Newbie reloading questions

[Johnny]

If your die is set up properly it will not make any difference how much ass you put behind pulled the handle down.Check your case length.Trim until they are all the same length.

[NJC]

trim pistol cases..who does that ??

[Evil_McNasty]

I'm pretty comfortable with the recipie though, it is on the low end, but I could not get my powder disk to 7.5 or 7.6.. I have an adjustable disk on the way.. COAL has been measured on all of them... 1.125, 1.123 that sort of area, but none larger than 1.125, none smaller than 1.122. IT seems the more ass you put on the press when seating the bullet, the different the result. I am going to play with the seating die to account for this i think.

For 9 & 45's, I use a Lee press with the disk powder measure as well. The first couple loads I did were at the low end of the tables, and while they shot just fine and were within the proper fps of the manual, I would get a few FTF's. So the disk's next charge-setting up was perfect. The lack of an ability for finer adjustment is the one thing I don't like about the disks. But once you do find the right spot, it's so easy. And really, 45ACP is about the easiest cartridge to load (that I have seen in my few years of reloading).

I have a some 77gr 5.56 you can try if you are still chasing that down. I worked up a magic load for my precision AR.

[WinterSoldier]

trim pistol cases..who does that ??

I trim down 9x19mm to 9x18mm on occasion, but by and large I don't even measure pistol brass. Ain't gonna hurt anything to measure/trim. Just extra work. If I was going to trim it would probably be with .357 Sig., but I've never loaded any .357 Sig. Hmmm. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea with other bottleneck pistol calibers but I haven't loaded any of those enough times to worry about it, yet. Revolver brass needing crimping can benefit from trimming for consistency. The whole subject probably boils down to what you think you're doing...

[JMW4570]

trim pistol cases..who does that ??

Never have normal caliber pistol brass. Jim

[NJC]

Range trip went well

Recoil was stout but manageable. About as hot as I would want for practice in a Glock 23
All rounds chambered and cycled reliably and accuracy was great.

Of the brass I recovered, the case mouth of all were deformed. Is this something I need to look into more ?

[AB]

How is it deformed?

[NJC]

stand by for text pic..

[AB]

Usually, that is an indication it is hitting the inside of the ejection port on the way out. Depending on the gun that can be a result of a lot of things! Once we put them over a chrono we can tell if there is too much or too little velocity running.

[NJC]

OK...well if I load up say 20 or 25 can we look at it at the next C4 ? Would you mind bringing your chrono.. I will also bring the brass for you to look at.
A couple of them have some healthy extraction and ejector marks on the rims.. 2 of the seven I recovered to be exact.