9mm Reloading
- Thread starter Kase85
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all over the place depends where you live, i scavange brass from my range, buy my bullets from AIM, Wholesale sports has pretty cheap prices on lee reloading gear which is what i use the only problem is they take awhile and seem to like to mess up order... still cheap though.
For Lee reloading equipment, Lee Factory Direct sales can't be beat.
http://factorysales.com/html/xcart/home.php
They ship to Canada no problem. I have bought stuff from them a few times. Scavenge brass from your range, just watch out for brass that has been shot from 9mm Major. They use a much hotter load in 9mm which can stretch the brass. I just measure each case before reloading it. As for bullets, get a Lee bullet mold & cast your own from wheel weights.
George
Try Granlunds in Campbell River, or Wholesale in Nanaimo.
Will do, thanks!
Whats everyone using for a press...I'm looking at the lee pro 1000 to start, I know it's finicky, but apparently if you take your time to set it up and are mechanically inclined there not to bad...I'm trying to stay on budget as I'm buying a single stage for my rifle rounds and will spend more money up front in this area... Any advice or thoughts?
I use the Lee 50th anniversary press. It is slow, but if you do everything in big groups in stages it is ok.
(ie.: resize all cases first, before going onto putting in a powder load into any of them)
It all depends, most 9mm reloaders shoot and reload in volumes.
I don't even touch the press if I don't have 500+ brass to reload.
Figure it out how much you gonna shoot a year, start collecting brass, get powder, bullets and primers. If you are to shoot 50-100rds a week - just buy reloaded ammo to save money and hassle.
If you are to shoot about 1000rds a week or more - you need a decent progressive press.
I don't even touch the press if I don't have 500+ brass to reload.
Figure it out how much you gonna shoot a year, start collecting brass, get powder, bullets and primers. If you are to shoot 50-100rds a week - just buy reloaded ammo to save money and hassle.
If you are to shoot about 1000rds a week or more - you need a decent progressive press.
Get a Dillon 550 instead. Your long term satisfaction will be much greater and component costs will dwarf the cost of the press in the long run. You don't need to spend a lot to get a serviceable single stage, but you really don't want to skimp on a progressive, given the greater mechanical complexity.
easyrider604
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Get the Lee Classic Turret with Safety Prime and Pro-AutoDisk. Should work for both pistol and rifle cartridges. You need to get the Perfect Powder measure to load rifle.
It can produce 140-150 pistol (9mm/45acp) cartridges an hour easily. I do not reload for rifles yet so cannot quote you a production rate.
The Classic Turret is only US$85.00 plus shipping at Lee Factory Sales. Pistol/rifle dies, Safety Prime (large and small primers), powder measures are extra but surprisingly inexpensive.
If and when you really decide you need faster pistol ammo production and perhaps better rifle ammo, then look into a Loadmaster, LNL, or 550B and a Forster Co-Ax Single Stage.
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I have had great success with the Lee single stage press. Time consuming on your own but with a buddy we can load up to 350 rounds an hour.
We collect our own brass from the range and have the cost of 9mm down to about $0.15 per round.
Wholesale sports is pretty cheap for primers and powder. Look online for bullets. I have used Marstar with good success.
IF you want to step up to the next level or press on your own all the time then a progressive press is the way to go.
There is something very enjoyable about pressing your own cartridges. Good Luck!!
We collect our own brass from the range and have the cost of 9mm down to about $0.15 per round.
Wholesale sports is pretty cheap for primers and powder. Look online for bullets. I have used Marstar with good success.
IF you want to step up to the next level or press on your own all the time then a progressive press is the way to go.
There is something very enjoyable about pressing your own cartridges. Good Luck!!
You might consider a lee turret press. With a powder drop to charge the cases it is pretty fast. Not quite as fast as a full progressive, but alot less finicky. You can use it to make your rifle ammo as well. I use mine with forsters benchrest dies and my runout is under a thousandths.
If you do get a lee pro buy the blast shield. My primer tray blew up. A primer hit my glasses with enough force to crack the lens, and with enough force to cause bleeding wherever they hit.
The dillon 550 is already designed that if the primers blow they go up and out the drop tube.
I have a 550. I have had a lee pro. It is finicky just not as finicky as the Lee. If you are on a budget get the turret press, prime with the auto prime and buy a powder drop.
Also a bit off topic. But always wear safety glasses and never have children around when priming.
I have a lee 1000 and love it. The biggest problem is when your tumbling media gets between the shell plate during depriming and this can mess up the priming mechanism.I personally now deprime all my brass on it with just a decaper die, really fast to do thousands. Then I hand prime a few thousand so they are ready to load. Then when it comes to reloading you don't have to worry about the primer system jamming up and you can knock off 700 in an hour. The part I like best is the powder drop as it never goes out of adjustment as they are just different size disks. Win 231 and titegroup measure dead on with all the disks as they meter well being a ball powder. I have loaded about 40,000 on mine and havn't replaced a part yet, although it is showing some signs of wear. Parts are cheap if you need them. For the price I don't think you could beat one. When mine finaly gives up I will be buying another.
