CombatShotgunner wrote:I'm wondering if I should by a reloading a set up or just pick up 2000 rounds of 9mm? I'm told not to shoot reloads/remains in a Glock so I think I would load 45ACP again. Advice? Can I shoot 9mm reloads through a Wilson Beretta? My Wal-Mart is almost empty except for 40 cal. What to do?
CombatShotgunner:
I finally invested in reloading gear in October 2012, right before Zero stole the last election. Turned out to be a good move. I don't shoot much, but I rarely run out. (Getting components was a little iffy for a while.) 'Bout $700 initially, including some powder, primers, and bullets. Another $300 for each of two other calibers. No regrets - a Dillon is industrial strength almost - except that the manual (you have to do a lot of assembly) appears to have been written by somebody who'd assembled a bunch of them. You really had to figure out what the fool thing was trying to do in many cases, before you could assemble it. Getting components (powder and maybe primers) is going to get stiff again, if not impossible, because this may only be the first act.
You can replace a Glock barrel with one that's conventionally rifled, and shoot all day long with reloads & such. I'm not sure what the price might be. IMHO, you can just plan on cleaning the polygonal rifled Glock barrel more often. They're supposed to lead up.... Somebody here ought to know.
If you're not a heavy shooter, you probably can just use the stock Glock barrel, too....
I'm told that Glocks don't support the case head area as well as they should, and reloaded cases need to be fully resized. A buddy of mine's 9mm EMP looked like a real disaster (jam-o-matic, etc.) until we found out about that. He'd been reloading for an old Beretta, and it would feed about anything, whereas the EMP wanted a clean case. There's a special resizing die available.... (Don't make me look it up
.... It worked for him.)
You can buy a reloading setup for a LOT less than the Dillon. It's possible to set up a press for each caliber if you have the space. This is
extremely convenient. I probably could have done that, but I'd already put out for the Dillon. The table I'm using really doesn't have room, but that's a minor problem.
Overall, I don't see any downside for either choices, except that prices will go up. It could take decades to fix this, if we ever can.
Regards,
