9mm Reloading, Getting Started, appreciate any advise or wisdom

[NETim]

I try to pick up just my brass, at the indoor range I use. I don't mark my brass, so occasionally I get brass from other shooters.

When I shoot at matches, or on the rare occasions I travel the long distance to an outdoor range for practice, I don't pick up any brass. There are lots of "9 major" shooters at the matches, and those two outdoor ranges. I don't want to risk getting any of their brass, as the experienced loaders warn that the 9 major brass can cause problems.

I wish there was a quick way to sort 5.56mm and 9mm. The guy who gives me brass often is bring buckets of mixed brass, and the trays won't sort those two.

I have now oaded just shy of 3000 rounds, and twice I missed .380 cases, and they made it all the way through the press, but the case gauge revealed those two rounds.

I just pick up brass at our small private range. No one's running 9 major at our outlaw matches. I don't want anything to do with hot rodded 9mm brass.

[358156hp]

147gr Bullets often bulge cases in 9x19... especially TC shaped bullets seated deep enough to fit in tight chambers like Gen 5 Glocks or CZ's. RMR's heavy Matchwinner 147's seated deep enough to work in my Gen 5 Glocks have the "coke bottle" profile. It's not really a problem, as long as they fit chambers/case gauges, it just looks weird.

Hornady 147gr XTPs and their 147gr round nose FMJ both have boattail shaped bullet heels to help alleviate this. The 147gr Zero JHP has a small reduction in diameter of the shank at the heel for the same purpose.

Since I mentioned cast bullets, I'm especially focused on bevel base & boattail designs to avoid running afoul of the inner case taper. Not long ago I pulled down a bunch of cast 9mm reloads from long ago and had a some difficulties since I had seated the bullets a bit too deep and they were jammed pretty tight into the inner taper. This led to a round of case measuring and overthinking potential issues.