9mm & .40 bullets

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  • Devil Dog
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 450

    #1

    9mm & .40 bullets

    I have been reloading pistol ammo for years. Always using jacketed or cast lead (sized and lubed) bullets. At a recent gun show I bought some 165gr/124gr .40 and 9mm "fully plated" bullets made by Young Enterprises in Florida. They appear to be "jacketed" but I know this is only a plating. I have a couple questions. (1) Can I load these as I would Jacketed bullets or should I load to velocities as I would use for cast bullets? (2) When loading for the Glock mod. 22 (.40), would this copper "plating" solve the leading problem that I was told is prevalent in the older Glock mod. 22 type rifleing? (3) Is there a FPS barrier that I should use with these bullets? Should I treat them as cast or treat them as jacketed?
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  • joem
    Senior Member, Deceased
    • Aug 2009
    • 11835

    #2
    Treat and load them as you would for hard cast lead bullets. I load both types and use cast lead tables.

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    • Tuna
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2009
      • 2686

      #3
      I didn't know Glock had changed the rifling in their barrels. Does Glock still void the warrantee if an owner uses reloads in their Glock with the new rifling?

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      • Devil Dog
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2009
        • 450

        #4
        Thanks, joem. I will use cast lead tables.

        Originally posted by Tuna
        I didn't know Glock had changed the rifling in their barrels. Does Glock still void the warrantee if an owner uses reloads in their Glock with the new rifling?
        Somewhere I was told there is a difference between older and newer Glock rifiling. I may be mis-informed. I thought the reload/warrantee issue had more to do with the feed ramp support area of the chamber.(brass failure)
        Just a thought: If there was a warrantee issue, how would Glock know if you were firing reloads? (assuming the pistol is thoroughly cleaned)
        Last edited by Devil Dog; 09-29-2013, 06:20.

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        • Art
          Senior Member, Deceased
          • Dec 2009
          • 9256

          #5
          Lead bullets, including plated or "copper washed" in any pistol with polygonal rifling, Glock or otherwise is supposed to be a real "no bueno" according to what I've read. The problem has to do with lead fouling to the point pressures can be raised to unacceptable levels.

          If a manufacturer recommends against any practice relating to their product I usually look on it as a message from God.
          Last edited by Art; 09-29-2013, 07:43.

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          • Hefights
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2009
            • 596

            #6
            Except when they say that warranties are voided by reloading. That is a message from lawyers, and they are from the opposite place from God....

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            • Devil Dog
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2009
              • 450

              #7
              I contacted Young Enterprises regarding the "leading" issue and they stated that they use their bullets in their Glock guns. I think I will load to hard cast specs, staying below 1000 fps and watch for leading and pressure problems.

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              • p246
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2013
                • 2216

                #8
                DD. Little late on the thread but I've shot lots of plated bullets through polygonal rifling with no issues. Lead not so much...

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