Worrying about casting and lubing bullets for your 9mm is a low priority. And a pistol is the least effective weapon to depend on for SHTF events especially if you are smart and decide to hunker down. IMO unless you get out before the SHTF, getting out during the event is not a good option.
If you live in a populated area, you will need to kill a lot of others to survive. They will come after you and your stuff. A recently bought a couple of Hi-Point carbines for home defense. At about $300 each, they are cheap and effective to about 100 yards, and can be fired indoors without too much hearing damage.
Back to bullets. Even with the current situation, you can buy very good bullets at a reasonable cost. These are decent bullets:
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.c...count)?Tk=DFBU
I stocked up on 124 gr JHP at about $100/1000. when I found them on sale. When things get back to normal you should be able to get good jacketed bullets for $150/1000 or less.
Many folks here prefer cast to factory bullets but I am not one of them. I shoot cast for fun/practice/plinking but for self-defense and hunting I use jacketed.
I am a prepper and realized living in the suburbs was not smart if the SHTF. Your "neighbors" would soon become your enemy. It is estimated about 5% of Americans are preppers but that number is deceiving. Nearly everyone I know in my area of rural MI is a prepper. When I lived in the burbs, I only knew one person who prepped. We call them citiots for a reason.
If/when you move to a more rural location, you must become part of the community to survive, and offer a skill that others find value in. Everyone knows I reload and a few have seen my set up. I will be the "munitions plant" if things get bad. I can cast bullets (4000 lbs of alloy), and load rifle, pistol and shotgun ammunition on progressive machines. I help the locals with selecting firearms/scopes and doing minor gun work. I have a lathe for light machining and a tractor for heavy chores around the homestead. I have done tractor work for as little as a bottle of whiskey to help out neighbors. Stuff like that builds acceptance. I support the local bear hunters even though I do not hunt bear. Attend fund raisers and give to the Volunteer Fire Dept...stuff like that. Like I, you will be viewed as a citiot until you prove you are not. I can call people and have help within 15 minutes and they know I will do the same for them.
When the SHTF, without community, you will die. It is that simple. You will live longer in the country because people are better prepared and the need for your stuff is less urgent. But if you have a pretty wife, or daughters...well...man is basically evil.