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PM Buckshot, and he will send you bullet sizer die for the diameter that you ask next day after receiving payment. I use his sizer for my Makarov casts.

I have made a custom insert for Lee neck expander/charger die. The insert completely removes taper on the 9x19 brass. Then, after sizing, and cutting a millimeter, the brass has exact same dimensions...

LLA "drying" when mineral spirits, which make it liquid, evaporate. Air humidity dies not affect speed of evaporating of the mineral spirits.

One of my Makarov barrels slugs as large as .3665". I still size my bullets to .365" (thanks to Buckshot for the die). Even in that barrel there is no leading with bullets of that size.

I believe...

There may be a way to soften the cast bullets.

If the bullets have been heat-treated or water quenched to that hardness, they can be annealed to lower down the BHN.

Lead alloy is like steel. It...

I have Taurus PT92 (92FS clone) with .3572" bore. Until I started feeding it with .358" cast bullets, and brass, which is not completely sized in the sizing die, I had problems with leading and...

I have both molds, and no feed problems with either bullet. The TC bullets show better accuracy. I believe that this occurs due to longer driving band of the TC bullet.

In my guns the ejected...

I am going to buy 38/358 expander plug for my Lee 9mm dies. This is part# SE2408

http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/parts.cgi?1121571629.4506=90964

At the picture it looks exactly like 9mm...

Keyholing may come from low muzzle speed, and understabilized bullet. Based on your load, this is not the case. Anyway, there is no leading in this case.

It may come from a high pressure under a...

The bullet, per PM from the OP, is 62.1 grain. The heavier bullet increases chamber pressure.

QL run result is attached. Check that the parameters match your case. One parameter - the unsized case (fired brass) length, 1.760" - is guessed from my brass. Assuming that the length is not much...

In addition to COL, powder and charge, give the following:

1. Bullet length and weight. I assume that the bullet is jacketed. Bullet type may suffice, if it is well known maker, though length and...

The mold looks like 358-148-WC (Lee 90312) at the page.

http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/browse.cgi?1271950016.533=/html/catalog/bullmol2.html

Lee item 90314 is not a mold. This is case length gauge/holder for 7mm WSM.

http://www.leeprecision.com/html/catalog/casecon.html

I have received the replacement mold couple of months ago. The mold had the same burrs as the original one, which I have pictured above at the thread. I decided not to remove the burrs and casted...

Tulammo is another brand for Murom primers. The primers are known here under "Wolf" name.

Article numbers, which are the same for Tulammo and Wolf brands, are listed at the Murom' plant Web page
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My thinking the diameter depends in diameter of the mold at solidifying temperature and shrinking/expanding properties of the casting alloy from solidifying to room temperature. I do not see why...

Common wisdom that bullet can be sized down to .006". You should be OK sizing the bullets to .356" to match your .355" barrel. Be aware that not all revolver bullet shapes are good for 9mm loads. WC...

I have shot the GB bullets last weekend. While accuracy was acceptable, about 2" at 10yds, is was far from the one that I get from standard RN cast bullets, which are pictured on the left. Do not...

Lee recommends to apply the Alox twice: before and after sizing. Anyway, in a short pistol barrel lack of lube is very unlikely to be an issue.

I would better assume this is the other three...

Family photo

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Do you seat the GB bullet like shown at the picture, just to cover lube groove (OAL at the picture is .957"),...

You may buy max gauge for 40SW and check whether your rounds fit it. If they do, then your reloads with the seating depth should chamber into any gun of the caliber.

Alternatively, you may get...

Important part of the process, I think, is to quench the bullets at consistent temperature. Dropping them earlier, when they have higher temp, results in bigger hardness, and vice versa.

To reach...

1. My Loadmaster has over 10K rounds.
2. Have you seen Loadmasters traded for less? This forum has a swapping section. I do not see there the Loadmasters with bargain price.

I doubt that your...

1. Here are Wolf primers that are being offered in factory-labeled boxes
http://www.flame.murom.ru/en/Htmls/primers.htm

2. Label "made in Russia" is printed on every Wolf primer box.

3. Since...