass for majors, or something along those lines. But I think I would probably still use unsorted range brass for practice and club matches.

My rejection rate from the case gauge for practice ammo is typically under 1%. Bullets get pulled from those rounds every few months, and everything else gets thrown out.

So basically I sort brass in the case gauge.

 

Don't use IMT, AmmoLoad, Freedom Munitions or MaxxTech. They are stepped, which results in a substantial reduction in case volume, which could lead to serious pressure using books loads. Plus if you try to run a 147 gr in them, it will jam the shieette out of your press. And the little fkckers can separate upon firing, leaving a brass sleeve in the chamber and a dead gun. They are complete junk.

 

I've lately been in the 9mm brass sorting camp. Loading cast for a couple old 9mms, the groove diameters like .358" bullet diameter, but the chambers don't appreciate the extra volume. So that ammo gets Federal cases since it is thinner. Win are close, and those get mixed in too. Any thicker and they don't want to kerplunk consistently.

On the other hand, I made a dumb purchase of some pulled fmjs. Sized .354". Those need thick-walled cases to get enough neck tension. So R-P, Magtech etc. are the ticket.

For a while I was swaging primer pocket crimps. I changed my ways after considering that I have probably a lifetime supply of non-crimped brass on hand.

 

Don't use IMT, AmmoLoad, Freedom Munitions or MaxxTech. They are stepped, which results in a substantial reduction in case volume, which could lead to serious pressure using books loads.

The Dillon PC die can catch them.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EU9deSKm48&t=6s

 

For everyone who is picky about their brass, feel free to just mail it to me. I'm not proud and I'll reload anything.



Jeff

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For everyone who is picky about their brass, feel free to just mail it to me. I'm not proud and I'll reload anything.



Jeff

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Do you have a lot of experience reloading and shooting the types 9x45 mentioned? All it took for me was one case separation at the step with a FM or Ammoload case.