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  1. Thank You!!! I'm really looking forward to building this, Having read all 9 pages of this thread, This looks like a much superior way to clean brass than a vibratory tumbler.. I really like the idea of not having to buy corncob, walnut media..
  2. Bigdawg: I recently found this thread, and a friend and I are ready to take the plunge.. Couple questions.. The idler berings on the tumbler, where at on USA bering&belt's site did you find them? I've looked, but came up with nothing., Second, for a 8" 3 gallon drum, what was the end to end measurement for the pipe without the fittings?
  3. That's what I'm going to do with it.. I've got a plastic bin I use for scrap cases, you know, rifles cases that gave up the ghost, split pistol cases etc, That's where these will end up. and when the bin's full off to the scrap dealer we go...
  4. The setback was what started this whole thing. Admittedly, it was somewhat misleading.. When Gussers suggested I check the OAL of the brass, that's when things changed.. The bright side here, is, with help from all of you, I caught this before it got worse, and possibly damaged one of my pistols, or myself, and I learned a valuable lesson. For that, I can't thank you all enough. I appreciate all the help. The nickel plated brass will be dumped...The rest of my brass will be inspected and any short ones will be culled, and I'll be keeping a sharper eye on it from now on.
  5. RDA, I understand what you're saying, and it is compelling.. But when I actually started measuring the OAL's of the cases, some of them were quite short (.735 -.737 to .740 for example) Sammi specs for 9mm case lengths are .754 -.744.(I found their site, and looked it up) I mean, at some point you have to call it quits.. It bother's me to no end knowing that I'm going to dump this brass, But I figure it's cheap insurance.. I just don't feel comfortable loading brass that is this far out of spec, and a lot of it that I've checked is..
  6. That's what I'm going to do, I bought this stuff a few years back for a really good price, as the shop I bought it from was going out of business, and the owner was a friend.. I got my money's worth out of it and then some. I'm going to sort through what I have left, and pitch anything shorter than.745...
  7. I didn't fire it.. it was a test dummie (no powder, primer) anyway, I ran them through 10 times...And as I said the short,(.740 -.735) nickel plated brass would set back about .001 each time it went through. The brass cases (.750 long) did NOT set back after being run through 10 times..
  8. Yeah, but it set back .001 each time I ran it through the pistol, whereas the longer cased dummie didn't move at all after being run through 10 times.. Looking at SAMMI's website, I found the specs for 9mm. OAL of the case according to them is .754 -.744 most of the brass I've been using is shorter than that .740 -.735, and I'm beginning to believe that's the root cause of the setback, and loose primer pocket problems I've noticed..
  9. No, it's more than a couple, and up until now, I haven't had a problem with the 9mm..I'm thinking it's the brass, just about everything I checked was short, and it's been reloaded a lot.. I did find a few cases that measured .750, and loaded them as dummies, Pushing the bullet against the bench, I couldn't get them to move...I'm pretty sure at this point, it's the OAL of the cases that's the culprit here..
  10. Well, I read your post, and went down to the basement and started checking...most of the nickel plated brass is short. Some of it measuring .735 most measuring .740..I'm dumping it all.. So what is the cutoff point? .744? I have a few thousand range pickup brass, some of it I know is once fired, some not, I need to go through it all and I'm trying to come up with a safe acceptable tolerance. Looking at my manuals, they're saying .754 is max. Trim to length is .750, How short could I go? I'm thinking .748. I'm not sure. Looks like I've got some sorting to do...I should clear up one thing, the primers weren't falling out, but they didn't have much resistance when they were seated either..
  11. Fellas, I need a second, or third opinion here, I was loading some nickel plated 9mm brass last night, I noticed when priming some had loose primer pockets.. I loaded a few dummies up and pushed the tip of the bullet against the bench, and without a lot of effort it pushed back into the case.. crimp was .376 I switched resizing dies, I had a Hornady die in my 550, as a spare, I had gotten a replacement dillion sizing die as a warranty replacement, but until last night hadn't installed it. Tried everything again with the dillion die...No change. I then tried some brass cases I had, and noticeable difference..It takes a considerable effort to get the bullet to move just a few thousanths when pushed against the bench. I tried the nickel plated dummies in my P-30, locking the slide back and loading it in a mag, and releasing the slide.. The bullet would set back .001 every time I did this. I did the same with the brass cased dummie, It went through 10 times, the bullet did not move. .Anyway, I'm thinking it's time to dump the nickel plated brass, as I feel it's reaching the end of it's service life.. I've got about 3k of this stuff, It's been loaded about 8-9 times in the last 4-5 yrs I was using 124gr RMR plated RN OAL 1.140 crimp .376 Anyway, Am I missing something here?
  12. Ralph, no one can give you the OAL - only the "fired case & bullet trick" (fc&bt) will tell you what OAL is required for this bullet in YOUR gun. Sounds like you may have had some bullet setback during the fc&bt - I'd try a round that is fully crimped (no powder or primer) - and check that out - you should be able to get longer than 1.075, I would guess?? The OAL must feed thru your mag, and go completely, easily into the chamber of YOUR gun and drop out freely. If it doesn't feed, it's too long - if it sticks in your chamber, it's too long - if it won't go completely into battery, it's too long. You're right - you should worry re: it being too short, as well, but 4 grains of WW231 doesn't take up much room in the case. Make it as long as you feel confident it will always feed, and you've got YOUR answer. HP Jack..I CAN get longer, but when I tried the FC&BT the bullet was barely in the case.. There was NO set back..I was only thinking of using 1.075 as a OAL..These bullets are short, much like Hornady XTP's..So, I'll probably need to run them shorter than say, a 124RN..(which I usually run at 1.130)At this point 1.100 is probably where I'm going to start........
  13. I'm looking for a OAL for this bullet..I've been using their 124 RN with no problems these are alot shorter..I'm thinking maybe 1.075?? will be used in a Walther PPQ. Tried using fired case and bullet trick when pulled from chamber, the bullet was barely in the case. Will also be using Win. 231.. Thanks. ETA topic title should've read 124 gr as well... sorry about that..
  14. Does anyone here have any experience with these? I'm starting some defensive carbine classes, (attending on teaching) and I need to star reloading some ammo for the classes the price on these is very attractive...
  15. For a OAL, I've always used 1.250, works with just about any 200gr LSWC I've tried..
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