bullseye308
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Not having slugged the barrel on an XD45 that I will be casting for, I tried to mic the inside of the barrel to try to get an idea of which sizer to buy. What I come up with is .445. Using this same method I get .352 from my GP100 .357, and .3545 from my Astra 9mm. None are clean at the moment, but the 45 has only a few jacketed rounds through it so far, the others eat lots of lead.
I will be casting for 4 different 45's and this is the first one that I have received for testing as I do not have a 45 myself. The others will be a Kimber, SA 1911, and a SIG220. Should I expect to have problems with the XD and wait for the SA 1911? I almost cast up a few thou Lee 230 round nose but decided to wait. I will cast a few pure lead slugs from this mould and try slugging the barrel with them, as well as clean the barrels and measure again, but I think I'm still missing something. :banghead:
I will be casting for 4 different 45's and this is the first one that I have received for testing as I do not have a 45 myself. The others will be a Kimber, SA 1911, and a SIG220. Should I expect to have problems with the XD and wait for the SA 1911? I almost cast up a few thou Lee 230 round nose but decided to wait. I will cast a few pure lead slugs from this mould and try slugging the barrel with them, as well as clean the barrels and measure again, but I think I'm still missing something. :banghead: