Reloading Glock shot brass.

Just clean it, inspect it, and resize it in a standard FL sizing die.

It is no different then any other brass.

rc

Would like advice (befor I start) on sizing glock shot 40 cal. and 9mm brass. I have herd that the glocks bulge the cases more than others. I have some brass from a police firing range. I know a lot of it was fired through glocks. So what do you guys do to get it sized correctly. Do you size it once, twice, or, avoid glock brass.

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What you have "heard" is probably grossly over-blown. Normal resizing is usually sufficient but will depend to a large extent on the gun's chamber characteristics you are shooting them in. Should a problem arise using normal dies, there are alternatives available. My suggestion would be to just go ahead with your plans and see if any issues develop before worrying too much about it.

I reload glock brass, but I use minimum charges, in case the case has been weakened any. I also will toss it after 3 reload's, because its been stressed more.

When I reloaded for a G23, I had no problems sizing "Glocked out" brass with a belly My newish G23 had a tighter chamber then the Police range pickups, I was loading, and the belly never came back. If your shooting an older Gen2, or early Gen 3 Glock, that still have the looser chambers, I would limit the time you reload the same brass. My Lee carbide Dies, ironed out the brass with ease.

I shoot Glocks in 9mm and reload my brass for them until they crack or split - generally get between 12 and 15 reloads - it's not a big deal - just size them the way you would any pistol brass

If the reloaded brass chambers fine in your gun, there is no need to do anything special.

Otherwise you may use U-die, e.g. this one instead of regular sizing die. It hugs the brass lower to the headstamp and eliminates bulges there if any.

Alternatively, you may push the bulged brass completely through Factory Crimp Die, like shown at this video.

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My Lee turret press and dies have had no problems with 9mm.

I HAVE felt the harder handle pull on the FLSD with some of the Glocked brass, but never a problem.

I've shot and reloaded some brass for my Glock 29 up to 12 times. I inspect the brass each time I load it and don't use the ones that have slpit. So far, the biggest reason for not using cases over is split necks rather than bulged webs.

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I was sizing 9 and 40 brass from Glocks for years before I recently joined the Internet. During those years I was so dumb that I sized and loaded every one of those cases just fine. Now that I'm on the Internet and I know there's a problem, I careful not to tell my press and she keeps sizing them as successfully as always.

Don't remind me what the problem is. I just want to continue successfully.

never had any problem reloading glock 9mm brass

never loaded a 40 in my life

Do standard steel dies size further down than carbide dies since your cant run them down all the way to the shell holder?

My process for all 9mm brass

I routinely size 9mm brass with a carbide die, then before priming & loading I'll check them for fit in a chamber case gauge like the ones Lyman makes or the ones with the MIDWAY name on them. If they go in & out of the gauge without hanging up, they pass. If not, I will run them through a single-stage press set up with a Redding extended shellholder and the Redding full-length steel size/trim die and after that they will pass 100% the chamber gauge test. I have found this to be the most reliable way to make sure every 9mm round chambers in my 9's.