Info on 9mm shell shock cases

[orangeeclipseman]

hi I didnt know where to put this under but has anyone reloaded these stainless steel cases with regular carbide dies?

[DocSavage]

Brass,stainless steel shouldn't make a difference with carbide dies,titanium nitride coated dies not sure. Tungsten or titanium carbide is pretty hard only diamonds are harder.

[metricmonkeywrench]

Looked into them when they first came out, you will need at least the special sizing/ depriming die. There is an added spring to push the case out rather than relying on the shell holder to yank out the case to keep the two pieces from seperating.

I believe they sell only the complete set though.

Novel idea

[orangeeclipseman]

Yea i seen there dies i was hoping someone has used regular dies on them

[orangeeclipseman]

Looked into them when they first came out, you will need at least the special sizing/ depriming die. There is an added spring to push the case out rather than relying on the shell holder to yank out the case to keep the two pieces from seperating.

I believe they sell only the complete set though.

Novel idea

what do u think about taking the decapping pin out and putting a spring in?

[Kenstone]

what do u think about taking the decapping pin out and putting a spring in?
You might be able to put some Belleville washers on the decapping pin and adjust it to bottom out to compress the washers.
That would be add to the case seperation though :oops:.

I have to believe that the special die pushes down on the case mouth so the case does not seperate upon extraction.
jmo,
:?

[Papercidal]

I tried a bag of them for fun and while I did not resize them since I did not have their dies and they where new. Many of them separated coming off the powder funnel even with lube on the funnel.

[sparkyv]

Novel, yes. But what's the advantage?


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Novel idea

[Papercidal]

Novel, yes. But what's the advantage?

Being able to pick them up with a magnet.

[jdfoxinc]

Less expensive than brass, reported 40 + reloads.

[orangeeclipseman]

I tried a bag of them for fun and while I did not resize them since I did not have their dies and they where new. Many of them separated coming off the powder funnel even with lube on the funnel.

Thats good to know looks like I got some nice dust collectors

[dryflash3]

Why buy new cases when you can pick up all the 9mm I need at the range for free?

9mm brass lasts a long time. Then pick up more for free.

If you load Win steel cases (normal Hornady 9mm dies) you can pick up those with a magnet.