Need a little help guys, getting ready to order a metric chit ton of coated lead bullets from Ibejiheads.com problem is i dont know what diameter to get for reloading .45ACP and 9mm. I know the best answer is to slug the gun and go from there but the batch of bullets will be used in 4 different .45's and at least 3 different 9mm's. Is there a good size for each that will run in them all? Its mostly going to be for plinking.....
For the 9mm you would typically be looking for .356 in a lead bullet and .355 for jacketed. For the .45 (if it will only be used in loading .45 ACP) you would typically be looking for .452 in lead and .451 jacketed. I would suggest that if you haven't tried loading Semi Wadcutter profiles in the guns, you may want to confirm the guns will feed them before ordering a couple of thousand bullets. Some 1911s are real particular about bullet profile and prefer round nose and other models will feed empty cases. If that is an issue, it is probably best worked out over at The Firing Line.
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Load coated bullets the same specs. Get them the same size as your hard cast. And yest hard cast should be .001 or .002 larger than FMJ or bore. Undersized bullets won't seal and bounce down the barrel and tumble when in air. I have a 9mm hi point that must have a sloppy barrel. When I load bullets that shoot in others 9mm they bounce down the barrel and tumble when come out. I need to slug it with some 000 buckshot to see its diameter. But it would not shoot those cast bullets worth a darn
Have you used that jihead site yet? I always use lucky13. There a few dollars cheaper and you can always find a 5% coupon as well.
^ clemsonfor is 1 letter away from men in black suits beating down his door with that typo. Fix the website name lol
IT auto corrected it to that...I had to change it back! But isn't that the actual site? I thought the same thing when he wrote it!
Its Ibejiheads.com got my first order from them today. 158g SWC in .358 dia for 38 special. the look nice. very uniform. Shipping was fair, ordered sunday night and at my house on saturday....
I will order from them. I called lucky13 and they are running behind consistently and can't keep up and he quit taking backorders. It still looks like I be [email protected] the black suits will get you type site name! Haha
Lucky13 is a few dollars cheaper per box but if I can't get them it does me no good. Why did you go with .358 for .38 and not .357..just curious? Sloppy bore?
That name still looks like I be jih@ds like the black suits will come question you if you go tree type site. I called lucky13 and he is no longer taking backorders since he is so far behind and is tired of it. What color bullets did you get. I was Thinking getting blues and greens.
Hornady specs .358 for cast lead, hence the coated= cast lead from the books.... top right corner of the page...
Yea I went and looked back at my Lyman cast least reloading book and saw it as well. I think the ones I'm shooting now are .357 and they shoot fine.
I got my ibejiheads 9mm in yesterday. I am not impressed with their "coated bullets" . I can scrape the coating off with my nail on the edge if I push hard and the case shaves some off. The zombie 13 bullets never have this happen and the coating seems thicker and more well bonded too. I will wait the extra time in the future and there a few dollars cheaper as well. If yall haven't tried them BUY z13 bullets. He quit listing the rounds he did not have in stock or too far behind on as he was tired of running too fat behind.
Thanks for your update. Im being less impressed with Ibeji all the time. I think ill look into you lucky bullets along with S&S....
