Monday, May 17, 2010

.380 Reloading

I decided .380 ammo is too hard to find and too expensive not to reload.  Bought the Lee dies, shell plate (#4) and turret.  I loaded 37 rounds of 95gr JHP (Montana Gold) on 4.2 gr Unique (.46 autodisk).

.380 brass comes in two primer channel forms.  I had several rounds that weren't boxer, so the primer removal was out.

I used two settings for the seating die.  The first setting used the lawman ammo as a guide.  The HP bullets were shorter than the ball ammo.  Loaded fine.  I reset the die and tried 17 rounds at a longer bullet length.  It loaded, but wouldn't eject unfired.  Will see how firing goes, but need shorter bullets.

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