what are glock hips?? .40 S&W brass

[saskgunowner101]

Hey guys, pretty much what the title says. I'm going to get my reloading press up and running one of these days, so I started scrounging brass from the range. Are glock hips really noticeable?? What should I be looking for? I'd hate to be grabbing brass thats useless. Will eventually be run through a lee turret press, lee carbide dies. Thanks in advance.

 

[SandRoad]

Sometimes noticeable often not. I reload and shoot lots of 40 and 9mm brass from Glocks, never had a problem. As a last stage I use a lee carbide factory crimp die that post sizes the case to just above the shell holder.

 

[saskgunowner101]

I went and checked the brass, the mark on the primer is a rectangle, with a teardrop punched inside. I plan on getting the lee factory crimp die, maybe that will help, if any are glock cases. Just wanting to know if its safe for reloading, to go through an m&p. I'm looking at almost 200 casings.Thanks again.

 

[tacdriver]

The hip is a tiny buldge at the base of the casing.
Not round the whole casing, just in one small area.
Glock barrels have a small area at the feed ramp
portion that dosn't support the entire case.
If you use factory ammo you should be ok.
When you use hand rolled ammo you have to be
carful on your pressures. I had hot loaded some 40s
and blew the mag right out of my glock.
The case ruptured! a hole about 1 mm x 2.5mm
After market barrels are a good idea.
If using home rolled and lead bullets.
Anyway just chack the base of the case before
you start tryin to reload it.

 

[Craig67]

I reload for my Glock 22.

I keep the pressure down and inspect every piece of brass before reloading it, if I'm even a little concerned about it I toss it in my scrap bucket.

If its 1F from a Glock I wouldn't worry too much about it.

The Lee carbide Factory Crimp Die rocks !!!

Craig

 

[contact148]

Ive loaded some of my 9mm cases 8-10 times now and they are run thru my g17 near max loads too

never any problems

 

[ckc123]

Here's a secret for Glock Brass.. (You will need a second press for this, or you can rig up an arbour press for it) take a regular 40 sizing brass, and take the top screw off (that holds the decapping pin in).. now force the brass all the way THROUGH the die from bottom to top and out the other end (you will need to make a small (.38) rod on the end of the arbour arm to push it all the way through the die..)

Now you just sized it all the way through the from top to bottom.. no glock hips at all

I've never had problems reloading and shooting the old glock brass, but I do a full resize for all my match loads.

 

[saskgunowner101]

Thanks for the input, much appreciated. Just making sure I don't get off to a bad start.

 

[RePete]

Here's a secret for Glock Brass.. (You will need a second press for this, or you can rig up an arbour press for it) take a regular 40 sizing brass, and take the top screw off (that holds the decapping pin in).. now force the brass all the way THROUGH the die from bottom to top and out the other end (you will need to make a small (.38) rod on the end of the arbour arm to push it all the way through the die..)

Now you just sized it all the way through the from top to bottom.. no glock hips at all

I've never had problems reloading and shooting the old glock brass, but I do a full resize for all my match loads.

Or have it roll sized on a Case Pro 100.

 

[flinter]

Ive resizied my 40's on a dilion 550 with RCBS carbide dies and had no problems
the Glock bulge disappears
the brass was only once fired in a Glock

 

[mule]

http://egw-guns.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=40

Check out the undersized dies, which should take out the bulge.

 

[Craig67]

I should have mentioned it before.

My Lee carbide resizing die removes the bulge from .40 cases.

Craig