If you are going to shoot cast bullets, I would not shoot commercial cast but cast my own (or get them from a friend who casts) since most commercial cast bullets are crap.
Most commercial cast bullets use paraffin or something similar for "lube" which basically does you no good. They do this for cost reasons. You want a good high quality lube (like LBT Blue or similar). You will then have a lot less issue with your cast bullets. Unfortunately most cast bullet companies use crappy lube. With a good lube (and a gas check) you can shot cast bullets out of rifles at high power.
I have shot a ton of cast out of 9mm and 40 back in the 90s but since I don't cast myself and am at the mercies of my brother, who does cast, but not often anymore and lives 12 hours away, I don't use much cast anymore except in my 44 and 480 revolvers.
Use load data made for cast bullets and not the jacketed bullet data of the same "weight".
People say not to shoot cast bullets in Glock factory barrels. I don't know if this is a poly-rifling thing or has to do with the whole reloaded bullet unsupported chamber bit or what. But if you are shooting a glock you may want to research that some more.
I found buying jacketed bullets in bulk (case of 3000-4000 at a time) made jackedt bullet more economical
Chad
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