9x18 reloads?

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gunneyrabbit
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9x18 reloads?

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Not sure if this is the right place for this question but I thought I would ask it any way.
For you fellows that reload the 9x18 cartridge, do yous use a factory crimp or do you do a light roll crimp?

I find that I get a cleaner burn using the light roll crimp over the factory crimp and the rounds don't feel so anemic to me, not as hot as factory rounds, but still an improvement.
Norm, what do you think, am I doing something stupid and courting danger?
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9x18 reloads?

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G.R,

be very careful crimping auto loaders because the cases seat on the mouth of the case, on 45 acp I use a light taper crimp die, on 9 mm and 9 x 18's I use a very light roll crimp, I take a factory round and set my crimp and lock it down, and don't do any more than that,
lee came up with that factory crimp die's to sell dies

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9x18 reloads?

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I reload the 9x18. While I have never run them over a crony they don't feel anemic to me, they feel on par with S&B and WWB. I use a light taper crimp. I have used both AA#5 and VV N320 and find that they are both very clean burning.
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