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January 31st, 2021, 09:08 PM #11Grand Member
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Re: Loadable Brands
A-MERC is junk throw it out.
Blazer brass loads great. Nary a problem with it.
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January 31st, 2021, 09:20 PM #12
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Here is an example of this from 27hand from the Re: What did you reload today? thread:
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January 31st, 2021, 09:30 PM #13
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Power always thinks...that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
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January 31st, 2021, 09:59 PM #14
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I store revolver rounds in MTD plastic boxes. Bulk semi-auto pistol rounds go 100 in a Baggie and into ammo cans. Not sure what I'm going to do with rifle rounds.
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January 31st, 2021, 10:57 PM #15
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January 31st, 2021, 11:17 PM #16
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Thanks for the response. I used brake cleaner to clean off any factory protectant. I do not have a grease fitting and have oiled up the ram and linkage pretty good. Put it on and wiped with my finger as well. It sounds like the wind through an unsealed window according to my wife. I know, strange way to describe. I think it sounds like when a robotic pick and place works with the sound or the quick movement of it, from personal experience that is. It's like when a jet makes those sounds before the let you off, not sure what they are doing sounds like moving maybe flaps? Kind of a grindy high pitch.
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January 31st, 2021, 11:49 PM #17Grand Member
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I don't think it matters for 9mm. As long as the case is brass and doesn't have a setback step just load them and shoot them. I started out using once fired federal cases with the same headstamp but with an autoloader it didn't take long till they got mixed with other cases or lost. It was becoming a pain to sort them each time so now its any old floorswept brass i can find plus anything I can find in the trashcan. I have no idea how many times the cases were loaded but I never split a 9mm case. Just shoot them till you lose them or the mouth gets chewed from being ejected. Same for .45 acp. .38 specials will occasionally split but when they do just toss them and reload the rest.
BUT, I only do this with target to mid power loads where you are not trying to push a max load. For max or +p loads I always use the same headstamp and develop a max load for only that headstamp. i also try and pick out the newest looking cases.
With rifle its a different story. I try and keep a record of the number of times fired and always use the same headstamp. Different cases can have different capacities. If I start having problems I will toss all of the brass and start with another lot of fresh cases.
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February 1st, 2021, 07:15 AM #18Senior Member
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I can't add a thing to what others stated about the brass. All good input.
I save boxes and inserts of ammo and use a knife to break the box down at the side overlap. (Get the knife between the glued flaps). Then turn the box inside out and use Avery Dennison's glue sticks or something similar with Scotch Tape to make generic brown boxes. Fill them and mark them with your load info on the outside. I always root through the garbage cans at my range!Engineers make things idiot proof! Evolution makes better idiots!
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February 1st, 2021, 09:11 AM #19Super Member
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Here’s the Cartridge Guide section at Accurate Shooter. https://www.accurateshooter.com/cate...tridge-guides/
Ive found the .308 and .223 info to be very useful.
Also, here’s a link to High Roads Reloading section. https://www.thehighroad.org/index.ph...-reloading.15/
You can search within it for 9mm or other. I tried unsuccessfully to find the specific reference I wanted but there are pages and pages of discussion on the topic.
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February 1st, 2021, 09:54 AM #20
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As far as brass goes I keep track of the brass I use. One type of brass I learned to never reload is Federal pistol brass that has a cannelure in the case. Throw that brass into your no good brass pile. It will rip along the cannelure at some point after one to three reloads, take my word on that. When you could buy Federal brass it doesn't have the cannelure it was only used on factory loaded brass.
I use the MTM cases I bought from Midway through their mail catalog for all the calibres that I reload and store them in those boxes. I also mark the box with the labels they provide to tell what load is currently in the box. For factory boxes if they have the polystyrene or hard plastic inserts they make OK case holders for the bench to keep track of your batches. The carboard outer gets tossed.
With your press squeaking I used a little vaseline that I keep on my workbench on the ram and then ran the ram up and down a few times and then cleaned up the excess. I found that the side struts also make some noise so I sprayed some silicone spray on those friction points and worked the press so it's quiet now. I try to use lubricants that don't accumulate dirt as much as possible. The silicone spray is very clean and the vaseline is easy to clean up afterwards. I use it on all kinds of things that have o-rings or fine adjustments.Corruption is the default behavior of government officials. JPC
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