Originally Posted by gehlsurf

Hi guys, I've cast a few 357 bullets for my trr8, used the Lee 358-158 LSWC mold, shot 10 today, and VERY accurate, more than factory bullets!!! I was very pleased, but was paran oil about leading. I cleaned the gun when I got home, 5 or 6 runs with a .40 brush and the bore was back to pretty and chrome, so mayne no leading??? It looked the same as shooting factory ammo, so I think I may just be lead paranoid, haha. I've cleaned it out of my 44 mag before though..... horrible!!

Either way, I bought some roof lead, formed up a bullet, slugged the barrel and got .355 (put slugged bullet in calipers and turned, geting this measurement)

Formed bullet was .36 unsized

Sized using Lee sizer was .357 (this is what gave me great accuracy)

So what's the best size out of the 2?

The sized .357 or .36?

Thank you very much for the advice.