Lee 358-105-SWC for 9MM

[Pete P]

Any one ever use this boolit in 9mm?

[skeet1]

Yes, I use it with a load of Unique in my Glock 17. Sized at .357, feeds and shoots great.

Ken

[ubetcha]

x2 on the Lee 105gr

[mooman76]

I used it it 9mm, 380, 38 and 357 and it did well in all of them for me.

[tomf52]

Been doing it for years. Use this bullet in .380 sized to .356, 38,357,and 9mm. Used to size to .357 or .358 for the 9mm bbut don't any more. Shoot them as they drop from the mold at .3585 to .359. Shoot them unsized in 38 and 357 also. Very accurate bullet. Recently got five shot touching cluster at fifty yards out of my Marlin 1894 CSS with Bullseye.

[Ausglock]

Yep. Sized .356 wth BAC lube out of a Glock 34 with 4.0gr W231.
Feeds and fires great. Accurate as well.

[MtGun44]

yes, works great in my Browning HP.

Bill

[EMC45]

Work great in my Astra Constable in .380 sized to .356.

[timkelley]

I make up a load using this boolit, BAC, and Blue dot that works in two XDs. Shoots a lot better than I do (most everything does:cry:).

[Wally]

Great bullet in the 9mm, .38 Spl, & .357 Magnum---shoots very well in all my pistols & my Marlin 1894C carbine.

I load it in the .357 Mag with 4.7 grains of Red Dot---gives me 1,150 FPS MV and is very accuerate. Great plinker load that saves a lot of lead.

I find it enjoyable to cast these light bullets as one does not have to wait long for the sprue to "freeze"...

[Pete P]

What powder and how much?

[Lloyd Smale]

couple of my 9s really shot it well sized to 357 but it just isnt a 100 percent feeder. Hard to believe it feeds at all looking at it but it will do at least fair in my guns.

[MtGun44]

Mini H&G 68, my first mold ever, back in about 1975 or 6.

Bill

[XWrench3]

i use it in my 380's, which is in reality 9mm. i just size them down, and load them up.

[Shiloh]

I'm loading some tomorrow. I'll report back

[prickett]

Any one ever use this boolit in 9mm?

Yes, but beware. It works almost flawlessly in my SIG 226, but has many problems with F2F in my SIG 239. My CZ75 likes them, but has the occasional F2F.

I use them for practice, but switch to the Lee TC for matches.

[d1nk3r_9mm]

Just got this mold For Christmas from the wife, and i plan on using it for my Kahr cw9 in 9mm and a Taurus tc 738 in .380 acp. Anyone have a good starting load and OAL for either? Looking to use Bullseye or HP-38.... but i have others

[bedbugbilly]

Just curious - in the 9mm - how deep are you seating them? COAL? What would be a recommended load in BE to start with? I'm using the same configuration bullet only the 120 gr over 3.5 of BE right now but would like to give this one a try.

My 356-120-TCs are dropping at around .358 out of the mold (range lead). I'm sizing them to .357 for the 9mm but shooting them as dropped in my 38s. They shoot well but I've been looking at this one - less lead and a little more versatile to go either 9mm or 38. Thanks.

[Finster101]

For 9mm I am seating to the crimp groove over 4grns of Promo (Red Dot). So far it has fed quite well in several makes and models.

[Bullwolf]

Any one ever use this boolit in 9mm?

I've loaded the Lee 358-105-SWC in 9mm cases. My TZ-75 really likes them.

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- Bullwolf

[Beerd]

In 9mm I load mine to an over all length of 1.00"
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[ell198679]

Is sizing these down optional? Or will unsized .358 work fine in a LC9?

[Sgtonory]

Is sizing these down optional? Or will unsized .358 work fine in a LC9?

Try one if it will chamber then you are good to go.

[MtGun44]

Bigger is better, as long as it will chamber. I use .357 or 358 in my 9mms, many guns
will not shoot .356 straight and lead with that small. Taper crimp as a separate operation.

Set LOA to fit mag, and then remove the barrel and use the chamber as your gage
to set the LOA and amount of taper crimp, separately. Set deep enough to not
engage the rifling with the shoulder of the boolit and then TC enough to drop
freely into the chamber.

Bill

[A pause for the COZ]

I sure do, Ether sized to .358 or .356 lubed with BAC. Lately though I have been Powder coating them and sizing to .356
These feed very well in my Hornady bullet feed die.

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[SSGOldfart]

Yep worked great in a 92SB compact. I think we used 3.5gr of red dot, I'm thinking we tried 700X but it was a bit hot for the short barrel 92. be sure you check each round in your mag. if your OAL is pushed out any you could have some feeding troubles, I'd like just a little more shoulder for a better taper crimp

[gefiltephish]

My LC9 will take up to .360, depending on brass.

[VJERAN]

Hello team. I have a problem with a bullet 358 105 swc in 9 mm cal. I am bullets fell to .356 size, but I do not have good acuracy. I use Vihtavuori N 310 or N 320. What kind of advice I could use. shoot at a distance of 25 m with gun springfield XDM 5,25 commpetition 9 mm

[jcren]

He mold is dropping at .356? What does the barrel slug? Accuracy problems in lead usually boil down to too small or too fast.

[sandman228]

I use it sized at .358 over 3.8 gr of pb for 9mm revolver loads for my Blackhawk convertible . ive never tried it in any of my m&p 9's but I did try it in a ruger sr9c I used to own and it didn't work out well .

[Cherokee]

If the as cast size is .356", then try an alloy with more antimony in it to increase the size. There are other techniques but I'll let experts explain. My XDm Comp 9 shoots .356 fine.

Welcome to the forum.

[NavyVet1959]

couple of my 9s really shot it well sized to 357 but it just isnt a 100 percent feeder. Hard to believe it feeds at all looking at it but it will do at least fair in my guns.

I had feed problems with it when I tried in in the .38 Super Comp I'm building. I had to switch to the TC nose profile 124 gr bullet instead.

[prickett]

My initial thought, like others mentioned, was to size it to .357" or .358".