[Shireman]

I want to get into reloading soon and I came across two types of molds that have the same diameter and same weight. I'm a total noob in this category. I know I want a .401 for my 10mm glock 20, but I don't know what mold to buy. Can someone explain the differences of the following two links please?

Mold 401-175-TC 40 S&W (401 Diameter) 175 Grain Truncated Cone (http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=569185)

TL401-175-SWC 40 S&W (401 Diameter) 175 Grain Tumble Lube Semi-Wadcutter (http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=642322)

[Walkalong]

Your Glock may feed either just fine, but the odds are in favor of the trunacated cone bullet vs the SWC, although that SWC is almost the same as the TC bullet.

Maybe some Glock shooters will chime in.

The difference is the small shoulder on the SWC

[depoloni]

The other major difference is that one is a tumble-lube bullet and the other is a sizer-lubed bullet.

One is technically designed to be lubed in a sizer in the groove provided. The second one with multiple small grooves can be tumble-lubed with Lee Alox or some other comparable product in a ziplock bag. The size-lubers are cleaner and tumble-lubing is generally messier at loading time at least, but the latter is cheaper/simpler/faster.

hope this helps.

[Shireman]

Well, I don't mind spending extra time size-lubing since I am just starting and want to take my time to learn it well.

Are there noticeable performance differences in SWC vs TC? (in a standard rifled barrel - I plan on getting a Lone Wolf 6")

[Walkalong]

They will both probably shoot very well. No way to out guess it really. If it were me, I'd go with the Tr Cone if I was going to use a lubrisizer, and lean toward the tumble lube bullet if I did not want to buy one.

When I started casting, the tumble lube bullets did not exist to my recollection. I bought a lubrisizer and it worked very well. I also tried Lee Liquid Alox and Rooster jacket lubes which also worked well, but I got the best results with bullets sized and lubed with my lubrisizer. The tumble lube design bullets may be different.

Another option is the Lee size kits (http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=447228), which should work just fine.

[Shireman]

I really don't want to buy a standalone lubrisizer, that Lee sizing kit looks like it would be perfect for my planned Lee classic 4-hole.

[rcmodel]

I might suggest you start out with a single or two cavity mold to learn bullet casting.

The gang molds come with their own set of problems until you figure out how to get good bullets out of a 1 or 2 holer first.

rc

[jim147]

I would go with the TC bullet of your choices there. It is easier to get to feed in that pistol design most of the time.
I would also go with rc's advise. You can make a lot of bad bullets with a 6 cavity if you have never casted before.

jim

[kelbro]

Is Glock one of the manufacturers that recommend against shooting cast bullets due to having a polygonal barrel?

[Shireman]

From what I've read they say not to shoot unjacketed lead from their stock barrels. That's one reason I want to buy the lone wolf barrel. It also has more case support and less case wobble.