Weird question....

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I got all my reloading equipment almost amassed for reloading purposes. Ive got the dies and plates for reloading .45acp, 9mm and 38super. Unfortunately I shot all my 45acp and dont have any 38super to set my bullet height in the bullet press.
My weird question is this, can ANYONE load me an inert 38super round at the proper depth so i can set my die properly? I got 1000rds of cmj 124gr to blast

OR

Is there another way to set the die without buying a box of shells to set the die properly?

Darin
 
In your reloading manual you will find the C.O.L. for the specific bullet you are loading. Seat a bullet in a sized case and measure with your caliper. Adjust die accordingly.
 
Yup, cabela's canada sells a cheap digital or non-digital caliper that will do the job nicely.

This is the one i'm using:
http://www.cabelas.ca/show_prod.php...t_id=107&PHPSESSID=pr427hftm0qs2i5a1gcip987r6

put your bullet seating die into the press, back the seating dial back and then seat a bullet. Check the Overall Length of the newely seated bullet to the OAL or COL listed in your reloading book that your using. Slowly dial the die 1/4 turn and re-seat and recheck Overal Length. Do this till you get close and then only dial your die a tiny bit by bit till you hit your OAL or COL dimention.

Hopefully that make sense to ya. If you need more info about calipers or how to use them, feel free to ask any of us!
 
I'd suggest you do your measurements in inches as that is std. for reloading in N.A....all reloading manuals will give OAL. in thousands of inch, and all reference in print and otherwise will be in thou.
 
Check the reloading manual for the length. Load one that's obviously long and measure it, adjust the die down a bit and re measure, adjust the die down and re measure, adjust the die down, etc.
Eventually you get to the correct length and you lock the dies in place.
M.
 
Also, check to see if a loaded dummy round will freely chamber in your pistol (i.e. the bullet is not engaging the rifling). Also make sure that they fit in your magazines, and that they reliably feed from magazine into chamber.
 
rnbra-shooter said:
Also, check to see if a loaded dummy round will freely chamber in your pistol (i.e. the bullet is not engaging the rifling). Also make sure that they fit in your magazines, and that they reliably feed from magazine into chamber.
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This is good advice as long as you make sure you are using a non-live (i.e. dummy) round.

And welcome to reloading.
 
I actually loaded a couple dummy 9mm as well as 45 and 38super unfortunately Gunnar at Armco STILL has my 38super in his shop so i cant test them as of yet.
Your advice is very much appreciated as well :)
 
rnbra-shooter said:
Very good point to add! Use an unprimed case to make a dummy round. Don't use a primed case, or with a case that has a fired primer in it - because they are visiually indistinguishable from a live round, or a failed round.
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Thats what I did with all of my dummy rounds. I heard that you can epoxy an eraser tip inside where the primer used to be to protect the firing pin if you dropped the slide.
 
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