Reloading for Glock 9mm

[bodhisafa]

Recently purchased a G19 and will be reloading soon. Would like to know from the reload community if I need to purchased a "u die" or Wilson case gauge. I read there is a glock bulge that may form???

 

[918v]

No there is no bulging in a Glock 9mm although a u die will size the case closer to factory spec than a regular die will.

 

[bodhisafa]

Any recommendations on dies?

 

[black5.3]

Im not a glock fanatic but wasnt it the gen 3's that had the unsupported chambers and caused a little bulge at the bottom of the case?? Either way a die that will fix the bulge on your brass or range pock up brass is a lee factory crimp die. I run one on all my postol reloads because it crimps the round and sizes any bulge down for perfect chambering ammo.

 

[padom]

I load for a Glock 19 9mm that has a SI Match (Lothar Walther) threaded barrel, suppressor sights and RMR06. My regular everyday load is an Xtreme 124g HP over 4.1g Titegroup. Velocity is at 1070fps and very accurate. This past week I actually did load development for subs for the same gun with my Rugged Obsidian 45 on it with Xtreme 165g RN with N340. After doing 5 shots each from 3.4 - 4.0g in 0.1g increments all over the LabRadar at 25 yds I selected 3.8g. It showed a single digit SD and a very tight touching group at 25yds. I loaded up 100 of these to test yesterday and shot 30rd over the LabRadar. Avg Velocity is 913 SD 9.9 and ES 39 and amazing accuracy for 25yds non rested. These are stupid quite and soft shooting. The bullet hitting the steel backstop is louder than the shot itself.

Brass for this specific testing was all FC brass that was SS tumbled then ran in my Dillon XL650 with Dillon carbide 9mm sizing die, modified Dillon powder thrower (polished inside of hopper to mirror finish, Uniquetek Micrometer powder bar adjustment and Uniquetek powder baffle. All charges dropped with it and all are dead on consistent, checked many times over on my CM.

Here is 2 (5 shot) groups at 25yds

Here is 2 (10 shot) groups at 25yds

Here is a 10 shot group at 50yds

 

[918v]

Im not a glock fanatic but wasnt it the gen 3's that had the unsupported chambers and caused a little bulge at the bottom of the case?? Either way a die that will fix the bulge on your brass or range pock up brass is a lee factory crimp die. I run one on all my postol reloads because it crimps the round and sizes any bulge down for perfect chambering ammo.

Not the 9. 40-45 had the bulging problem. Lee FCD doesn't fix any bulging that the regular sizing die left behind. The FCD sizing ring is bigger in diameter.

 

[bodhisafa]

Quick update,used my father in laws Dillon with Dillon dies and rounds fed great only problem was the ejection. Some would not eject others would jam on the slide. So factory ammo ejected perfect but reloaded ammo did not. He mentioned the load may have been to weak to cause the slide to "recoil" appropriately. He mentioned changing out springs to make the slide come back easier. Any suggestions?

 

[padom]

Do load development. With the right load you don't need to change any springs.

 

[ToddKS]

All you need is to start out is a regular Lee 4 die set. You should not need a U die with a factory Glock barrel. Tightgroup is a good all around powder to start with. Avoid plated bullets. They tend to not shoot well past 15 yards from factory barrels. Coated bullets do well, jacketed bullets do the best.

For jacketed bullets look at Precision Delta. Their bullets group as well as Hornady's from my guns.

 

[Yondering]

Quick update,used my father in laws Dillon with Dillon dies and rounds fed great only problem was the ejection. Some would not eject others would jam on the slide. So factory ammo ejected perfect but reloaded ammo did not. He mentioned the load may have been to weak to cause the slide to "recoil" appropriately. He mentioned changing out springs to make the slide come back easier. Any suggestions?

Yes, obviously loads that are too light won't cycle properly. That's not because they're "reloaded ammo", it's because you didn't work up a decent load. Turn up the powder charge and make some good ammo before you screw up the gun with different springs.

 

[black5.3]

Not the 9. 40-45 had the bulging problem. Lee FCD doesn't fix any bulging that the regular sizing die left behind. The FCD sizing ring is bigger in diameter.

Well all i know is that when i load once fired brass for my .40 i had a lot of reloads that would not fit in my le wilson check gauge and i was told to run it through a lee fcd to crimp and get of the bulge and after trying it my brass always falls right in the check gauge. The uncrimped rounds would hang up in the check gauge about 1/8"-1/4" before it fell all the way in. The lee fcd fixed that issue.

 

[Yondering]

Well all i know is that when i load once fired brass for my .40 i had a lot of reloads that would not fit in my le wilson check gauge and i was told to run it through a lee fcd to crimp and get of the bulge and after trying it my brass always falls right in the check gauge. The uncrimped rounds would hang up in the check gauge about 1/8"-1/4" before it fell all the way in. The lee fcd fixed that issue.

Then you don't have your sizing die adjusted down all the way, or you're seating bullets crooked. The FCD can't size any further down the case (when set up normally) than a regular sizing die, but it can iron out bulges from crooked bullet seating.

What you were most likely told (and misunderstood) was to push .40 cases all the way through the FCD to remove case head bulges. Lee sells this setup as their "bulge buster" kit, and this type of sizing is the only way to get rid of those bulges.

 

[918v]

The FCD carbide ring is bigger than the sizing die and cannot possibly remove the lower bulge any better than the sizing die. What it does remove is the upper bulge created by crooked bullet seating.

 

[black5.3]

That very well may be what is happening. Im 100% positive my sizing die is adjusted correctly so each case is getting sized to the dies potential. Either way it is doing what its supposed to do and is giving me reliable reloads.