Can someone tell me what diameter this bullet drops from the mold?
Thanks.
leadhead
Can someone tell me what diameter this bullet drops from the mold?
Thanks.
leadhead
My 6 cavity 356-120-TC drops at .358+ using COWWs + 2% tin.
Larry Gibson
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Thank You Larry....That's what I was looking for.
How does it shoot for you?
leadhead
2 cavity .358" Accurate in Taurus G3C about 6.5" @ 25 yards. Sized to .356"+
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?media/9mm-lee-356-120-tc.3597/full
Last edited by 243winxb; 08-25-2022 at 09:29 PM.
My Lee .356 -120 TC drops at .3560 with WW mixed with range scrap. I powder coat the bullets and size to .358 to get them large enough for my bore.
I can't use it if they only drop at .356 ..... I need at least .357
leadhead
Mine runs .357-.358”. I size to .357”. I formerly sized .356” but found.357” is more accurate in my S&W’s.
But with no more than I’m shooting now, RMR jacketed at their low prices beats casting 9’s. Saves my lead for .45’s, .40’s and rifles...
Primers are the problem! Even cast scrap bullets require primers!
Wife’s Sig P938 eats these up, PC sized to .357
My 2 cav 356-120-TC drops at .358+ using my 3-2-95 alloy. Perfect function and very accurate in every 9MM I've tried.
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I cast with 50-50 (COWW-Lead) with a double cavity Lee Mould
they drop out .3578"
Perfect for sizing to .357" for use in 9mm Luger or they can be run through a .358" sizing die to get lubed ...they just get rounded out , for use in 38 special / 38 special +P and 357 magnum .
Very versatile little design ... and , I hear , they feed well in lever action rifles !
Gary
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One of the sorrows of LEE molds is that they are not as consistent as their higher cost competitors in as-cast size. We might both buy that mold and mine might be .358 right on the money, while yours with the same alloy could be either larger or smaller. You sort of pays your money and takes your chances.
However, that is an excellent boolit and mine runs just a smidge over .358 with my range lead and 1% Sn alloy.
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I'm about to purchase this mold in 6 cavity design. Would anyone know if it is inherently more accurate than the 124 grain tumble-lube round nose design?
"inherently more accurate"
only your gun is gonna tell you the facts
IMHO, I've found Lee's TL pistol boolit designs are more troublesome then their traditional lube groove designs.
Specifically about the Lee 156-120-TC, I am a big fan if you get a mold that drops fat enough. I've owned 3 of them, only the third one I purchased cast fat enough for my guns.
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i had one of those two cavities, i could never get it to give me boolits higher than 356, i did everything i could, it never worked
Did you try to beagle the mold or lapping the mold larger?
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BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
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