misterarman
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Curious how many people shoot and reload for this caliber?
Hardest caliber to dial in I ever experienced. Easy in the sloppy Glock barrels but as soon as I tried an aftermarket "match grade" barrel the fun began. Then I learned about camming over when resizing and I was back in the game.
Anybody just use the RCBS 2 die set or the 3 die Dillon or Hornady sets?
Also interested in what powder and bullets are being used?
I started with the Hornady 9mm HP/XTP 115gr then 9mm 124gr then the Montana Gold 9mm 115gr JHP then their 9mm 124gr JHP then their 125gr JHP .357sig bullet.
I started out with Accurate Arms #7 and when I ran out I tried AA#5 and even though the data in the manual was close did not care for it. So I went back to AA#7. Heard good stuff about using AA#9 and am in the process of checking it out.
Anybody neck down 40 s&w cases to make 357sig?
I started out doing that and it was probably 95% effective. I would never stake my life on it. New opinion says not to do it because they come up short in the neck which is fairly short to begin with. That being said I found an older set of RCBS dies that had a tag in it explaining how to do it.
I have since been using actual .357sig brass and am much happier with the results.
Hardest caliber to dial in I ever experienced. Easy in the sloppy Glock barrels but as soon as I tried an aftermarket "match grade" barrel the fun began. Then I learned about camming over when resizing and I was back in the game.
Anybody just use the RCBS 2 die set or the 3 die Dillon or Hornady sets?
Also interested in what powder and bullets are being used?
I started with the Hornady 9mm HP/XTP 115gr then 9mm 124gr then the Montana Gold 9mm 115gr JHP then their 9mm 124gr JHP then their 125gr JHP .357sig bullet.
I started out with Accurate Arms #7 and when I ran out I tried AA#5 and even though the data in the manual was close did not care for it. So I went back to AA#7. Heard good stuff about using AA#9 and am in the process of checking it out.
Anybody neck down 40 s&w cases to make 357sig?
I started out doing that and it was probably 95% effective. I would never stake my life on it. New opinion says not to do it because they come up short in the neck which is fairly short to begin with. That being said I found an older set of RCBS dies that had a tag in it explaining how to do it.
I have since been using actual .357sig brass and am much happier with the results.