Lead bullets and autoloaders

[walnut1704]

I've loaded .380, 9mm, and .45 ACP. They all work, but 9mm was the most difficult to find something that worked reasonably well. .380 was surprisingly easy, maybe I just got lucky.

If I was going to pick a cartridge for lead it would be the .45 ACP. Proven performer with lead.

 

[Tcruse]

I have tried lead for 9mm and .45ACP. The 9 was marginal in that the "smoke" was way beyond acceptable with the powers that I tried. In .45ACP it has a lot more smoke than plated or jacketted, International 5g for 230 g lead round nose (almost) worked best. They are accurate and represent some savings. However, with the current prices on X-Treme plated bullets there is really not enough savings to use lead.
E-Xtreme is costing about $55 for 200 g round nose for 500
Lead was costing about $50 for 230g round nose (almost) for 500
The lead was round nose but has a "flat spot" in the center of the nose. There was no need to change the seating die for either in my case.