Re: Is it possible...loading 380s using 9mm dies.
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Originally Posted by jdon72
Woolley, thanks for the post, but I actually read that before I posted.
JLA, why not. You would just adjust the dies deeper to make up for the shorter case. Not using a sizing die on new brass, the bullet is the same size as 9mm... .355. To seat and crimp, the 380 will fit in he die, but will it seat straight? Crimping, it should not matter....the die just goes over the head and crimps, not the whole case.....right.
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The diameter of the bullet is about all that's shared.
As you can see from these drawings, the "9mm Short" is not simply a shortened 9mm. Those few thousandths are very significant.
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Originally Posted by jdon72
My dies are costly and am on a waiting list. If they were only a hundred or two, it would be no big deal. But they are considerably more.
J
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Where are you buying dies? I buy sets for under $40 all day.
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