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New "Gizmo" from Lee
max2005
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OK, now I've seen it all! Lee (which I like greatly) is advertising a new sizing gizmo that claims to convert your Factory Crimp Die into something that will take the "base bulge rings" out of pistol casings that were fired in guns that have chambers that don't fully support the case upon firing (called the Bulge Buster Kit").
Now, the true utility of this gizmo remains to be seen; I've never heard of this bain of "base bulge rings" before, so I'm wondering, which model guns are the culprits? Maybe this is a new phenominum due to some of the newer model of guns not supporting the case around the head completely? I seem to remember hearing that Glocks may do this? I notice that of the calibers they list as being capable of "fixing", they leave out the 9mm luger, my most reloaded round! Is this because the 9mm luger is a slightly tapered case, or maybe no guns out there with non-fully supported chambers?
Your thoughts Gents!
Now, the true utility of this gizmo remains to be seen; I've never heard of this bain of "base bulge rings" before, so I'm wondering, which model guns are the culprits? Maybe this is a new phenominum due to some of the newer model of guns not supporting the case around the head completely? I seem to remember hearing that Glocks may do this? I notice that of the calibers they list as being capable of "fixing", they leave out the 9mm luger, my most reloaded round! Is this because the 9mm luger is a slightly tapered case, or maybe no guns out there with non-fully supported chambers?
Your thoughts Gents!
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http://www.redding-reloading.com/pages/grxpushthru.html
was saying something about putting all those 40 S&W cases back into use.
Once bulged, the brass in the cases is still going to be weakened in the area of the bulge. Covering up that weakened area with a "de-bulge" device arguably makes things LESS safe, since you're hiding weakened cases.
If I know brass is more than once fired, and through a Glock. I avoid it. 40SW only.