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dragon813gt
03-07-2012, 01:39 PM
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captaint
03-07-2012, 02:02 PM
dragon - The molds for 9mm should drop at .358 - .357 minimun. Are there any guarantees that a factory mold will be right - no... Your best bet is probably RCBS for getting a mold to drop boolits at the diameter you need. That's the short answer. enjoy Mike
Consider whether you will be loading as cast, or sizing. If sizing, what system? And How lubricating? Standard loob groove boolits take to TL'ing just fine, but Star, or LAM/Lyman, or pan-loobing work, too. And slug the bore, to ensure the groove diameter - .356 is a sometime thing. Once you are sure of the groove diameter, you will be more able to correctly select a boolit mold. I've heard the Lee 105 gr .358 SWC works fine in many 9's.
runfiverun
03-07-2012, 08:26 PM
i know what i like in a mold, and what i think a booliit should look like.
i am set up for it.
pick a system and figure out all the little things.
i can cast with a lee mold and i can tumble lube if i have to.
but i am geared up to run square lube grooves, i like them, they do what i want.
b.t.w. molds made for other calibers will work just fine in others.
i use a 38 125 rnfp in the 9mm ,and not my 9mm boolit, it works better
swap 45 acp and 45 colt boolits back and forth.
use a 38-40 boolit in the 40 S&W.
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