I would need an advice on how to handle this situation.
I've used Lee 2-bullet mold for round nose bullets to cast around 300 bullets and loaded them into cartridges, with primers and powder.
Now, I come to range and load my first round into my handgun and.... it doesn't even load it into chamber
So after considering my options I was able to pull the casing out with bullet stuck in the barrel. At this point it got me thinking that there is something wrong with either case size or bullet size. Later I came home and fully resized case with Lee factory crimp die to see if anything changes and ... it didn't
Now I measured diameter of the bullet and all of them were .357 in diameter near case mouth. I even took other factory made round to compare how far bullet can go into barrel and it was clear to me that my cast bullets were not going far in enough, so that extractor groove was fully outside of barrel if trying to load round.
So, gentlemen and ladies, if present, I would ask for advice what to do with all this ammunition that doesn't fit into my guns....:banghead:
I'm considering pulling all bullets and remelting them. I'm also thinking of getting sizing die for 9 mm bullets as well.
I've used Lee 2-bullet mold for round nose bullets to cast around 300 bullets and loaded them into cartridges, with primers and powder.
Now, I come to range and load my first round into my handgun and.... it doesn't even load it into chamber
So after considering my options I was able to pull the casing out with bullet stuck in the barrel. At this point it got me thinking that there is something wrong with either case size or bullet size. Later I came home and fully resized case with Lee factory crimp die to see if anything changes and ... it didn't
Now I measured diameter of the bullet and all of them were .357 in diameter near case mouth. I even took other factory made round to compare how far bullet can go into barrel and it was clear to me that my cast bullets were not going far in enough, so that extractor groove was fully outside of barrel if trying to load round.
So, gentlemen and ladies, if present, I would ask for advice what to do with all this ammunition that doesn't fit into my guns....:banghead:
I'm considering pulling all bullets and remelting them. I'm also thinking of getting sizing die for 9 mm bullets as well.