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TwoGlock

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    Murray, Kentucky, USA
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  1. Tattoo; I have shot very little Hi-Power matches and started that late in life. I'm still classified Marksman. I am going to Davenport, Florida (near Orlando) next week to one of Fred's Appleseed shoots in hopes to get a little sun and learn to be a better rifle shooter at the same time. I agree completely, TRIMMING CASES SUCKS!!!. Guess that's the reason I have a bucket full of 223 brass that needs to be trimmed then reloading. I am considering getting Dillon’s power trimmer some time in the near future. The price of surplus ammo continues to grow and makes reloading almost become a requirement. I have a found a good source of surplus ammo components. I recently purchases 9,000 9mm surplus bullets (military pulled) and they are first class. It is within driving distance from me so I picked my stuff up. If you don’t see what you want on the web site give him a call. He sometimes has components that are not listed. The fellows name is Jeff Bartlett. Here is he website address. http://www.gibrass.com/ I have heard a lot of pistol shooters talk about having to trim their cases. I have NEVER had any STRAIGHT WALLED pistol cases grow in length. My cases change very little. When they do they get SHORTER with firing. BOTTLE NECKED cases are a different story. They behave just like bottleneck rifle cases. I have used the 32/20, 30/30 Winchester and 7mm super mag (a wild cat cartridge) in the Thompson Contender. In particular the 32/20 required frequent trimming. Mostly because I made an exception of my rule and loaded it FAR in excess of published load data. I did this because it was the most accurate cartridge I had in the TC. I was active in IHMSA Long Range pistol for several years. It’s cold here today, 22 degrees when I got up, so I won’t be doing any shooting today.
  2. Well it was a decent day here so I started the 9mm reload test. Everyone realizes of course that the 9mm is actually a TAPERED CASE!! And when you reload it you convert it to semi straight case. It is straight back to the case web where it is left the original size. I started with 10 new Winchester Wal-Mart 100 pack cartridges. I pulled the bullet on one and case length was 0.750" Case diameter at the web was: .385 The cartridges were fired and reloaded 12 times. Being fired 13 times and reloaded 12 times. The Load is 4.6 gr. Titegroup, Federal 100 primer, Military pulled surplus 115 gr. FMJ bullet, COAL = 1.160" Chronographed Velocity for 10 rounds Average = 1197' / sec. in my Glock-34. Case diameter of a case fired in my Glock-34 is 0.390. Case Length after 12 reloads is 0.748”. No indications of case failure of any kind after being fired and reloaded 12 times. Test terminated for the day because of physical exhaustion. I’m 72 years old, its 14 steps down stairs to the reloading and 6 steps down from the kitchen to garage. Up and down 20 steps and 1.5 miles drive each way to where I can fire the gun has just worn me out for the day. I will resume test tomorrow if weather is OK.
  3. With the 9mm and 40 S&W the only case failures I have had have been cracks at the case mouth and occasionally down the side of the case. I go through a lot of ammo and have not counted reloads in those cartridges. I just use them untill they crack or are lost on the range or at a match. My reloads are slightly below most factory loadings. The 9mm 115gr. loaded to 1160' /sec and the 40 S&W 155gr. JHP loaded to 1040'/sec. The only case failure I have seen was in a friends 9mm loaded about the same as my own. It was a true case head failure taking out part of the rim of the case. It was in his wifes Glock 19 and blew out the magazine, caused considerable what she called stinging of her hands, but otherwise unhurt and the gun was not damaged. We both thought that it was a faulty case rather than a gun problem due to the way the case appeared. (the torn part looked as if it were laminated metal rather than being a solid case).
  4. There is nothing unique about variations in the size of fired brass in handguns. The same thing occurs in rifles and shotguns. There will be a difference in the case expansion of a standard 9mm or 40 S&W load and a +P+ fired in the same firearm, small but measurable. Measurement of case head expansion was the method used by noted reloading guru Ken Waters for the NRA to determine when he had reached the upper limit of pressure when working up reloads. Another factor is variations in chamber dimensions. There is industry standards that chambers are required to fall within; regardless of whither it is a Glock, H&K, S&W, SIG, or master blaster. I have two Winchester M-70 Classic rifles in 270 Winchester calibers. The chambers are very different. A cartridge case fired in rifle “A” can be neck sized, reloaded and re-fired in rifle “A” many times and never need to be full length sized. Insert the cartridge in rifle “B” and you can’t even close the bolt on it. I have been told that the reason is that gun manufacturers specify to die makers for a reamer to have certain exact dimensions. A new chamber reamer will drill a “Larger Hole” than one that has reamed an untold number of chambers. They use these reamers as long as they ream chambers within an industry standard tolerance. To help reloader’s with the created dilemma, I know that both Redding and RCBS manufacture SB (Small Base) rifle dies for those with chambers on the small side. I have two 270 Winchester die sets, one standard for rifle “A” and a “SB” set for rifle “B”. I use Glock 9mm & 40 S&W, load with Dillon 550B reloader and have no problems. Well, occasionally I run out of powder, primers, or bullets. 9mm in excess of 80,000 rounds. 40,000+ in a single Glock19. 40 S&W in excess of 12,000 rounds in a glock 23.
  5. I'm still trying to figure people out who are in constant search for that magic "Clean Burning Powder" and then push all the junk down their barrel they can by using cast bullets.
  6. Being the conservative type, I have never thought it wise to try to make cannon out of a slingshot. when I want to shoot major, I just go to the 40. No strain (on the gun) No Pain (in the face and hands).
  7. Wow, .70 and a zone. Well guys I'm 72 + years old and when I get "A" zones at 10 + yards in 1.50 I'm just thrilled. when I occasionally hit 1.25 I am just simply amazed!!!. Then you know how Old People and dogs are, it takes very little to amuse them.
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