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By mistake, I picked up a batch of cast lead 115g 9mm bullets (round nose). They measure .350 at the base. Anything that I need to know before seating/shooting them? Thanks.
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I have been loading Berrys 115g with 4.5g of 231 and the slide cycles just fine with that load. Do you recommend going higher for this lead?
I just did a quick survey of the bullets. They are .356.
I don't know how many you accidentally bought, but I wouldn't load many of them. At .356 the chances of them leading your barrel up are good. Most shoot a little larger than that. My mold drops at .3575 and I just lube and load. Many people shoot them at .358 and even larger. Shoot about 20 of them and see what your barrel looks like after that.
You sure you're not thinking about 38s? MOST people use .356 lead bullet without any problem at all, I'm not sure how you think most people use larger.. Yes, there are some guns out there that need larger ones, but they are the minority.
Load up a bunch of rounds for 9mm that are the exact size of your bore and let me know how that works out for you.
I load .356 lead RN 125 grain and shoot them in my CZ and don't get leading.
I don't know how many you accidentally bought, but I wouldn't load many of them. At .356 the chances of them leading your barrel up are good. Most shoot a little larger than that. My mold drops at .3575 and I just lube and load. Many people shoot them at .358 and even larger. Shoot about 20 of them and see what your barrel looks like after that.
As my dear mother used to tell me "Don't borrow trouble." In other words, just load the darn things and shoot them. IF they lead your barrel, which I seriously doubt they will, THEN we'll help you eliminate that problem.
To say that most shoot larger bullets is flat out wrong.
I went to scheels yesterday and they had 358 cast bullets. I told him I was going to use them for 9mm and he would not sell them to me, telling me that it was dangerous and I needed 356 size bullets.