Definitely size after coating. No lube required.
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Definitely size after coating. No lube required.
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chambering problems because the chambers with some brass would not accept a bullet that large
This is the important part. 2nd is the nose. I use a flat point as it seats straight without a special nose seater punch. A bevel base makes seating easier also. Those cases are TOUGH. They may start tapered but end up straight or bulged about half way down.
Whatever!
The only problem you might encounter is if your barrel is not throated. If it is not (like my HK), then the PC will get scraped by the sharp edges of the rifling. You will know because you will get bad streaks of lead in the barrel and a small ring of PC/lead at the mouth of the chamber.
I use the NOE bushings and Star adaptor for sizing. Size after coating. No need IMHO to size twice.
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0.001" over bore is MINIMUM. In most guns, most alloys that will be fine. Some though want 0.002" over bore. As long as you are sizing anyway, doesnt really matter. FWIW, I have never had any mold give me the so called as cast size, too many variables. I used to size 0.356" for everything, even stock Glock. I tried 0.358", too many issues in some brands of brass & no appreciable accuracy benefits as well as not doing anything for leading. So I settled on 0.357". With some stock Glock bbls, some alloys, 0.356" will cause accuracy issues.
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Everyone does it different - no right or wrong it's a matter of what works or doesn't work for you .
The boolit that worked for me , after trying several , Lee 356 - 120 gr. - Truncated Cone worked pretty good . NOE 358 - 124 grain - Truncated Cone w/ GC has worked even better , sized both to .357" , the Lee was just a hair under sized ... the NOE dropped just under .358" .
Boolits sized to .357" have worked in 4 different 9mm luger pistols .
For me ...NO powder coating , they work better when run through a Lyman 450 lube sizer , sized to .357" , lubed w Lithi-Bee and the gas check seated ...with one stroke of the handle .
No worry with the thickness of an added powder coating , baking or sizing twice
...It's what works for Me !
Gary
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I have tried multiple way of sizing and finally just settled on the gun’s actual grove diameter, for the given bullet.
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I lost count of how many of Tom's molds I have. But, know this: Every single mold where I specified a diameter with a specific alloy, the mold drops 0.002" over. So, I take that into consideration when I order. For example, if I want to have sized bullets at .358" for a .38 Special, I order my mold at .357", the bullets drop at .359", and I size them to .358". So, for what ever size you want the mold to drop bullets, order the mold at 0.002" smaller.
Don
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
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 |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |