Casting 9mm

[paulg]

I know it's an itty bitty bullet compared to most of yalls .45 and .50's but does anyone here cast your own for the 9? Can anyone suggest a good mold for a plinker? And finally is there a good mold for a self defense round? After reading Jeff's article I want to get into casting and since most of my shooting is done with the 9 I figured that'd be a place to start. Of course powder coating will be a given.

[leftysixgun]

Go check out the Castboolits website and look around. A good source of molds is NOE molds
noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php?cPath=34&osCsid=loipngp5v630c8lkt6bekulih5

[contender]

sixshot has (had) a 6 cavity Miha mold for sale recently. Check with him for a great mold.

[38 WCF]

I have tried many, many different molds for the 9 mm over the years. The 9 mm is want to tumble or key hole the cast bullet and I have no idea why.
Currently I am having excellent results with a mold from Accurate Molds. It is mold #35-130S. In my guns this bullet does not key hole and is quite accurate. I use the powder coat method of lubrication and this bullet being a tumble lube design lends itself very well to the PC process. Bullet weight is 130 grains and will knock down a steel target quite well. Accurate has a web site and a catalog. There molds are first rate. My mold is a 4 cavity and the bullets drop right out once it gets to the proper temperature.
Hope this helps.

[ryan]

I've had good luck with Miha's 9mm molds. Haven't tried any others yet.

[nicholst55]

Here's an excellent thread that I recommend you read at Cast Boolits: castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?121607-Setting-up-for-boolits-in-a-new-9mm

[axel]

I have a friend who builds and competes with 1911's. He is not a caster, but does handload all his own ammo. He tells me that he was never able to get his 9mm's to shoot accurately with cast bullets until be began specifying that his bullet suppliers size and provide them at .357", which changed everything for him with that caliber using cast.