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Thanks! As is normally the case I ordered 2 4 pounders from PV of N340, and the next day they have some of the N320 back in stock... I did forget to mention I have a large supply of 124 grain bullets I'll be loading.

I have always wanted to try VV, are either of these good for 9MM? These are the only two I see readily available at a couple of places. I do not need to make a power factor, just having fun shooting and reloading (9mm, 40 S&W, 10mm, & 45 ACP)... I have plenty of Accurate powders (#5/#7/#9) and Alliant (BE-86 & Power Pistol), just a splurge.

Are the ones with the " internal ledge" bad to reload? I noticed a few in the last batch I picked up. Or should I say I saw a few with a line around the outside of the case like some revolver cartridges have...

Wow, 10 - 25K at a time, I guess you guys like them!!! I am still trying to decide between Xtreme, RMR, Zero, etc... I would say those kinds of order sizes are a ringing endorsement. I ordered a 2K from each for testing!

If I remember correctly it was only 3 - 4 days when i ordered.

Kind of funny I received a followup message today, I suppose from a different tech: "The previous response should have been a bit more in-depth, in that it is not specifically designed for the 9mm but it does not mean that you can’t use it you just need to start at the minimum load data and work up. This would be the same as our 44 caliber bullets being .430” rather than .429” which is what most other companies use as a diameter. The .001” in bullet diameter, in a lead core/copper jacketed bullet, is not a bad thing as it will-in most cases-be a more accurate bullet i.e. the .356” bullet for the 38 Super, Super Comp, 9X23 and others." Thanks to all for the information!

I have had great performance out of the HAP line of bullets, and ordered some of these to work up some loads for as they were listed in Hornady's webpage under the 9mm selection. When I looked in their #9 manual they are not listed and not much data on them in other manuals I have, so I contacted Hornady. Their response was: Has anyone else used these, or is the .356" too big for jacketed bullets in a 9mm Luger pistol (H&K USP and VP)? I do have Longshot and I could use the Hodgdon data, but I also don't do any damage...

I use an RCBS Chargemaster for pistol load development and hunting rifle calibers (243, 270, 300 Win Mag all loaded on old RCBS Rockchucker). I have not experienced any squibs yet (just jinxed myself), but I set them all up on charge blocks and seat the bullets at the end, so that I can look down into each case with a light (same as I used to do with balance beam and trickle measuring)... I also watch the charges dropped counter on the Chargemaster.

I have a supply of Longshot, BE-86, Power Pistol, AA #9, and AA #7 - can get supply of AA #5 and 3N37 locally for testing, but looking for a good powder for 9mm 124/125 grain and 147 grain jacketed bullets. Looking for one that works well with Dillon powder drop and not looking for extremely hot loads. Will be used in H&K USP9, VP9, and old S&W 5906. It looks like there is data available for most of these, but wanted to ask opinions as I read a thread on here about the 3N37 heating barrel more than others... Thoughts/opinions?

Using a Gen 4 Glock 27 I don't notice too much of a difference in cases through it or my HK USP 40, but I do run everything through a Redding G-Rx die to full length resize. I will add that I bought 5K range brass the other day and after depriming and SS wet tumbling - inspection of the cases, there were a few Glock smiles in there!

Oh, ok I just watched the video and it has a RNDS counter, but it does seem to be based on pulls vs dropped bullets... Sorry, still figuring all this out!

I think these guys (http://www.pressmonitordevice.com/pm.htm) have a simple one along with their press monitor. They are giving away a round counter on GlockTalk reloading section.

Thanks for easing my mind! I did workup from 10% below as Alliant recommended (they only list max charge weight).

I am just reloading for sport shooting, but help me understand major power factor. I am loading 40 S&W off Alliant's website (for BE-86) to a max load for 180 grain TMC bullets and when run through the chronograph I am getting average of 1033 fps with a power factor of ~186 (chrony calculated). Is that major and it is within the manufacturers range (so it should be within SAMI)?

