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stork23raz
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Posted: October/16/2013 at 09:39 |
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After what seems like forever of collecting reloading equipment, then when the moment came ALL powder and primers disappear. So for the past 10 months i couldnt find anything. Afriend found some components and i finally started reloading the other day. I loaded up some 9mm. Being first time I was very cautious and slow. I was using my calipers and checking everything. In the hornady manual it list trimmed case length and a max case length. I had some once fired brass i been collecting, as i went through them and was randoming checking them. I found quite a few that the cases were .003-.08 shorter than the trim length listed in the book. Is it ok to load them or do i just have useless brass? What is the true minimum case length?I just went ahead and loaded only the cases that were in the GTG margin.
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Dale Clifford
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on use, as an observation, pistol cases get shorter and rifle get longer. the small amt. you noticed will not affect their performance. As the 9mm is a tapered case it will gain a little length on resizing.
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On the range you cite, should the second number be .008" (8 thousandths) instead of .08" (80 thousandths)? If some cases truly are .08" too short, that's definitely excessive! .003" - .008" below min trim length won't matter a hill of beans. |
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Did you resize the cases prior to measuring?
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stork23raz
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Sorry. not the best place for a typo, i know, but that was supposed ot be .008.
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