Reloading 9mm - brass question

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Another newbie question:

I am going to reload 9mm and have all sorts of casings, of which I have already seperated the brass from nickle. Is it necessary or worthwhile to seperate the different makes of brass before reloading?

i.e. WIN, SPEER , IVI 95, IVI 96, IVI 03, FC, FC NT


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Arch
 
I don't think it matters too much but some of your brass such as the IVI has crimped in primers. You will have to remove the crimp before you seat the new primers in the IVI brass for sure.
 
Paulinski said:
What is requited to make S&B brass usable?
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+1?

I have shot 9MM and .45 S&B ammo and kept my brass for reloading. They both have their primers sealed with a red sealer and while I found the 9MM to be somewhat siff to decap even with case lube, it was nothing beyond managable or close to getting stuck. No issues with the sealed in primers in 45, again just alittle stiffer than Fed, Rem or Win.

I like the brass, or maybe I have to as I got about 400 in with my 1K order or 45 brass from marstar but has held up to 5 reloads so far and I plan on it going for a while.

No need to sort out commercial casings such as Federal, Winchester, or Remington. Just clean and dirty and someone said before.
 
Years ago I sorted brass for handgun. No more, as Echo said, clean and dirty, but I do remove primer crimps (most of the time)

What about S&B??? I have not had problems in 9mm or 40.
 
Silverback said:
I don't think it matters too much but some of your brass such as the IVI has crimped in primers. You will have to remove the crimp before you seat the new primers in the IVI brass for sure.
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The IVI in 9mm is not worth the hassle, scrap it, stick with your other brass. S+B has been fine brass for me as well, no issue.
 
I just ran into some problems with CCI brass. Off center flash holes were the problem. That stuff now goes into the recycle bin. I prefer Federal, Winchester and Remington.

Take Care

Bob
 
i've never had a problem with ivi 9mm- used to get this stuff by the ice cream bucketful, way back when we could use our smgs with 25-32 round mags- i'd get the pistol stuff( you can tell it's been through an open bolt smg due to a slight swelling in the head area) decap, and run it through the crimp remover, then it's off to the progressive reloader- you only have to do the decrimp thing once, and you're only using the brass twice anyway, as the head swelling thing comes the minute it goes though the smg- besides, it's free brass, so who cares?- i've also run into problems with ivi with undersized flash holes
 
What is requited to make S&B brass usable?
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Much like CCI, S&B flash holes are undersized, some are crimped in place as well as sealed and generally a pain in the a$$. They have broken more than a few decapping pins. Even getting them free is not worth it. Theres a plethora of quality brass out there, often lying around so no need to bother with the S&B stuff. But, if you like it and want to use it feel free. Personally, I think it makes a great molten lump but have no other use for it.
Cheers
dB
 
Funny, I have about 3000-4000 casings but I have not come across one S&B yet.
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Thats good news. now you can be forewarned and make a decision if you come across one. Another one to watch for is American(no, not American Eagle aka Federal). It is actually headstamped American. Mainly in 45ACP but if it does show up it too is junk. Flash holes off center, crimped primers and more trouble than worth yet again. Don't see a lot of it up here thankfully. Good luck reloading and be safe..
dB
 
No NATO

Dittos to those who avoid S&B brass. Its great to fire if it is factory new. Not worth reloading. Primer pockets are undersize. Begs the question: what the hell kind of primers are they using? Not Federals thats for sure.
Leave all NATO marked brass alone, especially WCC marked [all dates] brass.
Too hard, primer pockets are too spec, so seating a new primer is difficult, even if you swage out the crimp ring.
I have big bin of nickel 9mm brass that I will use someday.......
 
I throw ALL Winchester 9mm Luger brass into my recycling bin. As detailed in an American Rifleman article years ago, Winchester 9mm brass has a very weak case mouth, causing the bullet to 'telescope' back into the case when it hits the feed ramp. Pressures then zoom upward, which is a very bad thing in an already high pressure round.
 
Shootshellz

What you describe may have been the case some years ago but Winchester brass is about as good as it gets in 9MM. I have reloaded thousands of rounds of Winchester brass with nary a problem.

Take Care

Bob
 
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