Can I reload 9x18 Makarov with 9x19 Dies?

azredhawk44 · August 18, 2008, 05:46 PM

I just got a PA-63 and 250 rounds of S&B boxer primed brass.

Can 9x18 be reloaded with 9x19 dies that I currently have?

SDC · August 18, 2008, 05:50 PM

No; it's a completely different case, so you need the proper dies.

ISC · August 18, 2008, 09:44 PM

red hawk is right. It's impossible.

Stumper · August 19, 2008, 12:26 AM

No. However it IS possible to convert 9mmx19 cases into 9mm Makarov (Since the Mak is common in the US now there is no longer any need to do this). Base diameters are essentially the same but the 9x19 is tapered and the Mak is a straight walled case. The difference is why the Parabellum dies won't work for the Mak and why the Mak uses bullets several thousandths larger in diameter. To convert, the case mouths are expanded and trimmed to the shorter length of the 9x18m Mak.

August 18, 2008, 05:46 PM	#1
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August 18, 2008, 05:50 PM	#2
SDC Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2001 Location: People's Republic of Kanada Posts: 1,652	No; it's a completely different case, so you need the proper dies. __________________ Gun control in Canada: making the streets safer for rapists, muggers, and other violent criminals since 1936.

August 19, 2008, 12:26 AM	#4
Stumper Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 438	No. However it IS possible to convert 9mmx19 cases into 9mm Makarov (Since the Mak is common in the US now there is no longer any need to do this). Base diameters are essentially the same but the 9x19 is tapered and the Mak is a straight walled case. The difference is why the Parabellum dies won't work for the Mak and why the Mak uses bullets several thousandths larger in diameter. To convert, the case mouths are expanded and trimmed to the shorter length of the 9x18m Mak. __________________ "Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready." Theodore Roosevelt "If only God has magic, how does Santa get down the chimney?" Natalie Peters age 4

August 18, 2008, 09:44 PM	#3
ISC Junior member Join Date: August 5, 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1,982	red hawk is right. It's impossible.