I have a Walter P1 9mm that keyholed at 10 yards. Bullet is 356-120-TC that was sized to .357. I have since slugged the bore - .358, so I now know the bullets sized to .357s were too small given the slugged size. To further complicate things, the brass is sizing the bullet down to .354 (I pulled three after seating without crimping and measured the base). Load was 4.2 grains Unique, seated to 1.065 OAL.
Looking for recommendation on next things to try. I was considering beagleing the mold to try to get bullets to drop at .359 and swapping in a .38 S&W expander plug in the expander die to get bigger diameter and deeper expansion before seating larger diameter bullets. Other options?
BTW, I was pretty surprised at the reduced diameter of the bullet base from just seating. Is this common? Hardness is 11-12ish based on 2B/3B lead pencil test.
This is the first time I've tried loading cast for a 9mm. Have loaded several thousand .45 ACP without issue. Maybe I'm wasting my time trying to run cast in this large bore P1.