Mat Price

I also get great results out of my Glock 22 with this load. 155 grain hornady xtp 6 grains of wsf and winchester small pistol primer set to a 1.125 OAL. works great in my xd and my glock 22 ALSO I would STRONGLY recommend the lee factory crimp die. The 40s&w is EXTREMELY senstive to OAL and setback issues. The factory crimp die in my experiance once you have it adjusted right puts an absolute PERFECT tamper crimp on the round. I would Also suggest maybe looking into a lone wolf bbl for your glock 22. I have one and even running max loads with wsf I never see a case bulge. with the facotry bbl even with low grain target loads it swells up the case and neither my rcbs or lee size die will remove it. I have to use an undersize die to size them correctly. I happen have a brand new glock 22 extended dual port 40s&w to 9MM conversion bbl made by lone wolf that works flawlessly. thats the great thing about the glock 22 you can shoot 3 calibers with doing nothing but changing a bbl and mag.

I just loaded 4.4 gr of wsf with 1.125 oal using 124 gr precision delta FMJ going to chrnoy them tomorrow out of glock 17

This is the first brass in 6 years i have not been able to prime with that lee tool. on the other hand this is the first military i have ever tried to prime with that tool also. I think the biggest issue is that since the primer pocket is somewhat off center in realtion to hand tool the primer is not able to line up correctly. after removing a little bit of material with my chamfer i can seat them fairly easily. however i am afraid I may remove to much material and end up blowin out a primer. Thnks for the help doug. Pj these remington stock 5 round mags seem to be a little deeper than after market mags. I dont own any high cap mags and to be honest alot of my loads are "one at a timers anyway" and jmurch i single stage also. I am still saving pennies for a 550. I still even load 9mm and 40 s&W on the good old faithful rock chucker. well i am off to pick up the super swage I figure wth? i can get what ever i want now process myself and i know its done right.

thanks doug. The oal is cool with my mag they load and eject fine. I haven't been putting a crimp on my loads that I have i have done with production brass but i a may start. what i am dealing with now though is this 100% processed brass is not even close.i am having seriuos issues getting this lake city once fired brass primed with my lee auto prime they dont want to seat most of them go in crooked or smash. they were processed on a dillon 1050 I saw the man running it when i picked it up. I have had to chuck my chamfer tool in my drill to get the ones i could seat in. here is a pic is it the brass. I am getting a dillon super swage today yall think that will fix this brass up ?

today I bought some Lake city once fired .223 that was processed on a 1050. If you can see in the pictures some of the crimp on one side of the brass is still present and causeing my lee auto prime hand held a seriuos head ache. I have had to break out the drill and chamfer tool to get many of the primers to seat. Is this normal of the 1050 or can I take this to brass to a buddy who has one to process it again maybe the guy i got it from had something not set up right or wasnt paying close enough attention to the press? In this pic you can see screen side left a good bit of the crimp left this caused a primer to seat sideways.

Hey guys I have never loaded military brass before I got 1000 pieces of lake city processed at a real good price. ( primer pockets swaged on 1050 dillon) Is this a good safe load to start with. I am not sure about figuring the reduced volume of the mill brass. to be shot out of remington r-15 vrt 22 inch barrel 1-9 twist 69 sierra MK HPBT Hodgdon Varget 23.3gr 2.260 OAL ( this is the Sierra recommend starting load BTW) Mat

thanks yall they worked fine!

plus it takes care of any once fired brass you get also. I got A storm lake in my 17 and love it.

thanks for the links I was looking for the same info

how are those montana gold 124's ? they pretty accurate ?

can't wait to get mine !!!! got keep saving them pennies i find on the ground

Got a good deal on 9mm brass on gun broker today 3K pieces mixed 70 shipped

Is that before or after resizing? after... I found speer data saying .840 min so I just went by that

Yes, you are just taking out the bell/flair in the expander step. Remember, auto pistol rounds headspace on the case mouth as there usually is no rim. So, if you crimp too much, the case will slide into the barrel past the headspace area and lock it up. Use you calipers/micrometer to measure the crimp as close to the bullet as you can get...For a 40 S&W, I think it should be around .421 or so, but check on that. I usually don't even measure the crimp anymore, for me, it's more of a sight thing...look at it, see if it needs more or less. If more, then tighten the die down just a bit, if less, then loosen it. Start with it very loose, and slowly tighten it up, until all the flair/bell is removed, then lock it down. And then cycle a round through your chamber. What are you gonna be shooting these in? Stock barrel? BTW, I load on a 550.... Thanks grump! I was sucessfull in producing a dummy round that was at the oal I wanted and chambered and ejected from my xd-40! soo I reckon its time to powder and and prime!

