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As stated by others, best to pick up a 9mm Tanfo barrel and rechamber. As far as the .357 SIG not having advantages over the .40 , I strongly disagree. I have run .357 SIG in a number of SIG Classic platforms for the past 6 years. Not only are the terminal ballistics better than the .40, it has more accurate, has less muzzle flip, and flatter trajectory. In fact, I have rid myself of every .40 barrel that I have. I also EDC the .357 SIG, something I would not do with the .40 . I am about to do the same conversion with my Witness Classic, though I have yet to decide if I am going with .357 SIG or 9X25 Dillon. I have reamers and headspace gauges for both... so I will probably try .357 SIG first and see how the pistol likes it.

For my DPMS LR308 24 in 1/10 heavy stainless barrel... I find that it likes 168 - 175 a lot better than 150s. With 150s my spread goes to @1.5 MOA at 100 yards. With the 168 AMAX and 168 SMK over 45.3 gr of Varget loaded to mag length, I have consistent sub MOA groups.

Well... I gave this a try and it has worked great in all my SIGs to include my 226 Elite with a Barsto Conversion Barrel. I find it to have the tightest chamber. I have also load up a number of the Berrys .357 plated 125 gr hollowpoints for my .357 SIGs . Worked out to be some very accurate loads. I will be sticking to .357 diameter bullets for all my 9mm and .357 range loads.

OK... scratch the use of #9 in 9mm... it is simply too compressed. I am distorting the .357 plated bullets when seating. I will work up a few with HP 38 starting at 3.8 grains and work my way up slowly. One thing I like about reloading, is the experimentation.... at least that sounds good, right ? LOL

on the Old Beatles fan.... it just hit me, 9 grains of #9 in 9 mm. Now, where did I put that old "White Album" and my turntable? Actually, I realize a slow burner like this would not be the optimum choice, was simply trying to get away with a single bullet, single powder for 9mm and .357 SIG. Primary use would be for steel and paper in 3 Gun. The only load data I have been able to find is on Pete's .357 SIG page here (also where I got the idea). http://www.handguninfo.com/Archive/www.Pet...m/rel.9.no9.htm . It is a compressed load. I am afraid that coupled with the tight chamber of the Barsto threaded barrel in my SIG 226 Elite is going to make this a hand grenade. I may work up a couple, but will also work up some with HP 38. If not doable, then I will most likely go with another powder.

I have a dilemna related to this. I am loading Berry's plated 125 gr .357 hollow point in my .357 SIG. It is a tack driver at 1225fps. I would like to load this bullet for 9mm also. In order to headspace in my SIG 226 Barsto, I have to seat the bullet to an OAL of 1.000 . This seems terribly short to me. I would like to load these over 9 grains of AA #9. With such a short OAL, am I going to have over pressure to the point of danger?

Mine are flipping before they drop. I think the gentleman above is on to something by securing the feeder so it does not shake as much. Going to give it a try.

Had the same problem, made a support bracket to extend from the case feeder bowl to the wall., making the bowl very stable. Vibration from the 650 was being transferred to the case feeder causing cases to flip upside down---- have only had (2) upside down cases in over 3000 rounds since. Great tip. Mark K. Thanks... I will give that a try!

Yes... using small pistol shell plate for 9 and 357 and small rifle for .223

I have a problem with my 650 casefeeder. The problem is that it is dropping @ 1 in every 10 cases upside down. This happens with 9mm, .357 SIG, and .223. Can anyone tell me if there is an adjustment that I need to make? Any help would be greatly appreciated!