Need help!
I haven't ever had an issue with leading until now!
I have been developing a load in 9mm for my Beretta 92. I use air cooled sorted clip-on wheel weights for all of my casting using Magma Hard Lube in my Star sizer. I am dropping from a Lee 120gr TC mold boolits that are unsized at .3575".
I first tried .356" sized boolits and I got leading at my intial 4.7 grains of WIN 231 (yes, these were way too hot and I deserved a leaded bore.) The leading was all down the barrel and I had strings hanging from the lands.
I honed out my Star die and they size now to .3565" and dropped the load to 4.1 grains of WIN 231. The chrony is showing around 1029 fps, but my leading has toned down to the throat area and some creeping down the grooves.
(I haven't slugged the bore based on a bad experience I once had doing so...)
I was thinking of dropping the load and increasing the size to .357? Am I on the right path?
(I have shout thousands thru this gun using 4.5 -4.7 grains of WIN 231 using 115 gr FMJ and Hp's with never any issues.)