What sized cast bullet for a CW9?

[BucketBack]

Or what is the bore diameter on the CW9?

I've had recommendations on using .358 softer lead to get a good seal and prevent leading

Others say .356 hard cast

I will be attempting to slug the barrel

[MW surveyor]

I shoot .356 hard cast in the 9mm that I have.

Shoot .358 in the 38 and 357.

Go ahead and slug the barrel. Let us know what you get.
I think that the .358 will be too big for the 9mm.

[DLButler]

I use 356 for all of my 9 and 380 reloads.

[BucketBack]

I have some soft lead bullets coming from a caster to slug my barrels

[BucketBack]

A .359 soft cast wouldn't fit, I broke the 5/16" wood dowel tapping on it:D

I sanded it down to .about .357 and pushed it through and came up with valley measurements of .3545, .355, and .3555 depending on which place I measured on the slug ;)

The hill measures .346 on the slug and muzzle

The muzzle valley measures .355, but the caliper ends don't get all the way to the bottom .

[muggsy]

I use hard cast .356 bullets.. Even a hard cast bullet will obturate to fill the bore when fired and it will produce less leading of the bore than soft cast.

[BucketBack]

Did another slug a few minutes ago. This one measured 0.3555.

A 0.356 sized cast boolit seems to have a good chance of gases passing by, heating the lead up.:typing:

[Harrylee]

Just ran across this this morning
.355 for jacketed
.356 for lead
hope this helps

[BucketBack]

But "They" say at least .001" larger diameter than the bore, my CW9 measures .3555", so .356" is too small.

.357 is the next step up and probably won't chamber.

I just ordered 2000 124JHP's from Precision Delta:amflag:

[MW surveyor]

But "They" say at least .001" larger diameter than the bore, my CW9 measures .3555", so .356" is too small.

.357 is the next step up and probably won't chamber.

I just ordered 2000 124JHP's from Precision Delta:amflag:

You know those 124 JHP's are going to be too small by 0.005". Last time I looked, 0.356 is larger than 0.3555. :rolleyes:

[Tilos]

You could buy bullets big and push then thru one of these in whatever size you want:
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/343992/lee-bullet-lube-and-size-kit-356-diameter

I push ALL the cast bullets I buy thru a die like this to make all the bullets the same diameter, it only takes 10-20 minutes to do 1000.
I've pushed jacketed 38's thru it to load/shoot out of a 9mm:D

your results may vary:o

[MW surveyor]

Tilos - Wonder if I got this and tried some 148 grain 38/357 DEWCs in my CW9. Think that they would chamber/load/work?

[broham25]

good info