Crimping LRN 9mm bullets...

[Rule3]

You never mentioned what gun you are shooting them out of?

Barrels on CZ and Browning HP have very short leades (chambers) I need to seat the lead bullets much shorter, as GT1 mentioned.

 

[bflobill69]

My only 9mm is a lightly used old LEO S&W 5903. I am thinking of buying a single stack S&W 9mm (if I can find one reasonably) or possibly a Browning Hi Power.

 

[Rule3]

That's a Nice gun and great picture! It should digest anything.

The BHP as I mentioned has a short leade and the bullets need to be seated deeper. I use the Missouri Bullets 115 and 124 LRN.
Regular FMJ or Plated will feed fine at longer OAL.

 

[bflobill69]

Range results...

Sorry I didn't shoot any pictures of groupings, etc. This was more to make sure the rounds were cycling. They seemed fine.
Light target load: Win 9mm brass, CCI small pistol primers, 3.6gr Bullseye (dirty stuff), Bear Creek 115gr LRN (.356), OAL 1.109, app 970 fps
Left work early and was pleasantly suprised to get close to these crafty buggers... sadly they are not fair game till September in these parts

 

[Rule3]

Try some slower powder for you 9mm. Bullseye is only "dirty" at the low ends of loading data.

I have switched from HP 38 to Power Pistol and Win Auto Comp for 9mm and 40 SW.

 

[bflobill69]

Handloading/Reloading the cast bullets for 9mm is gonna be a huge cost savings. I find all the full jacketed bullets for 9mm are easily double the price of cast lead if not more. Perhaps its time to think about casting my own...

Thankyou all again for the advice and support, you guys are an AMAZING resource and I very much appreciate it.

Bflobill69

 

[Papaw8264]

Hi bflobill69, I just joined this forum and know this is an old thread but wanted to share my experience. When I first started loading with my Lee Loadmaster I had several issues I had to learn how to overcome. I also experienced what you describe. What I found was that I had the seating plug set deeper than the crimp. I actually somehow set the seating depth first and then the crimp depth. What happened was I was crimping and then shoving the bullet deeper causing it to be loose. Also, what I found is different bullets (IE round nose, truncated cone) have different diameters above the case line. For my Taurus G2C I could not get the full bodied Lee 2 ogive round nose to work at all. I did come up with a workable load using the truncated cone at 1.060" COAL. I also was able to use the Lee TL356-124-2R bullet which has a smaller diameter nose than the body. It's been a few years since your post but I would be interested in what you found out.