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darrellsteenwyk
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You need to provide more information.
A bullet is a projectile (ie the part that leaves the barrel and strikes the target)
Brass is what stays behind, and lands on the ground next to you when you fire.
The cartridge is the fully assembled piece of ammunition.
To your original question: “what bullets can I make with .358”. The answer is only the one your mold is cut for.If you want to know what cartridges are compatible with a certain bullet design, I need to know what specific bullet design you own.
Typically, bullets that are designed for 357 MAX, or 357MAG will also work in 38 special, but not necessarily in 9mm, and probably not in 380.
Bullet designs that work in 9MM may work in 357 if they are big enough, and may work in 380 if they are light enough.
Bullet designs that work in the 380 may also work in the 9mm, and could work in the 357s if they are big enough.The truth is, 375 will eat anything that drops larger than your groove diameter by .001-.0015. 90 grains all the way to 250 grains, but as you work your way down to the 380, the guns/cartridges become pickier and pickier about what you feed them.
380 just doesn’t have a whole lot to work with because
A. The cartridge has very limited options both in front of, and behind the case mouth
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B. the firearms chambered in that cartridge are often not able to handle anything but a very specific bullet weight.That may actually work in all the calibers mentioned. I had a bullet mold very similar to that that I was trying to run in a Llama 380 mini 1911. Couldn’t get it to feed for beans, but that could have been that particular pistol.
I would say it would definitely work for the 9mm though, and the 38SPC/357MAG/357MAX is pretty much plug and play.
Very nice mold BTW!mikewarren
its heavy as golden crap tho. i cant sit down and 1000 bullets. makes my fingers hurt where the weight of the handles rests on one finger dropping. i knew brass would be heavier, didnt think quite that heavy.
sure is nice tho. i plan on attempting to drill and tap into my lee mold to have some set screws. iv gone through so many lee molds from screws going weird on me.
the only downfall to this mold is that you have to load them kinda short. go too long and your crimp is in the lube groove. 1.09 seems the longest i can get. even then im not sure how well of a crimp i have.
Hey, as long as it feeds you’re golden.
Yes, brass is heavy, but it casts beautiful bullets that are very consistent. Personally, I only use brass molds for the crème de la crème. Molds that I expect the epitome of perfection from, benefit from being made of brass when I am using them.
Pistol bullets and the type that I use in my 45-70’s are a different matter. In those cases, I am functioning well within the comfort zone of cast lead, and I am shooting for practical accuracy instead of analyzing the heck out of every single shot, and I appreciate the benefits of aluminum very much indeed (that would be excellent quality and piling up bullets FAST).
That’s just the way I see it, and I am well aware that my viewpoint might be based much more on superstition than science. I’m only human afterall. LOL!
darrellsteenwyk
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