Best results will be found by handloading and, better yet, bullet casting.
Lyman made a 9mm specific wadcutter mold, #356472, designed by a Canadian target shooter. He used it for Bullseye competition in a modified Luger P08. It is an extremely rare mold. Yes, it was a full wadcutter, albeit with a button nose, and it stuck out beyond the case. And, yes, they fed reliably!
A better option would likely be to find an old Hensley Gibbs mold intended for use in converted 1911 38 wadcutter guns.
If you are not familiar with these, several custom gunsmiths from the 1950s until very recently, would convert Colt 1911s, in either 9mm or 38 Super, to shoot 38 Special full wadcutter ammo. Since the original barrels were generally used, there was a demand for wadcutters that would cast to fit the .355-.356” barrel groove diameter.
If you look for used H&G molds, you will regularly find 38 wadcutter models. They are marked for the intended diameter. So, somewhere on the block it will say “356”.
That’s what you want and need.
PS: I’ve added an attachment from an old John Giles brochure. It details his 38 wadcutter conversions. (Not really pertinent to the OP topic, but it clarifies my text.)
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