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10-28-2012, 12:46 PM
slugged my star bm barrel and it showed .355.bullets are sizing out to .358.will wait till i get my lyman m die to load.any forseen problems with this combo?

runfiverun
10-28-2012, 01:08 PM
chambering and oal...
other than that nope.

noylj
10-28-2012, 07:22 PM
I use 0.357-0.358" cast bullets in all my 9x19s. Tumble lube a few and try them. I've never seen any problems.
What weight are the bullets? Your alloy might be harder than needed. By adding more lead to the alloy, the bullet weight will go up and the size will go down.
You can go to page 21 of
http://www.saami.org/specifications_and_information/publications/download/205.pdf
for details of SAAMI 9mm Luger cartridge and chamber dimensions.