105 gr 9mm mold

[7Acres]

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?

[dragon813gt]

Accurate will cut one to your specs. There is also the Lee 356-102-1R.

[7Acres]

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.

[acoop101]

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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[7Acres]

That's good to know as I intend to PC mine too. That Lee 105 grain SWC might do the trick.

[tazman]

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.

[Elkins45]

I have also had really good results with the Lee 105 in 9mm.

[Bzcraig]

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've come to like this boolit in my .380

[Lloyd Smale]

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

[Shiloh]

The LEE mold boolit hangs up and it fails to lock on many occasions.

Shiloh

[psweigle]

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.

[Finster101]

Lee 358-105 over 4 grains of Red dot or Promo.

[beagle]

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

[psweigle]

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./beagleyou 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.

[BUCKEYE BANDIT]

http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/Cast_Bullet/Ideal-Lyman_Molds/Bullets/356404_95g.gifhttp://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/Cast_Bullet/Ideal-Lyman_Molds/Ideal-Lyman_Mold_Descriptions.html

[gwpercle]

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 .

Gary

[psweigle]

http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/Cast_Bullet/Ideal-Lyman_Molds/Bullets/356404_95g.gifhttp://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/Cast_Bullet/Ideal-Lyman_Molds/Ideal-Lyman_Mold_Descriptions.htmlthank you kind sir

[Artful]

The LEE mold boolit hangs up and it fails to lock on many occasions.

Shiloh

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

[tazman]

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.

[Finster101]

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.

[tazman]

Not a problem. I have other boolits that work just fine.

[Bullwolf]

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.

Not a problem. I have other boolits that work just fine.

I've read (but can not verify) that there are two different versions of the Lee 358-105-SWC mould out there.

The older one supposedly has a somewhat different nose profile.

Here's the Titan Lee image of the current Lee 358-105-SWC.
http://www.titanreloading.com/image/cache/data/Products/90316-250x250.jpg

I don't know if the older style 105 SWC fed better or worse in semi auto pistols, or which one I have for that matter.

Here's mine. It's seen a little use in light 38/357
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=142136&d=1434339770

And I've tried it in the 9mm some as well.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=91449&d=1360126151

I use other moulds more often than the Lee 105 SWC. I prefer the Lee 358-125-RF over the 105 SWC for light weight 38 Special loads.



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.

The Lee TL356-95-RF that Taz mentioned is another interesting light weight lead saving mould, as long as it casts large enough for your intended usage.

Lee TL356-95-RF
http://www.titanreloading.com/image/cache/data/D2g/90601_2-250x250.jpg


Some day I hope to mess around with the Lee 105 SWC in 38SC (Short Colt) length cases.




- Bullwolf

[RMII]

I have tried a few different cast bullets for my 9's, including 105 SWC - but unfortunately no luck. When I tried powder coated at a couple different sizes, I still got terrible accuracy and what felt like considerably more pressure (recoil).

I'll keep working on it, because I can stand paying for J's when I have a pile pf lead sitting there.

[Driver man]

I have an older LEE mold 90307 that drops a rn 110 grain 357 boolit. I use this in the CZ75 and the Glock with good results. I note that the new 90307 mold is for a 30 cal

[TheGameMaster]

I have used the Lee 356-95-RF, Lee 358-105-SWC, and the Lee 356-125-TC; and of the three, only the 125gr works in my 9's and 357 sigs. Nothing works in my 380s. Jam-o-matic... Failure to extract mostly, which tells me they are a bit hot. But when you download, then its fail to cycle. My 380s just don't like lead. Hollow points and ball run fine. I haven't tried a 356-102-R2 yet. A round nose might work better than a flat point or truncated swc. I don't dare run the 125gr.in my 380s. They drop around 130gr with my alloy and powder coating. I have load data for a 115gr in 380, but not the extremely heavy for 380 125gr. Does anyone run the round nose 102s in their 380s? I use mostly 700x and bullseye. I am cheap... 700x is the cheapest and can run any pistol load except magnums at magnum loadings.

[TDB9901]

My original 1974 vintage single cavity 358-105-SWC has a different nose profile, and base band width than my new 6 cavity. Not drastic, but a definite change of design.

[7Acres]

I've read (but can not verify) that there are two different versions of the Lee 358-105-SWC mould out there.

The older one supposedly has a somewhat different nose profile.

Here's the Titan Lee image of the current Lee 358-105-SWC.
http://www.titanreloading.com/image/cache/data/Products/90316-250x250.jpg

I don't know if the older style 105 SWC fed better or worse in semi auto pistols, or which one I have for that matter.

Here's mine. It's seen a little use in light 38/357
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=142136&d=1434339770

And I've tried it in the 9mm some as well.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=91449&d=1360126151

I use other moulds more often than the Lee 105 SWC. I prefer the Lee 358-125-RF over the 105 SWC for light weight 38 Special loads.




The Lee TL356-95-RF that Taz mentioned is another interesting light weight lead saving mould, as long as it casts large enough for your intended usage.

Lee TL356-95-RF
http://www.titanreloading.com/image/cache/data/D2g/90601_2-250x250.jpg


Some day I hope to mess around with the Lee 105 SWC in 38SC (Short Colt) length cases.




- Bullwolf


That Lee TL356-95-RF is the profile I'm looking for. Not so much the wadcutter style.

I saw in this thread (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?285795-Lee-tl356-95-rf-accuracy) rking22 mentioned a group buy for a 105gr version of the TL356-95-RF. Does anybody have info on the details of this group buy?