Best cast bullet for glock?

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Chainsaw.

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Not entirely sure where this query might belong so forgive me mods if its in the wrong spot.

First off please save the "no lead bullets in glocks" arguments for another day. Its all baloney and I'd prefer this discussion not deteriorate to that.

Im wondering if you guys have a preferred mold/bullet for glock chambers, I have a Lee 6 cavity 125 grain mold but the glock doesnt like the 2R profile round nose. My mind keeps going to a truncated cone but wanted to ask around before I purchased another mold.
 
The best shooting cast bullet I found for 9mm in a Glock or anything else, is the 147 grain truncated cone sized .357.
You'll have to experiment, though, for seating depth and overall cartridge length for good feeding.
And adjust powder amount accordingly for velocity.
Of course, every barrel is different.
Hope this helps some.
 
Hey Chainsaw, wanted to share with you my results with a Glock 19. First, I love this pistol. Is very accurate considering it is a compact, my son did a trigger job soon after I first got it so my trigger pull is around 2.5/3.

I've tested 3 bullets extensively that I cast: The Lee 102 gr RN (105 actual); the Lee 120 gr TC (123 gr actual); and the Lee 358-125-RF. I run all bullets through a Lyman lube/sizer using the .357 die. I also powder coat, only the 125 of these three bullets. However, my G19 is picky on the powder coated. Some feed fine and others not, so I just stay with cast.

The 102 works great. Good accuracy with some powders and feeds fine.

Same with the 125, really good accuracy with 4.4 grains of Herco. This load is my favorite. My Beretta 92 and JRC do fine with this bullet. However, the CZ75B with a tight chamber will not chamber this bullet - even lube/sized to .356.

The Lee 120 TC turned out to be an entire crazy journey. My CZ75B loves this bullet, also my Beretta 92 and JRC. My G19 had several first show up where the firing pin did not hit the primer hard enough - did not fire. So, assumed it was shoving the case slightly forward (unique chamber), possibly over crimped although all other 9's fired the ammo without glitch. Reloaded the next group and crimped only enough to barely fit the case check block. Did have better results but still some non-fires. Because of this just won't reload this bullet for the G19. I am assuming the taper end of the G19 chamber is just slightly too big to seat good, thus allowing the case to move forward.

Might also mention that the Lee 120 TC mold I use is the .356 and is throwing bullets closer to a .355. When I lube/size with the .357 die there is little sizing taking place.

Hope this helps...
 
I have the Lee 2R mold (tumble lube version), 2 cavity. It seems to run fine in my LC9s and my brother's Sig 938. What is happening in the Glock?

I settled on a seating depth 1.12 - 1.13.

I don't have a Glock to try it in but a friend has a 43 I'll have to try it in to see.
 
GilaDan Thank you for sharing you experiences. It is odd the glock didnt like the TC.

Hoppy, as stated I have a six cavity lee 125ish grain round nose, lube groove mold. The mold throws great bullets, no complaints there. The issue Im running into is on said mold the taper of the ogive makes it so the bullet intersects the seating lip of the chamber. If fired this is not an issue (not a noted issue yet at least), the issue arises when I try to rack an unfired round out, namely for "unload and show clear" in IDPA matches. What happens is the bullet hangs up on that lip and it can be a reak bear to get tge round ejected from the pistol, as in it wont come out of the chamber. Now no one would be wrong if they told me to set the bullet back but on that particular style of bullet the case must be crimped far to much if the bullet is seated back far enough to not be an issue. This problem as arisen in more pistols than just my glock, we had to take a punch to my buddies XD because of this.

So, being a bit of a perfectionist as well as always look for an excuse for another mold....here I am. My thought is, a truncated cone would resolve this issue being there is no ogive to intersect the front of the chamber until fired. I like to ask questions that dont steer answers towards what Im thinking buy I may be on a firm set of tracks already, hence my mention in the first post about a truncted cone design.

The 125ish round nose lube groove mold wont go to the trash can, Ill just keep it for making 38 plinking bullets.
 
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Chainsaw, I hear what you're saying. Always good to have more molds.
I was just curious as I have a mold for that bullet and plan on getting a Glock 26.
 
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