rocky

Yes the Lee dies will fit the Dillon 550.

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Gunn

A lot has been covered in this forum and i have a few more questions and concerns as a new Glock owner. I just purchased a new G23 a few weeks back and after using several off the shelf .40 rounds, and for several reasons cost being one control being the second would like to get into loading my own rounds. With all the concern for reloading i would just like to know if i should just start with new casings and go from there. Also is there any advice that you all have for me being a newbie at reloading.

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fatboy97

I reload .40S&W for both my Glock 23c and my SIG P226-.40. My Glock has a stock barrel, no after market barrels yet. If I do buy one it wil be for shooting lead bullets. Personally I prefer to shooting FMJ bullets and after working up several different load I determined what load shot those bullets best from my guns.

I will say that it is close to a maximum load for my powder and I watch my powder closely, double checking loads every 50-100 rounds. If I put a double load into my rounds I could easily see it, so I am very confident that I will not be blowing up my Glock with my reloads.

I also spend some time inspecting my brass before and after reloading. If I have any question about any brass I will put them into the recycling jar.

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Former Collection: Taurus 92SS, SIG P220 TT, S&W 360, SIG P239-40

Airborne Falcon

Jimminey yikes ... all this talk about reloading the 40 S&W! I shoot (and reload for) a couple of P229s and a P226. Good gosh ... never had a single problem in thousands of rounds other than some light primer strikes after 1000 or so rounds through the same pistol in a single day ... without a cleaning.

Based upon what I have read here, I must be leading a charmed life or something. Good grief.

You definitely have to be careful, and stick to the rules, when reloading anything for any caliber/cartridge ... but imho, the 40 S&W is no different nor is it inherently more dangerous and certainly it is not more difficult to roll. .357 SIG is by far my biggest pain in the arse (not counting some rifle stuff when I get anal about a match) - but even it (357 SIG) is not overly difficult imho.

Why is it that this thread may be giving the impression, especially to potential newbie reloaders, to stay away from 40 S&W?

Someone actually made a better case for staying away from Glocks ... but even that is extreme imho (althought completely understandable to some of us.). Some newbies-to-shooting might misintepret the gist of this thread, so let's be clear.

If you chose 40 S&W as your carry caliber, you ARE NOT going to be more prone to:


1) Catastrophic Failiures
2) Undue overpressures
3) Split, cracked or otherwise the quickening of wear, or the lessening of the life of your brass.
4) It is not more difficult to reload 40 S&W
5) It is not more dangerous to reload 40 S&W

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FearSheeple

Thank you for your post! That was the gist I got out of this thread as well...so i was second guessing myself having just purchased a SIG 229 in .40 with a .357 sig barrel...and a G23 .40.