What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[Chips n Salsa]

Midway USA is carrying the Lee undersize resizing dies that EGW carried. I swear by these things...I keep them in 9 / 40 / 45. Looks like 9mm is on sale right now, too.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1012827841/lee-u-carbide-undersized-sizing-die

 

[xdmikey]

thanks CnS.

 

[TheMailMan]

Where are you seeing a bulge-buster for 9mm? Lee has one but not for 9mm. Redding has one for 40S&W-base-size only (which includes 10MM and .357 Sig). EGW used to make small-base dies that would do the job but their web site is gone so I guess they're out of business.

The only tools I know of that fix bulges to a wide variety of pistol cases, including 9mm, are the Casepro (~$900) and the Magma Case Master Jr. (~$400).

So I'm curious. What bulge buster are you looking at? I'd love to learn something new today.

PS - My (approximately) rimless CF autopistol shooting these days is almost always cheap 9mm factory stuff. If I ever start running through thousands of rounds of .45 ACP or 10MM or (God, I hope I find myself needing this before I die!) .44AMP, I'll get a Case Master. Until then, I just throw away bulged brass.

http://www.egwguns.com/index.php?p=egw_store

 

[TheMailMan]

9mm brass is so cheap I just scrap whatever gives me problems. I've got 2500 pieces coming that set me back $55.

 

[orbitup]

9mm brass is so cheap I just scrap whatever gives me problems. I've got 2500 pieces coming that set me back $55.

Where did you get it? My place closed on me.

 

[benenglish]

http://www.egwguns.com/index.php?p=egw_store

Thank you for that. EGW has apparently changed their web site name and I couldn't find it. I shouldn't have jumped to the conclusion that they were gone.

Thanks so much for setting me straight.

 

[orbitup]

They are just selling the Lee dies. If they had their own before, they don't anymore.

 

[Vaquero]

finally got to marvel at the new brass.

 

[TheMailMan]

Where did you get it? My place closed on me.

Off the Brian Enos forum.

I also picked up some 10mm brass from Round2Brass here in Texas. They had it in stock, which is rare, and the price was great, which is also rare. I received it yesterday. It's cleaned, the nickel is sorted. I got four bags of brass and one of nickel.

 

[TheMailMan]

Thursday I picked up a 4 lb jug of IMR red for $50. That's going to load a lot of pistol rounds!

 

[TxStetson]

View attachment 171911 View attachment 171912 finally got to marvel at the new brass.

Does that mean you made it home for the weekend?

 

[Vaquero]

Yep.

 

[xdmikey]

I’ve been loading range ammo in .40 cases for a while.

Not nuclear though but working up.

 

[rmantoo]

Off the Brian Enos forum.

I also picked up some 10mm brass from Round2Brass here in Texas. They had it in stock, which is rare, and the price was great, which is also rare. I received it yesterday. It's cleaned, the nickel is sorted. I got four bags of brass and one of nickel.

I buy almost all my 9mm, 40, 45, 556 and 308 brass off of brianenos...well, now that I have 5-10 gallons of each, I don't need to buy . THere are a ton of high volume shooters and range scroungers there, so the prices are pretty reasonable, and there is always someone selling flat rate boxes of those.

 

[rmantoo]

Today it's way too wet and raining to hit the range, so I cleaned up and organized a LOT. Made enough room to finally move a bunch of dies I'd bought at an estate sale onto a shelf!

 

[Vaquero]

Really like the performance of these Berger bullets.
Ordered 500 online. Lot #s match.
Heh

 

[Vaquero]

Loaded test batches in the new alpha brass.
10 rounds each of 5 different charge weights.

 

[TxStetson]

Loaded test batches in the new alpha brass.
10 rounds each of 5 different charge weights.

I was coming in here to point out that you hadn’t posted any photos of finished rounds yet.

 

[Vaquero]

tough crowd

 

[robertc1024]

Put a bunch of .223 rounds together. Some with CFE 223, some with Varget. Made me remember how much longer it takes to get charge weights right with stick powder.