Anyone load 380 using Lee TL 356-95-RF?

[Charlie Horse]

These are the boolits I'll be using in my new 380. They'll be powder coated and sized to .356 for beginning loads. Powders will be Unique and Bullseye.

One things got me buffaloed. I measured a factory round with a very similar jacketed boolit and the OAL is .940. Load data with my Lee dies says .970 is minimum for this round.

Anyway, I get the gun Friday and hopefully get to take it to the range Saturday. Any experience you want to share would be appreciated.

[LAGS]

I use the Lee 102 gr cast Boolits Powder Coated in my AMT " Back Up "
It works great with Unique.
I don't see why the Lee 95 gr wouldn't work well in your pistol.

[Misery-Whip]

I use this boolit and tight group in 380. I load it to plunk length -.010 to -.015, providing they will fit in the mag. Id try 2 or 3 at the lee suggested length. Providing they plunk.

[ulav8r]

With a jacketed bullet of the same weight I have used 2.77 grains of Unique as a starting load and had good functioning.

[Charlie Horse]

Thanks. I've also got the Lee 105 RN mold. Will try those also. I recon you got to set the OAL for each individual pistol. From what I've read you want the boolit about .015" off the rifling.

[rintinglen]

I have the original Ranchdog version and have loaded many hundreds, maybe thousands, over ww-231. The OAL needs to be shorter than most--.905", IIRC and 2.5 grains of 231 has worked well in my LCP, Browning 1910, Beretta 84 and in my old PPK/s. I have not tried it in my Mauser Hsc yet, but have no qualms about it working. I will say that some of the top end loads in Lyman seem a bit energetic to me. Be sure to start low and work up.

I will dig out a few rounds and check that OAL. Well. I checked several, and they ran from .903 to .906.

[crandall crank]

I use this exact cast bullet in our 380acp. Just seat it deep enough until it passes the "plunk" test. It will be shorter in OAL than a reloading manual states. I load on the lower velocity end and it functions flawlessly. I have been using W231 as the powder.

[fecmech]

The fellow who designed this bullet was Ranch Dog. His load notes had the OAL listed @ .924 along with load data for about 15 different powders with pressures maxing out at 17KPSI. It's a great design. I've shot thousands in my Keltec P3AT, Ruger .380 and even played with it in my K38 where it was very accurate @50yds.

[Grayone]

The fellow who designed this bullet was Ranch Dog. His load notes had the OAL listed @ .924 along with load data for about 15 different powders with pressures maxing out at 17KPSI. It's a great design. I've shot thousands in my Keltec P3AT, Ruger .380 and even played with it in my K38 where it was very accurate @50yds.

I use this bullet and bullseye, Tight Group, and Winchester 231. Good bullet for the .380.

[Charlie Horse]

Success! 25 yards off the bench from my new Glock 42. Bullseye powder. Factory loads measured .950 so that's what I went with.

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[TurnipEaterDown]

The fellow who designed this bullet was Ranch Dog. His load notes had the OAL listed @ .924 along with load data for about 15 different powders with pressures maxing out at 17KPSI. It's a great design. I've shot thousands in my Keltec P3AT, Ruger .380 and even played with it in my K38 where it was very accurate @50yds.

More than one bullet discussed in thread, so is this comment in reference to the Lee TL 356-95-RF?

Is that data on this site, or somewhere else that you can link?