Hello all,
I'm hoping for some help choosing a bullet mold for casting 9mm and 38 - 357 from you more experienced guys out there.
From what I've read it looks like I may be able to get one mold that will serve double duty...
If I go with Lee 6 CAV 358-125 RF mold I may be able to use the bullets for both the 9mm and the 38-357,?
My big question is with seating depth in relation to the profile of the bullet from that particular mold and the location of the crimp groove and how it may affect the slight taper crimp (lee FCD) on the 9mm as the 9mm headspaces off the case mouth,
I'm not as worried about using them in the 38 since that gets the roll crimp and I'm assuming the crimp groove is in an appropriate location for that ?
Is that crimp groove going to give me issues when trying to seat to correct OAL and use a slight taper crimp for 9 mm instead of the roll crimp used on 38?
My reloading manual states 1.125 OAL for a 9mm 125gn lead bullet using 3.6 to 4.0 grains of Titegroup but until I cast some bullets and start to put them together, I don't know if that's going to allow the crimp groove to enter the case far enough to work....
( I have a lot of Titegroup so I'd really like to use that powder instead of letting it sit and have to buy a different powder)
Or is this not even an acceptable profile bullet with that crimp groove to use for 9mm with taper crimp?
If that bullet wont work for 9mm I think I could use the 6 CAV 356-120-TC ? but none of my 3 reloading manuals (Lee 2nd Ed., Hornady 9th Ed, Speer number 12) have any load data for 120gn lead, let alone with Titegroup...
Also, most people are saying they get bad accuracy with cast boolits in a 9mm at .356 and do much better at .357 or even . 358, and I'm not sure if the .356 mold will throw big enough slugs to shoot accurately at lower cast velocities?
Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to supply as much info as possible and assure you guys that I've done some homework before I just jumped on here and yelled "Help" , thanks in advance to anyone that can offer any advice, it will all be well received...