BattleCreek

I don't have a chrono yet so I haven't had the urge to experiment with bullet gn etc for velocity's... I've only been loading 180gn to help stretch my powder for progressive bulk loading... Going to order some more boooolits and wanted to hear what you guys like plinking with....

out of curiousity what prices were you picking them up for ?? just really wanting to compare prices out here in tulsa, I haven't seen any pistol powders available except the new CFE ....

can the same be said for hollow points?? or is there a special seating sleeve

New to reloading and while looking for more bullets I found a good deal on Xtreme RNFP bullets both in 380 and 40sw, they carry RN 147gr 9mm so there are no worries there... but before buying these bullets I was wondering if I can seat them with my regular Lee Dies?? or would I need another?? Doesn't seem like a problem to me but since I'm new I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask before I get stuck buying more parts and not making the deal worth while.. thx...

Ive seen the lee in action and works great, though for myself I don't need one as I shoot a glock

i bought the frankford sifter for $7 shipped free with some other stuff.. fits over a 5 gal bucket, I use a target or walmart bag over top and can shake the snot out of it, works excellent.... and is dust free this way....

The LNL is an excellent press... I have a Pro 1000 and love it, caliber changes are a breeze and super cheap to do... Its really the only press I think I'll ever need other then maybe a single stage for odds and ends... love for the pro 1000

For my first press I was going to buy a Dillion 550B, after exhaustive research I decided on the Lee Pro 1000 bought it for the 177 you're talking about on amazon, picked up a bullet puller, scale, tumbler, media and strainer, collandor, case gauge, extra priming tray and tube for large and small primers, all for about $287 shipped to my door.... I wanted to save money on start up and I did bigtime, I'm completely impressed with the 1000.. sure it has a learning curve but what doesn't? I load three calibers on it 380,9, and .40... changing calibers and shell plate couldn't be easier.. Its a great press and would recommend it to anyone the only quirky thing that has caused me problems is changing to .40 cal, I didn't know you need a bent 'z' bar (all of $2).. got that at midway and I'm in business.. I bought mine set up in 9mm and when you change to larger caliber there is a stainless collet in the case feed all you do is remove that and you're set, or you can buy the large case feed for $20... I timed myself for fun and loaded 100 9mm in a little over 8mins... with an extra priming tray you can have both loaded and put out 200 rounds in 20 mins easy... Its not a race, I'm very careful and inspect every round for powder but you can make bullets fast with this system... In the month or so I've had it I've made 3500 bullets in those three calibers..... glad I bought the Lee......

I only use reference material from manufacturers specs for bullets/powders... I don't own a manual and personally don't think they are necessary for the loads I'm making, especially with a new powder a reloaders manual is just a paper weight...

Please get a chrono, and re-read whatever loading manual you have, on why we work up loads starting from min. loads. In your case, at that OAL, and with CFE-P being a fairly slow powder, the load is probably OK, but it's not a great practice to load up 600+ rounds as your first ever load, nor as a completely untested load. The potential for 'bad things happening' only gets worse when moving to a faster powder like Titegroup. Given what you wrote above, I'd say please stick to slower powders until you get more time/experience/reading/knowledge under your belt. No powder is a 'good powder' if the intent is to load > 500 untested loads at mid-load. Good powder for others = whatever we can find nowadays. I know I agree 100%.... I figured I had it dialed in from all my reading, I just moved from my "backyard range" a year ago... would have been nice to be able to load a few and test... I got completely carried away, loaded every piece of brass I had laying around....

I just loaded 630 rds using this CFE Pistol powder, using mixed brass, Berrys 115RN FMJ and CCI 500... COL: 1.13 @ 5.6grns Hodgdon data shows 5.3-5.9 for 115gn These are my first reloads so I have nothing to compare it to other than factory ammo... yesterday I shot 300rds thru a G26 I also shot 5 rds of UMC for comparison, nothing scientific but my loads seemed superior to the factory, burned cleaner and had a little more umph.... I would love to try tite group or something else where I can stretch my powder for more rounds, but this is all I could pick up atm.... what would be a good powder for a newbie such as myself to use for 9mm and 40 primarily?? excellent write up btw....!!!

I skimmed most this thread and jumped to post earlier.... lol I just followed several old links/ stickies regarding "glocked" brass....WOW there is much to read, and lots of people with a LOT of opinions, and scenarios to fix the 'problem'... I have to admit this is the first time I've ever even heard of this, same token I've never reloaded either... I'm getting a press soon and will try the dillon dies it comes with and will check each round in the gage just to be sure... most reloading videos I've seen they just load 100 or so and reach in and grab a few rounds put it in gage and call the whole batch good... do you guys check each round??

why is GLOCK brass an issue?? are we saying a striker fired brass somehow deforms?? or is it the Dillon sizer die causing an issue?? I can't wrap my mind around this... then again I have yet to reload 1 round..

New here and have a quick question to help me sway in either direction... I'm a click away from buying my first press.. I've never reloaded and after buying and accumulating many components to get started I'm trying to pinch some pennies here.. I'm looking to only load pistol cartridges, 9mm and 40 cal right away, most likely 45 and maybe even 380auto down the road... I've researched both presses extensively, my ownly concern is which one costs more to change calibers?? I would like the luxury of simply removing dies etc where its set up for next caliber and I'm off to loading again.. after breifly reading another thread here I'm now concerned I can't use dillon dies on Glocked brass, I mostly shoot glocks in 9mm and 40, so now I'm even more confused..