Hello Guys, long time lurker first time poster. Ive been looking to getting into casting my own boolits for quite some time now. I have been reloading for quite some time but I have never ventured into casting. My father has casted his fair share of fishing weights so he has the majority of the equipment already. I just need to purchase the molds and the sizing kits.
My only concern is that I am not sure what size to order. I spoke to Tom at accurate molds and he told me that for 9MM, most people order .357”. Which, as you all know is .002” Larger than the bore diameter. Now, from all the research I’ve been doing states that you want to be .001” over the bore diameter. I’m assuming that the bullet will be sized to .356”.
Here is where my questions begins. Firstly, I plan to powder coat the bullets. My question is, should I be ordering the .357” diameter or the .356” diameter knowing that the powder coating will add to the diameter.
Also, knowing that I will be powder coating and sizing, should I be ordering the +/- .001” or something else?