Miscellaneous, disorganized information on reloading this small-pistol round.
Reloading 9mm with the Lee Hand press...
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There is a guy down at Sportsman's Warehouse in East Bay (Provo, Utah) who actively reloads. He works at the gun counter and his name is Mark. He is very friendly without being pushy and he'll tell you if his store doesn't carry something, where best to get it, and how to work around not having this or that piece of equipment.
Prices are at Sportsman's Warehouse in (June 2009) unless otherwise noted.
It's my judgment that it isn't worth reloading 9mm ammunition yet. The reason I got started is the present ammunition and ammunition supplies crisis (early Obama administration, 2009), however, at just over $10 for a box of 50 rounds from Sportsman's Warehouse, when you can get them (they usually have a box or two on the shelves now days), the bullets you buy for reloading already cost one-half as much. My foray into reloading isn't in vain, however, as there may come a time when it's impossible to purchase ammunition in any quantity. I happen to own better than 3,000 brass casings for 9mm and also some in other calibers.
What I need yet: casing tumbler and media ($100), bullet molds ($20), melting pot ($20), dipper ($30), lubricant and way to apply it (because cast bullets are lead, not copper-jacketed, and need a lubricant before insertion into the casing—yeah, I didn't know this), lead and, optionally, antimony (alloys with lead to keep the bullet together in flight at 1,000-foot per second speeds).