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  1. Thanks everyone for all advise and humor" this will prompt me to look into the civil laws concerning home defense in my state. If I ever did need to defend against an attack I would use everthing at my disposal including my handguns. Shooting ball ammo would be far too dangerous in an urban environment, not to mention maybe not effective. And I won't even ask about dipping my defense rounds in fire ants! Kidding! Thanks, very informative and entertaining
  2. Hey all, Been into reloading about a month and loaded and used about 1000 rounds of 9mm with no problems I was wondering if its possible to load your own hollow points for home defense only (not carry) for use in An emergency worst case senario situation. Also, does anyone have experience and or reference to load data for AA no 2 powder for 147 gr 9mm? Thanks
  3. Hi all, i want to start with a thank you for the help with getting started i received here on the forum. Ive run almost 500 rounds of 9mm on my Dillon rl550b and all rounds were safe and all went bang! I made some mistakes and ended up with 35 primed cases after pulling some loaded rounds apart. My question is what to do with these cases. They need resizing. Can I resize a primed case? Can I shoot the empty rounds thru a gun ? Can i take them to a gun range for disposal? Thanks
  4. Hi guys, can anyone tell me what/ where the canulure is on Everglades Spitzer 223 54gr version 1 bullet? Does this use a taper crimp or a roll crimp? Thanks for any information
  5. Thank you, ill work up the loead a little bit. I was thinking it may be the bullet was being scrapped by too tight of a bell, so i pulled them and didnt see this. I know the load felt lifgt with almost no recoil so this makes sense to me. Thanks
  6. Thanks for the crono information. I think ill go for a basic unit also. So I went to the range this afternoon with my 5 loaded rounds and all went pretty well. All 5 went bang and shot really softly which is what im trying for. So soft that 3 cases stove pipped in the ejection port, which was no big deal and cleared easily. So now ill just work up till get everything consistent in that gun and then try the newer stiffer guns. I did notice the cases had a black powder flash mark from the front of the case. Im guessing maybe a tighter crimp is needed? Thanks for everyones input here
  7. I have accurate no 7. I was confused by how much quantity was called for on their web site compared to the tite group. That sounds safer when it would not be possible to double charge. My next lot ill give this a try. Thanks again
  8. Thanks Papa Bear Everglades told me pretty much the same thing. Ill recount a few of those points in case there are other folks having those issues. . The bullet was too loose in the case caused by not having the resizing die adjusted proprly. CHECK,...after seating, remove the round from the press. Now look a the case in the area where the bottom of the bullet sits and you should notice a slight ring at least part way around, or completely around thet area of the case. This is where the bullet is seating againt the case. Not seeing that means I didnt have enough " neck tension". The bullet was loose in the case and so I thought a very tight crimp was needed. Next he had me measure the oal, then press the round from behind against a work bench and remeasure. Should be the same dimension afterbthe press check Now color the entire round with blue marker and feed into the magazine end chamber,then eject. If not a correct oal ill see where it is contacting in the firearm. Now my rounds fit loosly in my case guage and cycle like described. Last thing...I was overbelling...it doesnt take much By the way these checks were with dummy rounds with no primers or powder installed! Now can you recomend a good chronograph please? Thanks for the advise. Im as nervous as you were. Ill give a report this afternoon.
  9. Oops, I see they dont want us to post reload data. Sorry
  10. Yes i used cci small pistol primers. I have the Dillon 550b. I bought a Lee universal de capping die to do my pistol and rifle 223 depriming. It works great! Then I tried sizing with and without lube. The ease with the lube is worth the extra clean for me. Ive run 5 rounds of 9mm 115 gr, .355" Everglades Ammo fmj wit 3.2 gr of Tite Group, which I intend to shoot tomorrow. Id welcome all coments and suggestions. Thanks for all advice
  11. Hi all, New to this and trying to stay safe, i bought quanties of 9mm 115 gr fmj, and 147 gr plated bullets from Everglades Ammunition. I emailed them and was blown away by how helpful Steve Bender was. He spent close to 30 minutes on the phone with me helping with starting out with my initial machine set up and seating and loa dimensions for their ammo. Now i need to get powder information. Does anyone here load this ammo? Which powder do you use? Do you use small pistol primers for 9mm? Steve told me they seat these bullets to 1.140" and so I ran a few dummy rounds and they manually load and eject from the xds, m&pc, and sar that i use. I bought Tight Group & Accurate no 7 powders locally. Now Im understanding these can be dangerous for new loaders because its easy to over or double charge. Can I weigh every round on my digital scale until I get another powder like Solo1000 to determine if the round is loaded correctly. Any info is appreciated, Thanks
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