ny32182
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As long as there is a demand for full power commercial ammo, someone will supply it.
Lord don't buy a Lee progressive, especially as a new reloader. Get the Lee Classic Turret and use it. Spend your crappy winter weekends cranking out thousands of rounds and save them for summer shooting, then rinse and repeat.[Looks at loose .40 Super and .44 AMP brass on the desk]
You can buy a complete Lee progressive press kit for under $200; that's press, primer feeder, automatic powder measure, case feeder, and 10mm carbide dies. Starline will sell you new 10mm brass in any quantity you desire. Bullets, powder, and primer are probably available locally.
I don't know what you're paying per box for ammo now, but you can easily convert that to "how many boxes would pay for enough equipment to load my own." And after that you're not limited to what's on the shelf, how hot it's loaded, or what kind of bullets they used.
If I were to buy a 10mm, it would never see a factory round.Reloading should be given serious consideration given the cost of 10 mm.
Actually there are more people who shoot 10mm that dont reload than do. And here in the US Glock sales of 10mm have done more to keep the round alive than anything.10mm is always going to be around because it has a near cult following with reloaders. Heck, the 9x25 Dillon is still available with a conversion barrel for Glocks and that's about as common as the .44 Henry cartridge.
Personally, .40 S&W is as powerful a semi-auto pistol round as I need, anything more and I'm going with a revolver and even more powerful cartridges that make the 10mm look like a .380 ACP.
Fwiw you will beat the gun up if it hits hard when the slide comes back because of a weak spring. Much more so than a full 10mm load will do to the breach face.Wreck-n-Crew, good point.
I'll (hopefully) picking up my RIA 10mm shipped from Buds at my LGS tomorrow. I plan on replacing the firing pin stop with a flat bottom from EGW and perhaps a heavier main spring.
I'm on the fence about increasing the recoil spring as I've heard that beats the gun a bit.
All my 1911s have been .45acp, so I'm still researching the issue. However, I have some Underwood 140gr Xtreme Penetrators (1500 FPS) and 180gr XTP (1300 FPS) ready to go. Of course I have the mild plinking FMJs for the range too.
As soon as they catch up to the demand for the 200gr XTP (1250 FPS), I'll likely just use those.