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Originally Posted by valleyforge.1777
How can you make reloads without owning a set of calipers?
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I did for years without calipers, trusting to the manufacturers to sell me stuff of the right size and visually checking for chamber fit, etc.
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Originally Posted by valleyforge.1777
It sounds like either your cases are being sized too widely, or, maybe more likely, your bullets are actually 9 mm, incorrectly labeled as 38's.
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Sure sounds like it, but I have never seen 9mm wadcutters (if the new Proofmark bullets that slip too easily into the case mouth/neck are the ones I think they are).
I have been advised (by someone whose opinions I trust) that it should take about 40-50 lbs of force to insert a bullet into a properly sized case.
Note: Even properly sized cases, if the case-mouth flaring/belling is too much, will not have the proper tension on the bullet.
Try this: Size a couple of these cases. (What brand are they, by the way?) Then, take the case-mouth belling die apart and see if you can insert the belling/flaring mandrel into the case mouth by hand. Can you insert a bullet by hand?
Take a sized AND FLARED case and attempt the same two manual insertions described above.
Do the differences tell you anything? Please tell us about it.
You can measure a lot of things, even if you don't have calipers or micrometer. But they are sure helpful.
Good luck. Thanks for asking our advice.
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