quote:

Originally posted by 45 Cal:
I got into some crap yesterday loading a bunch of 38 specials.
I had three gallons of cleaned and ready to go brass.
Toward the last gallon the press got stupid .
pulled the round out and bullet was only half way seated.
Turns out to be 38 long colt.
Apparently at one of my shoots someone brought a rare caliber and shot 22 of them things.
They are a pain in the ass to spot.Like 3/16th shorter.

quote:

Very worth it when you find a 9x18 Makarov in what you thought was a pile of 9mm Luger.

quote:

Originally posted by rduckwor:

quote:

Very worth it when you find a 9x18 Makarov in what you thought was a pile of 9mm Luger.

What happens when you load a Makarov and shoot it in a 9 MM Para chamber?

Never had one make it's way into the brass bin.

Guess no one at our club shoots it.

RMD

quote:

Originally posted by exx1976:

quote:

Originally posted by rduckwor:

quote:

Very worth it when you find a 9x18 Makarov in what you thought was a pile of 9mm Luger.

What happens when you load a Makarov and shoot it in a 9 MM Para chamber?

Never had one make it's way into the brass bin.

Guess no one at our club shoots it.

RMD

Couldn't tell you. I've not done it.

That was actually the first piece of it I've seen. There's noone nearby that shoots that caliber on any of the ranges I go to (or, at least, no one that shoots it and doesn't police their brass). It was in that big flat-rate box of 9mm I bought online.

I read headstamps on everything though. It's especially important with 9mm for me since military 9mm goes in my scrap bucket. Ain't nobody got time for swaging pistol brass!

In all honesty though, the big reason I toss 9mm military is that when I pick up my own brass at the range, and come home to sort it, it's too hard to tell if it's one of mine and has already been swaged, or if it's "new to me" brass that will need swaging. Easier to just use commercial-only 9mm. I mean, it's not like finding "new to me" Lake City 5.56.. That stuff is easy to identify by the lack of chamfer/debur on the case mouth as well as the obvious annealing marks still visible on the neck/shoulder. My processed Lake City is nice and uniform in color (if no longer shiny, thanks to the cans). In fact, with .223, I'm the other way - commercial .223 goes in my scrap bucket.

quote:

Originally posted by rduckwor:
Back to the 9X18. Curious to know the outcome in a 9X19 chamber.

RMD

quote:

Originally posted by rduckwor:

Back to the 9X18. Curious to know the outcome in a 9X19 chamber.

RMD

quote:

Originally posted by exx1976:
Emptied the tumbler.

Filled the tumbler with the 5-600 pieces of 9mm I sorted last time.

Sorted out another 5-600 pieces so it's ready to go. Found 3 more Makarov and 2 more .380 auto.

Glanced longingly at my 6.5 stuff.

Thought about cleaning my 308 for the Hangover 400 tomorrow. Decided I'm too lazy. Plus, the whole clean/cold bore argument. I'll leave it dirty. Not like I can go foul it today, it's below 0 with the wind chill. Ugh.