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Thread: 40 cal from 9mm easiest by far and cheap!

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    I recently bought a set of your 9mm to 40 dies second hand at an auction as part of a larger lot. Didn't need any of the rest of the lot, and I initially thought that I had been overzealous in my bidding. I just got around to casting some cores and annealing brass this weekend and just swaged my first bullets from those dies. I've got to say that it was worth every penny.

    Up until now I've been making do with macgyvering commercial reloading dies to swage bullets and while that has worked fine, the ease of usage is night and day. With my macgyvered sets, there are any where from 4-6 stages, but with your dies, expand for the core and swage. If you made a .451 one-step die, I would be all over it.

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    Good to here it! Yes it is a perfect combination of the 9mm case used for a 40 cal bullet. Everything comes together perfectly to allow it to be as simple as a "one step" swage and done.


    The 44 cal from 40 S&W also works in the same way but not quite as easy since it is a bigger bullet.


    Good shooting and swage on!

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    Transferred all my pics from photobucket so I'll slowly add photos back to these threads.

    here is some random 40 cal bullets to start with.....





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    Forgive me if this is already been asked, but will 380 brass work as well as 9 mm?

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    Not in my experience. I use .380 brass to swage into .357" bullets.

    Hope this helps.

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    Yes. Thank you

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    Brass from a .380 could be used to make .401 bullets. since they start out real close to .375 diameter bringing them up almost .020 in diameter would be the first step.
    But 9mm @.394 diameter, is so much easier to get, just cant see my self doing it.

    I use .380s for .357 bullets too, form them in a modified .223 cartridge sizing die, then run them through a .357 lee bullet size die.

    .380s, also with a lot of sizing down make nice 120 grain .308 bullets. My Ruger American .300 B.O. likes them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackoutBuilder View Post
    Forgive me if this is already been asked, but will 380 brass work as well as 9 mm?
    Yup I just loaded up a few hundred. I used a NOE .314 102 SWC for a core. I annealed the brass with the lead in it and then when they cooled I used my one step die and the came out good. My weights were right about 152 grains. From the few hundred I tested they shoot at least good enough for my abilities.

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    Do you remove the primers from the 9mm brass?

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    No the primers are left in.

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    Thank you. Im starting to process my brass before I get the press and dies.

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    I don't know if this has been asked as I didn't read all 13 pages, but can aluminum 9mm cases be used instead of brass?

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    I see no advantage to using aluminum for jackets, especially when we're tripping over all the 9x19 brass at most ranges.

    Hope this helps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ReloaderFred View Post
    I see no advantage to using aluminum for jackets, especially when we're tripping over all the 9x19 brass at most ranges.

    Hope this helps.

    Fred
    I'm just curious if it would work. Once in a while I come across a pile of aluminum 9mm cases.

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    Probably. The Aluminium is a lot softer than the dies, so I dount they would hurt anything. Is the lube going to work?

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    Alunimum is not recommended for bullet jackets as it has been discussed here before. The consensus was a no go because of the potential aluminum oxide that could form on the case/jacket, it would act like sand paper on the dies and bore. I can't confirm this but it is enough of a reason for me to advise against the use of aluminum jackets in BTSniper Dies.

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    Aluminum work hardens and becomes brittle quickly.
    The argument over how much damage 2 microns of aluminum oxide does to a barrel will go on forever.
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    In Electronics, we have repeated issues with the tin in solder on IC leads oxidizing and insulating the IC's leads from the socket, you'll often see some Electronics expert pulling the ICs up a bit if they're fully seated, and then pressing all of them back fully down. This shears off the fragile Tin Oxide and gives you good electrical connections again, makes the piece of gear work again. My Chem Physics handbook etc. aren't handy so I am unsure of the fragility / brittleness of Alumina, seems a poor gamble to risk My Preciousssss though!

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