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Old 09-29-2013, 05:11 PM
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IMO a simple and likely much LESS costly solution may be to just load the 9mm bullet to a longer overall length. That will solve the powder compression issue AND get the Driving Diameter of the bullet up into the case neck where it needs to be for proper neck tension. The only question is whether that longer required length will chamber correctly in your barrel.

That is a test that you'll have to do yourself but that's dead simple, field strip your pistol and drop an assembled dummy at the new length into your chamber and see if it seats fully in the chamber. BTW, it should come out freely by just tipping the barrel, if it hangs up that's an indication that you are too long. If your bullet is just barely snagging on the rifling shorten your dummy up by 0.005 inch and see how that fits. It's also a good idea to mark the point where the bullet just starts to taper down and check to confirm that mark is in FRONT of the edge of the case, by doing that you can confirm that your full diameter bearing surface is engaged in the case neck.
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