SW 40 case bulge reloading question.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Yes, I am appreciating the things I'm seeing here about the issue.

My 9mm Glock does not produce any bulge to it's brass, and I guess I'd rather have some bulge in the 40 if the trade off is reliability when that critical moment comes. Those case pics are a bit extreme compared to my situation... I tried to get a good pic, hope you can see it well enough..



This brass carries the expansion down the case as opposed to mostly in one spot, and you guys might see this pic and determine that I don't need special dies to re size these. Like Jim said, he knows I'm new at reloading and it was a really strange thing for me to see what was happening to these cases. If you think standard dies can manage these, would the times reloaded be limited to like 2 or something like that, due to manipulating it back into shape again like that.

Thank you guys, I appreciate it.

[XC700116]

Redding also makes the G-Rx die to take out the base bulge, works pretty good.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/358...-sig-10mm-auto

[cstone]

Do you have a 9mm case gage? If not, remove the barrel from the pistol you will be shooting these reloads. Clean and size the brass and drop it in the gage or barrel. If it drops in freely and falls out freely, and there are no visible issues (cracks, large dents, chunks missing) you should have no problem reloading that brass.

I like case gages because the are generally tighter than the chambers on my firearms. If the sized brass gages, then it will chamber on my firearms.

If you have problems after you've seated your bullet, a Lee factory crimp die will fix most other dimensional problems. Some rounds need no crimp at all, but if you have a hole open on your press, a little after seating crimp/sizing can't hurt.

I have a Lee bulge buster but don't use it. It is basically a Lee factory crimp die with the crimp sleeve removed so the case can be forced completely through the die. I shoot lots of .40 S&W through a Glock 22, Gen 4, and never had any problems with Glocked brass.

Be safe.

[OtterbatHellcat]

More good information..

[Great-Kazoo]

More good information..

crimp separately.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Yessir.

[LeftHandBlack]

hmmmm you learn something new everyday. Glad I don't own a Glock. Jim any other guns this happens in?

H&K handguns are supposed to be bad too!