I prefer to clean my brass by using a case tumbler and some ground-up corn cob media. Cleaning your brass will help you spot potential issues and help ensure that your reloads cycle properly in your pistol. The first thing that you will need to do when reloading 9mm ammo is to clean your brass. My grandfather’s old case tumbler still does a great job cleaning brass. Other components can be found in your reloading manual. The brass cases that you use should be for the caliber that you are reloading. Bullets (These are the actual projectiles that travel out of a firearm’s barrel.).When you are reloading 9mm or any other type of ammo, you are adding different parts, or components, together to create a complete ammunition cartridge. This is due to excessive pressures that can result when bullets are seated too far into a case. Seating bullets to the proper depth is important whenever you reload but is especially important when reloading 9mm ammo. Doing this will ensure that your bullets are seated to the proper depth. You will need a set of calipers to measure the overall length of your reloads. Having a case gauge will allow you to quickly make sure that your resized brass cases, as well as finished rounds, are in-spec. Like dies, case gauges are caliber-specific. Case GaugeĪ case gauge is simply a piece of metal that has been machined to reflect the proper dimensions of the caliber that you will be loading. Having these will allow to you perform all the steps that you need to create safe, reliable ammunition. Sets like this include a full-length sizing die, an expander die, a bullet seating die, and a crimp die. I strongly recommend getting a 4-die set, such as this one by Lee. If you are reloading 9mm Luger then you will need to get a set of 9mm Luger dies. You will need a set of caliber-specific dies for any caliber that you plan to reload. You can find my best picks for the best reloading presses and kits by clicking here. If you are just starting out, buying a kit is the best way to get most of these items all at once. I will include a list of these reloading essentials below, but for more explanation, check out my article, Essential Reloading Equipment, by clicking here. Fortunately, many of these can be used with many different calibers. Here is what you will need: Basic Reloading Equipment So, should you reload your small caliber pistol ammunition? For the shooter who likes to fire-off a lot of small pistol rounds, or the reloader who enjoys the hobby, or the target shooter who wants to control range and accuracy, the answer is an easy, ‘YES.If you are going to reload 9mm ammo, then you will need the right equipment. It seems worthwhile to reclaim the ‘spent’ casings. In this case, copper (semi-precious) and zinc. Brass is a metal alloy, which means it is made up of two or more metals. What else are you going to do on a rainy day? RECYCLEīearing in mind that brass casings are highly engineered / manufactured components capable of reuse (typically, 5 to 8 times), it follows that reloading for all calibers makes sense. Reloading overall is an enjoyable activity that offers direct satisfaction in creating and controlling the performance of one’s firearm, while learning the nuance and variants in extreme physics (ballistics). When it comes to reloading small caliber pistol ammunition, not all needs to be so practical.
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