Fact or myths of reloading

[newcastter]

I have heard that you should not reload brass fired out of a glock because of a unsupported chamber, So does this mean I should not pick up brass at the range?
Anyone know if this is a fact or just a myth?
Also has anyone else heard of any myths out there or even facts that are questioned?

[Walter Laich]

I heard that casting will save you money

[Ben]

It will save you money ( after you've spent $4,000 dollars on molds, sizing dies , top punches, lube sizers, etc. )

[Moondawg]

I heard that black powder smoke smelled good and that shooting BP didn't gunk up your firearm.

[1Shirt]

Just 4 grand Ben? Must have all been wholesale!
1Shirt!

[mongo]

I use a Lee sizer die and it removes the bulge out of the brass. I put a storm lake barrel in my Glock and have shot many a once bulged case with no problems at all. I pick it all up, Then I go down to the backstop and pick up all the lead and re-use it also, If its free its for me, LOL

[newcastter]

I heard that casting will save you money

Yes I started out reloading 1 cal. 2 years ago and now I reload for 4 cast for 2 and swage for 1 thats cost me around 1,000 plus the gun I had to build to shoot my .223 swaged from 22LR
So reloading and casting will save you money will save you money is a myth Good One

[Reverend Recoil]

Story I have often heard, "Reloads of mixid brass lots and brands will not shoot accurately."

I use mixed brass and match bullets for my 223 Rem/5.56 NATO service rifle practice loads. My experience is at 200 yd. they shoot well as any other ammo I have fired.

[Dframe]

"Glock Brass" is real. The notoriously loose 40 glock chamber sometimes will cause a bulge in the case wall. Usually careful resizing will "Iron" it back into place. I may be overly cautious, but I do not reload glock brass to maximum pressures. Just being a bit careful in case the brass could be weakened slightly by a relatively large displacement in the case walls. I've shot 40 calibre glock cases at slightly lower pressures for many years without a problem.

[Jammer Six]

Speaking of Glocks, I heard that you can walk right through a metal detector onto an airliner with a fully loaded Glock.

[1hole]

Four very common myths:

Neck sizing cases will get better accuracy and they will last longer too.

Seating rifle bullets at or into the lands is more accurate.

Powder charges need to be consistant to .1 gr. for accuracy.

Bullet 'tension' (inside neck diameter) should be at least 3 or 4 thou smaller than bullet diameter.

[superscifi12]

I heard that black powder smoke smelled good and that shooting BP didn't gunk up your firearm.

Both of those are not myths - it smells great and stays clean.

[zomby woof]

It will save you money ( after you've spent $4,000 dollars on molds, sizing dies , top punches, lube sizers, etc. )

Yea,
I'm still waiting to save money.

[noylj]

Four very common myths:

Neck sizing cases will get better accuracy and they will last longer too.
This is usually true, in my experience. However, with an off-the-shelf rifle, you'll never see the difference.

Seating rifle bullets at or into the lands is more accurate.
Again, many time this is true. Somewhere between on the rifling and 0.02" off the rifling.

Powder charges need to be consistent to .1 gr. for accuracy.
It is impossible to convince some how ridiculous this one is. A 43.0gn charge, and they are convinced that their rifle can sense that 0.1gn too much or too little powder.

Bullet 'tension' (inside neck diameter) should be at least 3 or 4 thou smaller than bullet diameter.
Should be 0.002-0.001". 3-4 will give case bulge and can swage a boolit down.

[Got-R-Did]

I don't know about saving money, but I do shoot nearly three times as much.
Got-R-Did

[waksupi]

Speaking of Glocks, I heard that you can walk right through a metal detector onto an airliner with a fully loaded Glock.

Yeah, right. Let me know how that works out for you.

[jeff423]

My brother in law lived once in MA. He told me he had to keep drinking beer because he was making so much money returning the empties.
That's the way I feel about reloading - every time I shoot 100 .38 specials I'm saving $28.00, and that's the cheap stuff. Maybe I should "not shoot" Hornady Critical Defense, then I'd be saving $68.00 per hundred. At that rate I'll soon be a millionaire.

Jeff

[41 mag fan]

I heard that casting will save you money

I heard that too...rest assured it's a myth on my end.

[MBTcustom]

Well you did right by asking these fellas instead of blindly believing whatever is fed you by the gun manufacturers/ammo manufacturers/media/government. However, if you spend a few months on here and read, read, read, your BS-ometer will start getting much more sensitive. I used to think that my knowledge of reloading was totally BS free, but the list of myths that I operated on is growing and growing. At this point the only thing that I know for sure that I had right when I came here was that guns go bang. Boy I'm glad I found this site!

[Kevin Rohrer]

I have heard that you should not reload brass fired out of a glock because of a unsupported chamber,

Myth, myth, myth.