[Joe in Missouri]

I hate to think I f\’ed up that badly….

But defiantly a possibility.

It sounds better than my explanation.

Thanks Kirk

[Joe in Missouri]

Sorry I did not get most of these replies but was subscribed.

Got it fixed….
Pretty dumb but it was a lead bullet stuck in the the die and I thought that was the way it was made.
Having better eyesight would have helped a lot, but after looking at it 10 times or more, I never saw that it was a bullet in the die that was the issue.

Thanks for you time and responses.

[Joe in Missouri]

FOR SOME REASON I CAN NOT NOW EDIT THE ABOVE POST!
IT\’S A REALLY A BAD THING TO HAVE SUCH A SHORT TIME FOR EDITING…..
THIS SHOULD BE FIXED ASAP IMHO.

**** I would like to ask if anyone else is loading these with 6g of Silouette and if so what range of OAL\’s that they are comfortable with for pressure purposes and they also pass the \”spin test\”.

[Joe in Missouri]

LOL
Thanks for the story Bob.

That makes it much more clear.

Thanks for the idea of sizing on a single stage or alternatively running only the bad the finished rounds through the bulge buster.

One other idea I have heard, is to make sure they you crank the 9mm sizing die down as tight as you can to the shell plate. I believe that is how Dillon has you set that die. I am running 223 right now but will check when I go back to 9mm.

I think you are right. Most of my rounds even if the case gauge doesn\’t like a few, will be OK, and that bulge busting them would be best. At least I know what I am looking for now.

Thanks and God Bless from the Missouri Ozarks

[Joe in Missouri]

LOL
Thanks for the story Bob.

That makes it much more clear.

FWIW I have bulk once shot brass from armorally.com and most of them actually drop into the
case gauge and only a few don\’t drop in easily.

I then took my G26 barrel and tested a few and most of them dropped right on it. (this is unsized brass)

Thanks for the idea of sizing on a single stage or alternatively running only the bad the finished rounds trough the bulge buster.

One other idea I have heard is to make sure they you crank the 9mm sizing die down as tight as you can to the shell plate.
I am running 223 right now but will check that also.

I think you are right. Most of my rounds even if the case gauge doesn\’t like a few, I think that the G26 chamber will take almost anything. At least I know what I am looking for.

God Bless from the Missouri Ozarks

[Joe in Missouri]

\”…After I size my clean, de-primed brass, I drop it in my Wilson case gauge. It should fall in flush, no pushing and then turn it over and drop out on it’s own…. \”

That info helps thanks.

I am running a progressive press, which means that I am spoiled as hell as to the time to make a round.

I am wondering where to check the case\’s that will be time efficient.
FWIW I have noticed with the Wilson gauge that very often small amounts of debris often keeps the loaded rounds from dropping in all the way and that a cleaning solves the problem, but is quite time consuming.

Can you check unsized brass for a bulge somehow?
(as taking brass out every lime, at stage 2 of the press, would be very slow)

Or alternately checking all finished cartridges and then if there are not a large number of them, putting them in a different container for practice rounds (or possibly to be bulge busted and taking the risk of head separation in a know container of them)

I hope this makes sense.
Just trying to figure out where I should go with this as a gun malfunction could get me killed and I do want to address it somehow.

Thanks in advance
Joe

[Joe in Missouri]

UPDATE since I can not edit the previous post….

I am being told to use a \”LEE PRECISION 90807, Carbide Factory Crimp Die, 9x18mm\”
Not a buldge buster?

Still a bit confused as how to deal with this if I have a lot of bulged cases.

Thanks

[Joe in Missouri]

Thank you guys. I just saw your posts today. 11-21-22

I am a bit confused as to if a Wilcox 9mm case gauge will reject a case with a Glock bulge?

If this ever happens again with a loaded round I would like to verify any physical dimensions that are off and may
have caused the problem.

Going to go look at bulge busters again.
I recall a little bit about doing this.
Thanks again

*** I FOUND THIS: NOTE: 9mm cases are not able to be used in the Bulge Buster because it has a slightly tapered case and the rim is not completely flush with the case

[Joe in Missouri]

I am a newbie to loading pistol rounds but I did manage to do a plunk and spin test on the round at an OAL of 1.100\”.
It is definitely clear of the rifling and spins easily.
I think the round did not have enough umph. (charge) is what caused the problem.
A problem I still don\’t understand fully why the slide would not pull back ( I hit it into battery) until I discharged the round.

I didn\’t want to use 6g with a plated bullet, but went ahead and added 0.5g to bring the charge up to 6g of Silouette.

So far that seems to have solved the problem and I am getting the 1050-1150 FPS that Berry;s recommends for their 124g hybrid HP.
Not too sure about accuracy yet.

FWIW I am a little east of Springfield Billy. Out in the country.

[Joe in Missouri]

BERRY\’S 124 grain HYBRID HOLLOW POINTS (plated) and Ramshot Silouette

https://www.berrysmfg.com/product/bp-9mm-356-124gr-hhp

(seems like this should be a separate thread but I don\’t see how to create one)

Tried 5.5 of Silouette and the gun did not cycle correctly on the 3rd round and I got a round stuck in the chamber because
the slide was locked.

Rather than play around I went to the 6g of silhouette (OAL of 1.110\”) like I use with jacketed pills and so far seems to be working.
Got 1050 FPS out of my Glock 26.

FWIW I did shoot my crony today (not a good day) but it managed to survive my stupidity.

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