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I posted some information on page 15 and 16 of this thread that may be useful. I am not getting pressure signs, and I could probably push these a little harder, but below are the specs.

Specs:
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Wow, you guys have been busy in here! I go away for a couple months and there's 10 more pages of discussion!

Congrats on the new family addition, Oreo! I sympathize and am only a year or two ahead...

Here is a picture of the boolit seating depth at 1.020". You can see that this is pretty low in the casing. I backed the powder back down to 3.8gr Titegroup for testing and I can tell that they are...

Here are a couple of pictures of my XDm Barrel. I don't think the pics came out well, but there is an obvious taper that I can see in the throat. I can also seat .358" sized boolits with some bearing...

To give you an idea of the leading I am getting, this picture is taken after only 20 rounds

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In an attempt to show how the throat is on this barrel, I have added some pictures.
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That's correct, Iron Mike. It looks like I am not the only one reporting this either, per the thread linked below. It looks like the measurement that he took was spot on identical to what I am seeing...

Thx for the info on the 38 die. I will make sure to get the correct one.

Also, there is zero taper in the Bar-Sto barrel's throat. In my XDm, there is an obvious taper that you can see.

I have...

Ok, I did some testing tonight. I could get my boolits to pass the "plunk test" and seat consistently in my barrel if I seat to 1.020".

Also, the PMC headstamps don't seem to be squeezing my...

Lol! Well said. What comes around goes around :)

But I do wish I would have saved all those cases!

How fast are you planning to take these? Interested to see what you end up with here.

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I don't always cast boolits, but when I do, I do it inside with the windows and garage door open...

I have the Lyman 4500. I like it a lot.

I have the same. These are really good.

Of course, living in Nevada helps also :)

Just get a bottom spout pot and you'll be in good shape. Also, you'll see on here if you research that the colors that you're seeing at high temps is a result of oxidation. A little sawdust or...

Get ready for ammo to come back into stock at a dealer near you. I don't know what the fuss is all about. We've all been through this before and we all know that inventory will catch up eventually.

What are we going to do when we can't get wheel weights any longer? :)

Ok, I am hearing that I just need to seat these deeper. I am going to try this in just a little bit and get it to pass the "Plunk Test" :). I completely agree that I need to get the swaging issue...

Hey Gefiltphish, I think you're right, but I didn't get a chance to test this last night. I will do this and report back when I get a chance. Currently though at .358, the bullet will not feed into...

Ok, I pulled a bunch of bullets that I had loaded. I had done this before and measured to see if the cases were swaging these, but I didn't see any difference. I pulled a bunch today so that I could...

Ok, so I went to shoot those bullets today. I am using the same OAL as before, but I had an issue with these loading into the chamber. The slide would not close entirely because the bullets, which...

Thanks for the info, Gefiltephish. I will go through that process to hone in my crimping.

For a quick update, I had a little time this morning so I went to the auto parts store and grabbed some...

Alright. My primary goal right now is to get these boolits to drop larger and more consistent than they are now. I will report back when I have this resolved.

I have a posting on this right now. It may help you to come up with ideas for what to try.

I will be watching this thread to see if you solve your issue.

Lol! True... I usually judge the experience of a shooter by how little he wants to force his opinion on others. I am very data driven, so I like to talk facts when learning about stuff.

Very nice work!

I don't tumble lube, but I am pretty sure that's the recommendation. Are you sure you need to size them?