Finished off my 9mm bullets this afternoon. Would say I've got about 1600 rounds in reserve now, which should get me through January and February depending on how many matches I do.
Did the 357 Magnum conversion to the 650. Anyone who bitches that this is "hard" needs to get their head checked. It requires like one tool and takes maybe 20 minutes. I assume a primer system swap would have been more time-consuming, but you can also short-circuit that by flat-out replacing the entire assembly. Got through setting the sizing die, the powder die, and the bullet feeder die before running out of time. Will deal with the powder measure, seating die, and crimp die some other day. On the positive side, the 650's shell plate seems to do a way better job of lining up the brass with the die, so it's pretty smooth in operation.
I THINK I am going to start using some Fed SPMPs for these. Not because of the magnum thing, but because they're supposedly just as soft as normal federal SPPs.
Did the 357 Magnum conversion to the 650. Anyone who bitches that this is "hard" needs to get their head checked. It requires like one tool and takes maybe 20 minutes. I assume a primer system swap would have been more time-consuming, but you can also short-circuit that by flat-out replacing the entire assembly. Got through setting the sizing die, the powder die, and the bullet feeder die before running out of time. Will deal with the powder measure, seating die, and crimp die some other day. On the positive side, the 650's shell plate seems to do a way better job of lining up the brass with the die, so it's pretty smooth in operation.
I THINK I am going to start using some Fed SPMPs for these. Not because of the magnum thing, but because they're supposedly just as soft as normal federal SPPs.