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**Mal H** · April 28, 2006, 10:35 AM

Actually, you may even be able to use the 9mm decapper if you can screw the decapping pin down far enough to reach the .38 spcl primer. I didn't test it, but it looks like my RCBS decapper has enough length to do that.

Going against intuition, the 9mm die has a slightly larger ID than the .38 spcl even though 9mm bullets are usually a few thou less in diameter. So I wouldn't load anything but light "plinking" loads. You won't get as tight a taper crimp as you would with a .38/.357 TC die. Therefore setback becomes more of an issue.

April 28, 2006, 10:35 AM	#6
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,947	Actually, you may even be able to use the 9mm decapper if you can screw the decapping pin down far enough to reach the .38 spcl primer. I didn't test it, but it looks like my RCBS decapper has enough length to do that. Going against intuition, the 9mm die has a slightly larger ID than the .38 spcl even though 9mm bullets are usually a few thou less in diameter. So I wouldn't load anything but light "plinking" loads. You won't get as tight a taper crimp as you would with a .38/.357 TC die. Therefore setback becomes more of an issue.