9mm Cast Bullet shooting

I don't recall a problem with oversize cast bullets in any brand of 9mm brass, gbut I've used far more Winchester than anything else for many years.

I have few problems with US brass,but the foreign stuff, except for pmc, more trouble than the brass is worth.,
 
In lead bullets, my 9mm 1911 seems to prefer 147gr RNFP sized .357. I've used both lead (Dardas) and coated (SNS) with equal results. WST or W231 seem to give the best results. Can't seem to get anything lighter to shoot better than mediocre.

In jacketed bullets it shoots many things well. But with lead it likes fatter, heavier bullets. Maybe it's the increased bearing surface of the bullet, or the lower velocities, or both, I don't know.

There's a million possibilities here, I'm going to try some .358 bullets intended for the .38/.357 next.

Where did you find load data for 231 for the 147 lead bullets ?
 
Cast 9mm

Thanks for all the info guys. Found a used Lee Mold that drops them at .358 +/- .0005; round nose 119gr. as cast. Now that I'm not overly concerned with diameter being to big I used a Lee universal expander and loaded a light charge of 3.5 gr BullsEye. Waiting for it to warm up so I can test them. If the results are good Ill post some pics.
Thanks for all the replies always a good source of knowledge here!
Luke
 
" I have a S&W 915 which I feel wants to be accurate."

mine all start out with that kind of idea but after a bit of time on the range I'm able to train them in the hard edges of reality being just not-quite what we both had in mind....LOL
 
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