I would warn anyone from ordering one of these got my RMA back with a new unit and same issue with the threads not fitting into the sliding bar. Go with the UniqueTek if you want this kind of tool, it is worth the extra money.

I did forget to mention that I do run all of my .40 cal and 10mm cases through a Redding G-RX die prior to dropping them in the hopper. It probably is not needed as many discussion about are pro and con on the forums, but I still do it anyway on fired brass just incase the resize dies don't go all the way down and I am firing the majority of them through a Glock 20. I do not on new Starline brass.

I love the Redding G-RX carbide base sizing die, it might not be needed since I have a KKM barrel in my Glock 20 (and only shoot 40 S&W in a H&K USP), but still I run all my .40 and 10mm cases through it. It is easy to tell on purchased once fired brass which cases are a little more expanded than others as you work the ram on my turret press with the G-RX die! It is a mindless and easy step to do while watching the nightly news... On top of that it makes the XL650 run smooth and easy on the resize de-prime stage.

Very nice!

I am new to the XL650 also, but have reloaded several thousand 10mm Starline brass on it and have not experienced that. I assume you are using the Dillon powder drop and die that comes with the 650. How does the case mouth expansion look? Sounds like it probably is too much and putting a lot of pressure on the case. Again, not an expert, but I set mine up according to the Dillon manual (belling to instructions on page 14 of manual) and it is working fine. I would call Dillon techline and get some help from them, they are great to work with.

Only issue is that I had to pay to ship back, whereas Dillon, RCBS, etc would send me a new product with a return shipping label in it - certainly when they realized that they had a manufacturing issue... I think I am sold on the UniqueTek one now, went in flawlessly and works great!

I'm in the same boat... I even took the tiny little clip off and tried to thread it using the other end, but no dice. I contacted them through their website, I guess I get to find out about their customer service, should prove to be interesting. They got back to me with an RMA number. I almost tried the same thing, but I figured I would lose the C-clip!

Just out of curiosity, besides the primer seating on downstroke and the swaging, what else is "better" on the 1050? I have a 650 setup only for 10mm, shooting between 1,000 and 2,000 a weekend (which I can maintain a good stock level with just a few weeknight sessions). I was thinking of another 650 for all the small primer work (9mm & 40), but this thread has got me interested in a 1050 for the 10mm and let the existing 650 do the other work. I have not invested in a bullet feeder yet, but was looking at the mini MrBullet Feeder...

Well, tried to install mine today and there must be a burr on the threads that goes into the powder gate, so it is a no go until I get that cleaned up. But, the UniqueTek one installed fine!!!

I took a chance that this baffle would help with Alliant BE-86 powder and ordered it. Mine results were very positive, it gave me much more consistent drops than without. I was getting +/- 0.2 grain fluctuations (and sometimes larger) with the default configuration on the Dillon powder drop, with the "Perfect Powder Baffle" most of the drops were on the number and if there was any fluctuation across a 500 round session it was under +/- 0.1 grain. Well worth the small fee of the device. I haven't tested it on Hodgdon Lonshot yet, but with the BE-86 results I am hopeful that the same will happen.

I guess the press is just getting broken in, after 3,000 rounds through it it doesn't seem to be doing any 1 grain lower charges on the last 600 I ran through it. But what I did notice is that over that last 600 it did seem to drift down over the run. I tried to keep the powder hopper above 50% full all of the time (when it got close to 50% filled it back up to 95% full or so). I started out with a pretty consistent load of 9.5 grains of Longshot, and around the 175-225 or so mark I noticed that the powder check point of aim was moving higher in the v notch, so I measured and it was now 9.2 grains pretty consistently. It kept moving lower until I had to adjust the drop again back up to 9.5. BTW - measured on old Ohaus beam scale and RCBS Chargemaster. Does an extra powder tube baffle help here? I did check all the previous suggestions.