9mm SWC?

i've loaded DRG lead SWC's into my 9mm which feed great in my glock 17 and norc 1911. i don't remember the weight on them, but i'm pretty sure they are 158's.

lots of smoke from the glock!
 
I have a readily available source for 140gr swc .358 but I'm worried about them being oversized. I've read very different opinions about using them in a 9mm. Only option would be to have them sized to .356. Part of me says, 'should I really worry about 2 thou?'. The other part says, 'should i really piss about with 35,000 psi?".
 
.358 LSWCs are made for 38s and 357mags. I would be very hesitant to load them in a 9mm. Usually you want one thou oversized for lead bullets, so .356 for 9mm. Buying properly sized bullets is alot cheaper than buying a new barrel or a new gun.

There are lots of .356 lead bullets out there for sale, you just have to look.
 
AlbertaGunslinger said:
.358 LSWCs are made for 38s and 357mags. I would be very hesitant to load them in a 9mm. Usually you want one thou oversized for lead bullets, so .356 for 9mm. Buying properly sized bullets is alot cheaper than buying a new barrel or a new gun.

There are lots of .356 lead bullets out there for sale, you just have to look.
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IMHO USUAL practices might merit reconsideration in UNUSUAL barrels. Glock barrels have polygonal rifling, just like HK. Personally, I won't put a lead bullet through my HK, never mind an over-sized one. Yes, I do realize thorough cleaning before switching to FMJ bullets is the key here but the whole leading issue isn't worth the pucker factor increase as far as I'm concerned.
 
Unless your loading to Max or above the larger size isn't going to make a difference worth worrying about IMO.

I've fired 200-300 rounds of the drg through my glock without issue. Though I fired plated in between. Hell I've loaded jacked .358 bullets.
 
In my experience many 9mm's will shoot .357 or .358 bullets quite nicely--often .356 lead bullets are undersize for the barrels and give poor performance. The olny hitch in using larger diameter bullets is whether or not they will chamber--sometimes they won't and you have to use the smaller bullets. This is also somewhat dependant on the brass used as there is a wide variation in wall thickness in the casings. The best 9mm lead loads I ever used were a 135 grain bevel base semi-wadcutter sized to .357. I wish the fellow who owned the mould would have sold it to me. YMMV, 44Bore.
 
I would not hesitate to try 358 SWC bullets in a 9mm. First, load a few (say 25) at the START load in the book and try them. If you get a LOT OF ROUNDS THAT WON'T CHAMBER, GIVE UP. If the all chamber and go bang, carry on with a normal work up. pressures will not differ much. Start low, work up to what groups well.

Some of my pistols shoot best with the START load or even less.
 
Another vote for load some and try them. I've found oversize bullets usually shoot exceptionally well as far as accuracy goes. As stated, start low and work up. And ganderite's advise about loading a few to make sure they chamber is gold.
 
I used to be able to get 124 grain 9mm conical bullets, they were as accurate as SWC's and cut lovely holes. If you can find them I'd recomend them, the charge data was the same as any other lead 124 and they shot well even at high velocities.
 
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