rikman
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Anybody use a case gauge when loading 45acp? Good quick easy check ? Waste for pistol? Just curious.
bds, I also have a $550.00 case guage=CZ-75B(barrel) and guess what-loads that will fit just fine in my $13.00 case guage will not fit in my $550.00 case guage. Does MBC Small Ball(9MM) ring a bell?? They are great bullets, but they need seated deeper to work in my CZ..Bill..My M&P45 barrel chamber is my case gauge.
It's free too ... wait, dang I bought a $600 case gauge.
If your loads will fit in a case guage, then they will fit in a Glock factory barrel..Not to be said on some others..Bill.Anybody use a case gauge when loading 45acp? Good quick easy check ? Waste for pistol? Just curious.
I use a FCD for loading pistol and the post sizing ring does the same thing and saves all that time.
No Rusty. I didn't mean we run all the loaded rounds through the barrel. I only check the initial few rounds to verify die settings and double check that everything is OK as my QC for each reloading session.To me it seems like a waste of time to run all of the loaded rounds through a gage or barrel
To me it seems like a waste of time to run all of the loaded rounds through a gage or barrel. I use a FCD for loading pistol and the post sizing ring does the same thing and saves all that time.
I sometimes chamber check every one of my "match" loads. Sometimes, during seating, the bullet can stretch the case mouth/neck asymmetrically. I assume this happens more with older brass. The result is that the "coke bottle" bulge occurs more on one side than the other, and bullet will be slightly crooked. This can cause a random cartridge to fail a chamber check.No Rusty. I didn't mean we run all the loaded rounds through the barrel. I only check the initial few rounds to verify die settings and double check that everything is OK as my QC for each reloading session.
I have a tight chambered EMP (Right at SAMMI minimum) and I gauge every 9MM case after being sized. Any that do not fit the gauge go in the scrap bin. (Around 10% with range brass) I do not bother to gauge the loaded rounds, but no troubles so far. I have no interest in trying to save any case that has been stressed enough that normal sizing won't remedy. 9MM brass is just too cheap.seems like a waste of time to run all of the loaded rounds through a gage