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<blockquote data-quote="NikatKimber" data-source="post: 1697161" data-attributes="member: 423"><p>In short, different alloys of lead shrink at different rates; therefore the mold cavity must be slightly oversize to ensure that no bullets are too small.</p><p></p><p>In general (as in, don't quote me on this) the rule of thumb is one thousandths (0.001") larger than the corresponding jacketed bullets. IE, for .38 / .357, the jacketed bullets are .357", and the cast lead bullets are *typically* sized to .358".</p><p></p><p>There are exceptions to this, and then some guns may shoot better with different size bullets. If you really get into it, then you will learn all that down the road.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NikatKimber, post: 1697161, member: 423"] In short, different alloys of lead shrink at different rates; therefore the mold cavity must be slightly oversize to ensure that no bullets are too small. In general (as in, don't quote me on this) the rule of thumb is one thousandths (0.001") larger than the corresponding jacketed bullets. IE, for .38 / .357, the jacketed bullets are .357", and the cast lead bullets are *typically* sized to .358". There are exceptions to this, and then some guns may shoot better with different size bullets. If you really get into it, then you will learn all that down the road. [/QUOTE]
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