Recommend 9mm SUB-sonic mold....

[wacki]

Any recommendations on 9mm subsonic bullet molds? Shooting suppressed.

I'm eyeballing these:

Lyman 4-Cavity Bullet Mold #356637 9mm (356 Diameter) 147 Grain Flat Nose Bevel Base $92.99
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/743639/lyman-4-cavity-bullet-mold-356637-9mm-356-diameter-147-grain-flat-nose-bevel-base

Saeco 4-Cavity Bullet Mold #910 9mm (356 Diameter) 150 Grain Round Nose $169
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/272180/saeco-4-cavity-bullet-mold-910-9mm-356-diameter-150-grain-round-nose

[grumman581]

Another option is to just use a mold for a .38spc/.357mag bullet and run it through the Lee resizing die. There are a lot more choices in .38/.357 bullets than there are in 9mm.

[wacki]

Another option is to just use a mold for a .38spc/.357mag bullet and run it through the Lee resizing die. There are a lot more choices in .38/.357 bullets than there are in 9mm.

I thought the resizing die was for casings only. how do you resize the bullet?

[wacki]

ok I found it:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/343992/lee-bullet-lube-and-size-kit-356-diameter

Anyway to speed this up? Like on a dillon XL650? More googling......

[grumman581]

I thought the resizing die was for casings only. how do you resize the bullet?

It's a different resizing die than what you are thinking of...

http://leeprecision.com/new-lube-size-kit-.357.html

They sell it in .356", .357", and .358", so one of those should work for you. Have you slugged your bore to know exactly what is the bore diameter of your particular gun?

I use this die on an old RCBS RS-3 single stage press that I have sitting around for things like this. I'm sure you could do it on a turret or progressive press, but it's really straightforward on a single stage press.

I believe that you would probably need the .357" lube sizing kit. The .356" diameter bullets are for when you are shooting jacketed.

[RobS]

size/lube dies: either a Lee push through as you have noted or by means of an RCBS/Lyman lube/sizer die or a Star lube/sizer die which fit into a lube/size machine such as a RCBS Lube-a-Matic, Lyman 4500 or the Magma Star.

[grumman581]

size/lube dies: either a Lee push through as you have noted or by means of an RCBS/Lyman lube/sizer die or a Star lube/sizer die which fit into a lube/size machine such as a RCBS Lube-a-Matic, Lyman 4500 or the Magma Star.

Agreed... It depends upon how you are already set up for lubing your bullets. One thing that is good about the Lee bullet resizing die though is that you can use it to push through cases in certain calibers to do a true full length resizing of them. I've only used it on .40SW brass to remove the "Glock bulge", but it is quick and works nicely.

[Smoke4320]

I use a Lee 357 158 Gr RN for 9MM suppressed and it works great . 3 to 3.2 grs of bullseye is awesome.. YMMV