I'm looking for a 9mm mold that drops 105 gr boolits. From my research it looks like 115 gr might be as light as they come. Can you give me some advice on where I might be able to find one?
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I'm looking for a 9mm mold that drops 105 gr boolits. From my research it looks like 115 gr might be as light as they come. Can you give me some advice on where I might be able to find one?
Accurate will cut one to your specs. There is also the Lee 356-102-1R.
Okay, that's an option. I'm looking for a flat nosed version to match the profile of my hollow point self defense round. Maybe I can pull a projectile and see if Accurate can match it with no hollow. It's just for plinking. I'm looking to get my plinking reloads to match the experience of shooting the actual self defense ammo.
I have been shooting the Lee 105 grain swc intended for 38 special powder coated and sized down to 357 for my steel challenge load and it works perfectly fine.
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That's good to know as I intend to PC mine too. That Lee 105 grain SWC might do the trick.
Lee tl356-95-RF drops at 100 grains with my alloy and shoots excellent in my Beretta 92FS. If you want a little extra weight, you can powder coat it.
I have also had really good results with the Lee 105 in 9mm.
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I've come to like this boolit in my .380Originally Posted by tazman
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another user of the lee 105. I don't shoot it a lot personaly but load a pile for my wife to shoot in her lc9
The LEE mold boolit hangs up and it fails to lock on many occasions.
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I use the lee 356 105 2r. My buddy bought it so he could load them in 380. I PC them and they come out great with range scrap and PC.
Lee 358-105 over 4 grains of Red dot or Promo.
Look for an old Lyman 356404. Made for the .380 Auto but works well in the 9mm as well. Mine casts at 99.1 grains and .360". Flat point truncated design./beagle
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you wouldn't by chance have a picture of that mold would you? That sounds about exactly what I'm looking for.
The flat point and profile sounds exactly what the op was looking for as well.
http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/Cast_Bullet/Ideal-Lyman_Molds/Ideal-Lyman_Mold_Descriptions.html
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The Lee 358-105-SWC , sized .357 works just fine in 9 mm. My old WWII military Walther P-38 likes this boolit best...shoots to it's sights dead on and the light boolit doesn't batter the old war horse.
Size it to .358 and you have 38 special / 357 magnum boolits . My 2 cavity mould drops them .3585 which is just right .
The discontinued Lyman 358345 is a 115 grain SWC , it has two grooves , for 38/357 revolver you can roll crimp into the top groove and for sem-auto 9 mm you can taper crimp on the top band.....I found a hollow point mould , search E-bay and see if you can find one ,
It is a keeper ! Drawback of course is it's only a single cavity but it was cheap , for this very reason .
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thank you kind sir
Of which boolit mold are you referring? I've used the 105 SWC in 9mm (and .380 ACP) for many years with good results - sort of mini-HG68
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I have never been able to get the Lee 105 swc to feed consistently in my 9mm pistols. I have tried all different OAL lengths and it just won't work for me.
Wish I could help. I have four pistols and a carbine that eat them up.
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