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snuffy · January 28, 2006, 10:12 PM

You should be more concerned with the shape of those ranier bullets. You can't use just any 9mm,(.355), bullet. The tiny short neck HAS to be able to grip the driving surface of the bullet. It can't be out over the ogive of a long flowing ogive of a 9mm fmj. Unless it can crimp into the bullet, you run the risk of having that bullet driven deeper into the case when it hits the feed ramp. The OAL is so short because of mag restrictions, you can't seat out to have the neck grip the driving surface of the bullet. Trauncated cone bullets about the shape of the 124 Hornady xtp bullet is what is needed.

January 28, 2006, 10:12 PM	#3
snuffy Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 2001 Location: Oshkosh wi. Posts: 3,055	bullet shape You should be more concerned with the shape of those ranier bullets. You can't use just any 9mm,(.355), bullet. The tiny short neck HAS to be able to grip the driving surface of the bullet. It can't be out over the ogive of a long flowing ogive of a 9mm fmj. Unless it can crimp into the bullet, you run the risk of having that bullet driven deeper into the case when it hits the feed ramp. The OAL is so short because of mag restrictions, you can't seat out to have the neck grip the driving surface of the bullet. Trauncated cone bullets about the shape of the 124 Hornady xtp bullet is what is needed. __________________ The more people I meet, the more I love my dog They're going to get their butts kicked over there this election. How come people can't spell and use words correctly?