Sarge Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I have come across a huge amount of WCC 9mm brass. In the past I have just reamed them with a drill but with nearly 10k to work on I was looking for something a little more efficient. Will the Dillon tool work well for 9mm. Seems I have read some feedback concerning it not working as well for pistol as it does for 223? If anybody has used it or knows it will work well please let me know your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread1911 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Never had the problem on my 1050. . I will happily trade processed for unprocessed at a 2 for 1 ratio. Sizes deprimed swaged and roll sized. Just a random offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivers_AR Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Yes a Dillon SS will work on 9mm. You might have to adjust it to make sure that its not swaging the primer pocket. If you can swage and then shoot a couple, you'll know that you have it right. If you have someone in the local area who has one, you can knock a bunch out in a day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleman Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Yes i use mine to do 9mm. I made a new rod to help support and align the case. You can wrap tape around a rod to fill the gap. Inline fab make a centering indert for 223 and 308 for the super swage, it really helps Centering inserts for the Dillon SuperSwage. http://www.inlinefabrication.com/Dillon_Precision.htm You can make your own if you want. I get alot of free brass this way, if not i will swage the into 40 cal bullets. Coleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmios Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 To bake the 9mm brass center on the rod go to the hardware store and buy a foot of small vinyl tubing, I forget the size just bring a case with you. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. B Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 To bake the 9mm brass center on the rod go to the hardware store and buy a foot of small vinyl tubing, I forget the size just bring a case with you. Jim That's a pretty good idea! I did something similar, but I just used what I had lying around the workbench. I used a "click type" ball point pen to make a 9mm bushing for my super swage. I cut about 1.70 inches off of the main body of the pen, and also cut 3/4 of an inch off the tube that holds the "clicky" part of the pen. I assembled those two parts, cleaned the inside of the smaller tube with a Dremel bit to get the little tabs in there rounded off, and get the inner diameter to where the assembly fits snugly on the small rifle rod of the swage, but not too tight. I also slightly beveled the outer edge of the plastic to match the rounded base inside a 9mm case, so they won't try to stick. See the pics (hopefully they will attach). If you take longer than 20 minutes to complete this fabrication, you are over-engineering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcracco Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I went through 5,000 rounds of WCC brass with a Hornaday cutter. Chucked up the cutter tool in a drill clamped in a vice and went to town. I would do batches of 700 or so at a time with a batch taking about 40 min to process. I only removed the sharp edge of the crimp with the cutter then adjusted the swager on my 1050 to finish the resizing. I found this process gave better results than swaging alone on the 1050. After a couple months worth of shooting the entire 5,000 have been processed and I have a nice bucket of twice fired brass that will reload much faster this time. WCC is nice stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerslide91 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 As a new reloader I'd like to ask; I came across a small amount of the 9mm WCC brass and from my reading just always sorted it out into a recycle bucket. But a little while back I was experimenting with my 650 press and I tried running the WCC brass through it just like any other brass. It seemed to press out the spent primer no problem... so then tried seating a new one, no problem (CCI primers if it matters). So I ended up running 10 complete rounds through and didn't see any issues or feel any differences in the pressures needed to run the press. Took them to the range and fired them through, checked the spent brass and again, didn't see anything that seemed abnormal. I'm still not planning on using this brass as there has been plenty of other headstamps to use. But I'm curious; did I just get lucky in not messing something up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcracco Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Are the primers crimped? I believe there are non-crimped WCC rounds out there. Note sharp annular ring on crimped case: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A63111 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 There are some WCC cases that aren't crimped. WCC07 is one I know for sure. You may want to look at what you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakshow10mm Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I have come across a huge amount of WCC 9mm brass. In the past I have just reamed them with a drill but with nearly 10k to work on I was looking for something a little more efficient. Will the Dillon tool work well for 9mm. Seems I have read some feedback concerning it not working as well for pistol as it does for 223? If anybody has used it or knows it will work well please let me know your thoughts. Let me know if you still need these processed. I can run them on my 1050 for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMeix Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I'm having issues running 9mm through the SS. I have the Dillon 9mm adapter on it, but after running the brass through my 650 to deprime/resize it, the brass is getting stuck on the locator rod after swaging. I figure the issue is that the brass has been resized, but I can't deprime without resizing due to the die. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorfish Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) I'm having issues running 9mm through the SS. I have the Dillon 9mm adapter on it, but after running the brass through my 650 to deprime/resize it, the brass is getting stuck on the locator rod after swaging. I figure the issue is that the brass has been resized, but I can't deprime without resizing due to the die. Any suggestions? I've been thinking about getting the new Dillon 9mm adapter for the Super Swage. Sounds like it's a little snug. Chuck the adapter up in a drill press and use sandpaper to take a little off the adapter. Should take enough off to allow it work with sized cases. Let us know how you remedied this. Like you, I would probably size and de-prime before using the swage. BTW, No issue using the swage with 9mm for me... I've done thousands of 9mm but never more than a couple of hundred at a time. If I had ten thousand WCC cases to process I would probably trick my wife into helping me swage for a couple of hours and then mention I could get a machine that would do it "automatically". My new 1050 would arrive within days . Edited July 25, 2014 by razorfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james5m Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I used a short peice of heat shrink on mine to take up the slack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james5m Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Are the primers crimped? I believe there are non-crimped WCC rounds out there. Note sharp annular ring on crimped case: Boy!!! Thats some old brass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWord Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Are the primers crimped? I believe there are non-crimped WCC rounds out there. Note sharp annular ring on crimped case: Boy!!! Thats some old brass That's not old, I just did 30 or so WCC 40 45 ACP brass that came in a box of once fired stuff. I guess someone found some old stuff and ran it thru their GI 45. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMeix Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I'm having issues running 9mm through the SS. I have the Dillon 9mm adapter on it, but after running the brass through my 650 to deprime/resize it, the brass is getting stuck on the locator rod after swaging. I figure the issue is that the brass has been resized, but I can't deprime without resizing due to the die. Any suggestions? I've been thinking about getting the new Dillon 9mm adapter for the Super Swage. Sounds like it's a little snug. Chuck the adapter up in a drill press and use sandpaper to take a little off the adapter. Should take enough off to allow it work with sized cases. Let us know how you remedied this. Like you, I would probably size and de-prime before using the swage. BTW, No issue using the swage with 9mm for me... I've done thousands of 9mm but never more than a couple of hundred at a time. If I had ten thousand WCC cases to process I would probably trick my wife into helping me swage for a couple of hours and then mention I could get a machine that would do it "automatically". My new 1050 would arrive within days . Are you swaging after resizing? What kind of brass are you using? All of mine is WCC 12. With as much mil 9mm and 556mm I get from work, a 1050 is sounding pretty good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 If you want to deprime without sizing, get a Lee Universal Depriming Die. LEE PRECISION DECAPPING DIE Lee Precision Decapping and Depriming Die, no cleaning or lubing of cases necessary. Tough, almost unbreakable decapper removes crimped primers. Fits cases up to .560" in diameter and up to 3.125" long. Not recommended for .17 or .20 calibers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polizei1 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Kevin, I'm planning on getting a GS Swager, have you looked into that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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