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    Glock 17 ?

    I slug my bore on my Glock pistol ir drop at .355.
    I had some .356 cast loaded so I tried a few shots the gun shot great but at the end of the day I did have very little leading just in front of the breech face.
    I like to ask can I run .357 cast threw the bore.

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    Sure you can.
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    yep.
    I use 358 in my 9's.

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    I run 0.357" in all my 9mm, I don't slug bores. You will find your OEM GLock bbl will prefer slightly larger dia lead bullets than 0.356".
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    My 17 shoots .356 with only minimal powder fouling near the breech using range scrap.

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    I shot 0.356" sized cast and would get leading at the muzzle. I now powder coat and then size to 0.356". Now there is no more leading at all. All my cast boolits are powder coated now.

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    I shoot the LEE 125 R lead bullet with a BHN of 15 in my 17 and 19 and 42 and get no leading after a range visit. I size to .356. I did shoot alot of jacketed/hardball breaking in the gun because that's all I could find, roughly 800 to 1000 rds. Now I shoot Extreme plated and lead in all my Glocks without any problems other than keeping them fed. Your mileage may vary.

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    I Tried some loads using .357 @.356
    Powder bulleye 3.5 threw 3.6
    Bullet 122 gr.T C bhn 15
    Resulets are in the Glock will shoot both loads but the .356 was the winner.
    I was certain the .357 would shoot a tighter group

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    I used to run 358s in the 9s I had that would run them but found it a pain to keep separate ammo for different guns. So I size everything to 357 for the 9s now.

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    My Hipoint C9 needs .359's to stop the keyholing and bring groups back tight.

    Find out what will chamber. Plunk test.

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