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    I would just get some sand paper and a doll rod...

    I would just get some sand paper and a doll rod and open it up some more. I had to do this with my 356 die that was sizing to 354.
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    What other lubes are out there besides LLA? ...

    What other lubes are out there besides LLA? Pretty much all of the other lubes besides LLA that I've seen are the hard lubes for lubrasizers.

    I have some bullseye powder, I guess I could give...
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    I shot some of the .357" boolits today and still...

    I shot some of the .357" boolits today and still got leading. I guess I'll go up to .3575 next and try that.
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    I actually took a loaded round apart and measured...

    I actually took a loaded round apart and measured so I know this isn't the case.
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    What I meant to say is that I would t want to go...

    What I meant to say is that I would t want to go bigger than 356 without knowing if it was safe to go that big.

    But I did open my die up a little more, it's sizing at 357 now. Ill probably load...
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    What size is your bore?

    What size is your bore?
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    Still Getting Leading with 9mm

    So I've been casting for a few months now and after perfecting my 45 bullets I've since moved on to 9mm. I'm using a lee 128gr tumble lube 6 cavity truncated round nose mold. The boolits are dropping...
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    Make sure you are pouring fast enough. If you...

    Make sure you are pouring fast enough. If you pour too slow or are stopping during the pouring process it will cause wrinkles.
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    Problem With Lee 356 sizer die

    I have been successfully casting 45 boolits for a few weeks now and have moved onto 9mm. I slugged my barrel and found that it is .355". I bought the lee 6 cavity 124gr truncated cone mold and a lee...
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    S&B Primers with Hornady LNL

    A few weeks back I picked up a case of 5000 S&B Large Pistol primers from grafs, mostly because they didn't have any other brand in stock and they where only like $106. I've pretty much loaded with...
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    I love my hornady lnl when it's not breaking....

    I love my hornady lnl when it's not breaking. I've broken 2 primer shuttles, 2 pawls and the indexing wheel. Hornady did replace everything that has broken but I have since ordered a spare part of...
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    Well I took some of your advice and shortened the...

    Well I took some of your advice and shortened the round down to 1.220 and added crimp till the point where the brass started pinching the lead and then backed it off a little till there was no crimp....
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    I do own a micrometer, if I go much longer than...

    I do own a micrometer, if I go much longer than 1.240 or under 1.210 the round won't even go halfway in the barrel before getting stuck. At 1.230 the round falls into the barrel fairly easy but sits...
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    Gun Keeps Jamming

    I've been reloading handgun ammo for a year or two and have recently got into casting and have been having some issues with jams. I'm loading 230gr rn boolits cast with my lee 452 mold, sized to 452...
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    Have you seen this issue before with non round...

    Have you seen this issue before with non round nose bullets? The 9mm mold I bought is a truncated round nose, will I have this same issue with those?
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    New Guy Here

    So I've been reloading handgun ammo for about a year now and recently got into casting bullets. I was able to get my hands on a few hundred pounds of lead (roof flashings, pipes & wheel weights). ...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check