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I broke a decapping pin and bent the spindle on my 30-06 die with crimped primer milsurp brass (70s Korean stuff). Hornady sent me free replacement parts, but they also said to use a dedicated decapping die for crimped brass. Using the dedicated die made a world of difference for me.

Just to get this out of the way: What does your reloading manual say? What was your starting load, and what have you worked up to? My experience has just been reloading for the Garand, and it's restrictions, so I'm not going to put anything out there for other guns, but I'm curious what...

What is your COAL after seating the bullets? I have minimal experience with 9mm reloading, but I've read that the bullet seating depth can have a big effect on the pressure generated.

Since they're not real guns, they may fall into similar rules as airsoft guns, etc. IANAL, but it seems that you could. I'm not sure if you'd have to paint them orange before importing or not though. Customs and Border Patrol Website FAQ on Airsoft

I'm pretty sure SGAmmo only ships to the USA, which would the OP unable to order from them.

Checking online at some my preferred websites, I'm seeing Aguila (brass-cased) starting around $315/1000rds and Wolf (steel-cased) ammo starting around $219/1000rds. I'm thinking that prices will be rising even more during election season.

I think I'm about there for my Garand. $625 for the gun (CMP) and 3 different ammo purchases $100 (CMP Greek) + $200 (Random Surp) + $300 (1955 Surp) = $600 for ammo so far. If you include the cost of extra en-block clips, I think it would even.

From the CMP site: http://www.odcmp.com/Sales/eligibility.htm US Citizen At least 18 Be a gun club member (Club List) Marksmanship or other Firearms Related Activity (Do one of the qualifying activities, or get a range officer to sign off on the sheet on the web page Marksman Form) Fill out...

Also, don't forget to check your city laws. While SC doesn't have much on knife-carrying, my city has a 3" blade restriction.