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How To Reload The 9mm for Competition

Very nice article for reloading the 9mm. Unless you are looking at competition loads
almost not worth the effort to reload at present pricing. Now if there is a shortage
that makes it a whole different story.
Poly and plated are real easy to shave so must watch the case mouth belling.
Had a note from Hornady that they are doing their best to keep stores stocked. Of
course that's the one's that are open.
A bullet producer I use is having two more machines installed within the next week
to up their production.
 
SMSgtRod said:
Very nice article for reloading the 9mm. Unless you are looking at competition loads
almost not worth the effort to reload at present pricing. Now if there is a shortage
that makes it a whole different story.
Poly and plated are real easy to shave so must watch the case mouth belling.
Had a note from Hornady that they are doing their best to keep stores stocked. Of
course that's the one's that are open.
A bullet producer I use is having two more machines installed within the next week
to up their production.
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I received that one from Hornady also!
 
For some reason, when I shot revolvers more, I always kept all my brass, and often gave it to a friend or two that reloaded. These days I do most of my shooting at an indoor range, using a pistol, and probably 90% of the ejected casings end up in the range past the shooting line. Most of the indoor ranges here have shooting "booths" with a solid half wall in front and full wall on each side, so I couldn't retrieve that brass if I wanted to.

I stocked up on some 38 Special recently, as my stash of that was getting low, and the cost of that ammo has me considering reloading again, as it costs a good bit more than 9mm.
 
jfmorris said:
For some reason, when I shot revolvers more, I always kept all my brass, and often gave it to a friend or two that reloaded. These days I do most of my shooting at an indoor range, using a pistol, and probably 90% of the ejected casings end up in the range past the shooting line. Most of the indoor ranges here have shooting "booths" with a solid half wall in front and full wall on each side, so I couldn't retrieve that brass if I wanted to.

I stocked up on some 38 Special recently, as my stash of that was getting low, and the cost of that ammo has me considering reloading again, as it costs a good bit more than 9mm.
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With the rising cost of quality ammo it's worth the investment!
 
Those that I shoot with at the club load way down for Steel Challenge. Some to the point where they get squibs & other malfunctions. Have seen that many times.

I'm not into the "Game" so I only shoot, & will reload to, full-power 9mm since I'm focused on skill development for self-defense vs. playing the game.
 
I never had to much luck reloading 9mm, no matter how much taper crimp I used, bullet always seated itself deeper during feeding in my S&W 5906 pistol, so I gave up on that caliber to reload.
 
I carry 357SIG in a Glock 32.... my practice rounds are the same as my EDC.
When I go to the range to shoot EDC that's all I shoot.
When I go for the fun plinking, maybe have a family member with me, then it's
anything from a 17 to the 454. I never shoot the EDC that day.

I enjoy spending the time reloading. Gets me off by myself. I reload 9mm and
get maybe 10 cents an hour for the effort. But then too, I load some bullets that
aren't found on the LGS shelves.
 
Annihilator said:
I never had to much luck reloading 9mm, no matter how much taper crimp I used, bullet always seated itself deeper during feeding in my S&W 5906 pistol, so I gave up on that caliber to reload.
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Had that problem and it was the bullets fault. Because of the ogive I couldn't get the case
mouth to grip the bullet with the crimp and still have the cartridge chamber properly.
Drove me nuts cause I could push the bullet down in the case with my thumb. Not good to
have bullet set back in the pistol as the pressures can get a little wild.

Bullet with a bit more straight side and worked great.
 
Talyn said:
Those that I shoot with at the club load way down for Steel Challenge. Some to the point where they get squibs & other malfunctions. Have seen that many times.

I'm not into the "Game" so I only shoot, & will reload to, full-power 9mm since I'm focused on skill development for self-defense vs. playing the game.
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That's scary stuff chancing a squib.
 
SMSgtRod said:
I've been amazed at the number of folks that come in to the range with a 22 to get
their practice in. They carry a 9mm.

Had a squib twice with factory ammo.... never with my reloads.
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I've had a few light firing loads that sounded like a cap gun and didn't have much recoil. When this has happened I clear the gun and field strip to check the barrel. I've been fortunate to not find a bullet jammed in my barrel yet.
 
10mmLife said:
I've had a few light firing loads that sounded like a cap gun and didn't have much recoil. When this has happened I clear the gun and field strip to check the barrel. I've been fortunate to not find a bullet jammed in my barrel yet.
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Since the first squib I now have two 12" pieces of doweling in the bottom of my range bag.
One will slide down the 9mm to 357 Mag and the other a little bigger for the 44SP to 454.
Tap it back out on the concrete floor.

As I said earlier my 9mm seem to always fly. Middle to almost top load works fine.
The TFP from RMR is nice for target. Work nice in the SIG too.
 
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