Best lee bullet for 9mm?

[Tripplebeards]

I’m thinking of getting into casting for my Ruger P58MK11 9mm. I see lee offer some round tiped boolot molds and truncated cones. What feeds and cycles the best?

[Curly James]

I am fond of the Lee round nose model 356-125-2R. I have the 6 cavity mold and have been loading them over 5.1 grains of Cfepistol powder. Cast from range scrap and powder coated then sized to .356, they weigh 130 grains. I simply seat them until they pass the plunk test in my Glocks and feed from the magazine. So far they are quite accurate and very reliable.

[Wally]

I have the Lee 120 TC & their 125 RN...both work good in my two 9mm pistols...if I could have only one of the two bullet molds it'd be the 120 TC.

[EMC45]

Lee 120gr. TC. Size it big as it will chamber and see what you got. I size mine to .358 in my fixed sight BHP and it shoots like a target gun.

[Tatume]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...Help-Me-Choose

[doghawg]

I like the Lee 120 TC with conventional lube groves. I size to .357" after powder coating and load over 4.5 gr. Power Pistol. They're accurate and feed well out of every 9mm I've tried them in.

[Martin Luber]

Another one for the 6 cav lee 120 TC but check your groove diameter, many 9 s are 357 . My TC casts exactly at 357 with soft slloy

[Hick]

Lee 356-124 TC, powder coated and sized to 0.356

[FergusonTO35]

Only one I found wouldn't work is the TL truncated cone. The 358-125-RF works really good too!

[Cary Gunn]

I like the Lee .38/.357 125-grain revolver bullet in my Kahr pocket pistol. I believe Lee lists the bullet as their 358-125-RF.

Despite the revolver crimp groove and significant meplat, the bullet works fine for me in the 9 mm Luger chambering when tumble-lubed and sized either .3575" or .358."

Both Unique and Herco powder have worked well with the Lee bullet in the 9/19mm. I'm currently loading 5.4 grains of Herco, which is shooting accurately and producing just under 1,000 fps velocity from the 3-inch barrel of my Kahr CM9.

Happy trails,

-- Cary Gunn --

[Cosmic_Charlie]

The 125 rn is a good feeder. You do need to seat them deep to clear the rifeling though. I run mine at 1.075", powder coated and sized to .357". Bullseye and Tightgroup work well and meter well. Unique works nicely but meters poorly.

[daloper]

I use the Lee 356-125-2R. If you PM me an address I will put some in a small flat rate and send you some to try before you buy a mold. They are PC and sized to .356.

[Tokarev]

To the OP: the one with deep lube groves, not tumble-lube kind.
Do not try liquid alox and tumble lube for semi-autos, or it will gum up your action and you will curse it.
Lube traditional way and you will be fine.

[RKJ]

I vote for the 120 TC also. It shoots well out of my BHP and my two son's pistols sized at .357.

[redhawk0]

I only cast the 124gr TC mold from LEE for the 9mm. It feeds reliably.

redhawk

[MT Chambers]

Saeco 377 is tops in the 9mm.

[sukivel]

I have shot thousands of these Lee 358-125-RF in my 9mm’s with no problems.


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[Texas by God]

Did you mean P85 Ruger? I tried the TL124 TC Lee in a P89 that I had and it shaved slivers of lead from the bullet. Gun or bullet? I never tried it again. I have had good luck with the 358- 105SWC in two S&W Shields, a Hi-point C-9, and Beretta 92 (as cast, LLA or PC). I never bothered much reloading 9mm when FMJ factory ammo was inexpensive, but now I DO!

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[derek45]

Who's got the 120 or 125 in stock ?

[Tripplebeards]

Did you mean P85 Ruger? I tried the TL124 TC Lee in a P89 that I had and it shaved slivers of lead from the bullet. Gun or bullet? I never tried it again. I have had good luck with the 358- 105SWC in two S&W Shields, a Hi-point C-9, and Beretta 92 (as cast, LLA or PC). I never bothered much reloading 9mm when FMJ factory ammo was inexpensive, but now I DO!

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Yep, P85...P89 is the same pistol. I’m the guy who always on the opposite end of Murphy’s law when it comes to getting cast to feed. That why if figured the lee rounded boolit mold option was my safest bet to get it to feed.