I know the manual says..

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..not to shoot reloads in your Glock pistol, but every manufacture's
manual says not to either. And Glock throws at twist at this subject
with their 'unsuported chamber', which we've all heard issues about.
However I know people that DO reload Glock fired brass, some shoot
them in other chambers and some shoot them again in Glock chambers.

So my question is; for those who reload Glock fired brass, what
extra percautions do you adhier too, do you load them less times
than other brass, do you fire them in Glock or non-Glock chambers. . .?
The reason I'm asking is because I'm get'n into pistol reloading now
and I have a ton of Glock fired brass that I don't want to throw
out if it's not necessary.

I've also heard that a 'roller' die can be used to re-size Glock brass back
to spec with no concern related to the little buldge cased by the
chambers lack of support, no ?
Thx. all

...WW
 
I am not sure which brass you have..9mm, 40 or .45.. We would also need to know how many times this brass you have has been fired. I reload for my 9mm, and I have no troubles at all. I also load light for it. Just check your brass for any signs of excessive wear, and if you find some, chuck it out. I will use factory brass for mine several times over. As long as it has no excessive wear.
 
I have once fired Glock brass in 9mm, and some .40 but not that much.

blindman, are you firing your reloads back in a Glock chamber ?

I don't plan on loading 'heavy', but I don't want to load powder-puffs
either. Middle of the road so-to-speak, duplicate factory loaded power factor.

...WW
 
For my Glock 22 (.40 S&W) I load "heavy" I guess, close to the max (5.4 grns of Universal) with 180 grn bullets. I have some brass that I have used more than six times at this point with no problems.

As mentioned, I keep an eye out for obvious issues.

Personally, I keep my brass seperated by manufacturer and number of times fired. So bag "A" has Reminington once fired, bag "B" Starline once fired etc. If upon inspection I were to see an issue, I would likely toss that whole lot of brass away and set my bar at -1 from what ever number of relaods I had reached with that brand brass. For example if my Remington brass made it for 15 reloads before I saw a cracked case (or cases), then I would only reload it 14 times from then on (still keeping an eye out for problems obviously) and adjust my "bar" accordingly.
 
WithoutWarning said:
I have once fired Glock brass in 9mm, and some .40 but not that much.

blindman, are you firing your reloads back in a Glock chamber ?

I don't plan on loading 'heavy', but I don't want to load powder-puffs
either. Middle of the road so-to-speak, duplicate factory loaded power factor.

...WW
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Yes I am shooting them again out of my Glock, I have no trouble at all, and to fire them around 7-8 times. I load in the middle of the road as well. You will find you can even load max loads with some like Power Pistol, and HS-6 with no problems at all. Cheers
 
I use a Lee Factory Crimp Die to remove the glock bulge. After going through the FCD, you can't tell the brass was ever in a Glock. It's well worth the $20.
 
WithoutWarning said:
..not to shoot reloads in your Glock pistol, but every manufacture's
manual says not to either.

...WW
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Not true.

I have an STI Trojan 5.0 and the manual states Do not use unmarked or hand-loaded rounds of unknown origin.
 
I have around 45k rounds of mostly lead reloads through my oldest G-19 (and the world still hasn't exploded. Imagine that).

Some of my brass is 18+ years old. I have no idea how many times they have been reloaded. Some of the headstamps are no longer legible, but they are still in good shape and chamber with no special prep or "U-dies". I just don't load them up to max.

Auggie D.
 
Holy shat, that's a lot of rounds thru some really old brass!
What kind of dies do you use Auggie ?
What flavor of dies do you other guys like, what seems to
give the best results, or does the brand really matter ?
This has helped me out here, Thx. to all who've replied.

...WW
 
damndirtyape said:
I use a Lee Factory Crimp Die to remove the glock bulge. After going through the FCD, you can't tell the brass was ever in a Glock. It's well worth the $20.
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I use Lee dies as well, I find after decap, and resize the brass is fine, then it goes through the crimp die, and does it all again You can't ask for better dies IMO. Cheers!
 
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