I casted a lot of 9mm 124gr bullets over the weekend. Once my mold was good and hot 90% of my casts were flawless. The other 10% were similar to this picture. So my question to all of you are "Is this bullet suitable/safe to shoot"? The lines on it do not run the length of the bullet. They only show on the top portion of the bullet, not where the bullet would actually be seated in the brass.
FYI: I only use this lead bullet for target practicing.
It's OK, go shoot it.
Yeah, I'd throw it back in the pot, but it isn't dangerous. It'll be fine for plinking.
TANSTAAFL
Managing Partner, Custom Carry Concepts, LLC
The primary areas of concern are the base and driving bands. The nose is not as critical, except if the nose deformation will effect your seating depth as you load. This bullet appears to be okay to shoot.
There's nothing dangerous about it, but good luck with that particular mode. Not too many people have good luck with the Lee microgroove round nose molds. It'd be smart to save that one, live it, and drive it through the barrel of your pistol. Measure the diameter after driving it through and make sure that your bullets are about .002 larger than the one you swagged through the barrel as well.
Thanks to all for the input...
R
Do you feel that even after running my cast bullets through a .356 sizing die I would still have issues with bullets casted in my Lee RN Mold? I have not heard anything negative about this mold until I read your reply to my post. Thanks... R
Size based off of your bore, not a nominal diameter. This is important with cast bulllets - my beretta for example slugs at .3565, and it hates this bullet (even when I beagled the mold to drop at .358). The p225 I used to have ate these things like breakfast however.
With jacketed ammo this isn't much of a concern, but size the bullet to be .002 larger than your slug (described above - stupid phone changed 'lube it'...) for best results.
Last edited by jeep45238; 11-14-2016 at 02:14 PM.
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