Trying to find 9mm parts for RCBS Pro2000 press.

[MikeMyers]

Good luck and be careful!

Hi again - I just posted a new thread here about using the Pro2000, and maybe you can advise me on what to do. On your press, do you use all five stations (resize, expand, powder, seat, crimp)? If so, you are inserting the bullet into the far end of the shell plate. My question in the other thread is do I need to use a dentist's mirror to check for powder in the case at Station #4.

Or, maybe your brilliant mind has figured out a way to do this on the Pro2000 that I haven't thought of. This is for 38 Special, and the amount of powder is so little, and the cases are so high, it's really difficult to see into them.

Back to 9mm, my dies, my shell holder, your shell plate, and everything else I need are now here. Sometime soon I hope to also be loading 9mm. I'm also looking for a source of the die holder plates for the Pro2000, and the wall hangers to hold them up on the wall ready for use.

 

[riflewoman]

Mike: reread my last post. I added to it. Isn’t the 380 just a short 9mm? If so, the 16 will work.

I'll start another search for the die plates - you probably need another one more than I do. Everybody used to have them, even Amazon.

I had no idea the 380 was the same size as a 9mm. That's good to know - 380 ammo is even harder to find than 9mm.

I avoided loading 9mm until now. It's just too small. Well, maybe not, but it seems that way to me. I don't load that many rounds at a time, maybe 50. I used to shoot 50 rounds at the range, then reload 50 more.

I'll spend some time tomorrow looking over this forum - the more I see, the more impressed I am.

The 380 is interchangeable with 223 (#10).

 

[MikeMyers]

Oops, I thought I just needed to use the #16, which I got from you - thanks!!!! Do I also need a #10? I doubt I'm going to do very much for the 380, but I've only got 3 boxes left of factory ammo.