I dont have any cases over .839-.840 are these cases safe to load using 6.2 gr wsf and 155 gr hornady xtp?

Yes, you are just taking out the bell/flair in the expander step. Remember, auto pistol rounds headspace on the case mouth as there usually is no rim. So, if you crimp too much, the case will slide into the barrel past the headspace area and lock it up. Use you calipers/micrometer to measure the crimp as close to the bullet as you can get...For a 40 S&W, I think it should be around .421 or so, but check on that. I usually don't even measure the crimp anymore, for me, it's more of a sight thing...look at it, see if it needs more or less. If more, then tighten the die down just a bit, if less, then loosen it. Start with it very loose, and slowly tighten it up, until all the flair/bell is removed, then lock it down. And then cycle a round through your chamber. What are you gonna be shooting these in? Stock barrel? BTW, I load on a 550.... yep stock barrel on an xd 40 tac model. I am loading 9mm for my glock 17 for production class and using my xd in the limited 10 class

sorry grump I am using an rcbs rock chucker right now( single stage press, I only load F/class rifle shells right now).I am slowly getting into action pistol and Saving my pennies for a dillon 550B. So basically I am just unflaring the expander step ? also how can I tell if i got it right? cycle a round through my chamber?

Hey guys this is the first time I am loading pistol. I load 100% rifle. I got a 3 die rcbs set and I want to load some 40 s&w. I am just a tad confused on the whole taper crimp thing can someone point me to a good link that explains how to do this step. Also with the carbide sizing die, drop the handle full extension and just barely kiss the shell holder with the die mouth right? dont cam over like on rifle sizing dies is this the way its done? Mat

thanks guys! I am going to use the varget to load my 55 gr v max and go hunt up some bench mark or tac for my 52 hpbt. Just wondering I LOVE varget on 168 grn hpbt .308 loads though!

ok I never loaded .223 before I am using siera 52 gr hpbt and varget powder cause i have it for my .308 loads. sierra says starting load is 25.1 gr of varget for a 52 grn hpbt/ it fills the case to the neck is this right? or is my scale jacked up? its for my r-15 vrt and ps 28 gr of varget wont fit in the case (lyman manual max laod)

Hi guys I need some help working up a load for production using a 180grn jhp zero Thiking of using wst powder since i can get it real easy. was thinking of starting with cci primers 4.2 grn wst and 1.125 oal hows that sound? I was also thinking of using the hornady 180 grn HAP and auto comp powder. the gun is a xd-40 with a stock spring thanks.

Thanks man it took me about 4 hours to finish and even with the 2x6 top everything was less than 200 bucks. BTW if eddie has reached his adult length he might be more comfortable in a 55 gal. Or a 5x3 with a glass front. they are real easy to make. The one thing I need to add looking at yours is a fridge!

I bring to you the ultimate man work/reloading bench! Constructed with a 2x4 pine frame using stringer fasteners and a solid 2x6 bench top with peg board back and 3/4 upper shelf and 4 foot work lamp. this thing is 8 feet wide and 32 inches deep. Cool extra features. Bose sound system integrated in shelf's Lap top stand and under bench printer for charting loads, ballistics ect... But the best part with can't be seen is the 2x6 frame behind the peg board witch just happens to fit a wall mount for 18 inch flat screen TV thats right Bose sound and 18 inch LED screen right on the peg board. This screen attaches nicely to a tower computer that has built in sat/tv tuner dvr. bench photos

Hi were was the match? I live in waveland and am looking to learn and join a club. Mat