SmithandCZ

That's very interesting, I guess I will have to wait and find out. The 929 seems so finicky from all I've read about it. Hopefully mine will be good. Lots of people seem to have to send theirs back to smith and wesson for repairs immediately after getting the gun. I ordered mine the other day and I still haven't got a shipping confirmation... they sent me something along the lines of "high volume of orders so expect delay" Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk

Firewood, I talked to a guy at TK today and he said that if you are not doing competition there is no reason not to get the standard blue moon clips. The regular blue ones are apparently the same kind the gun includes and are $40 for 10 instead of $75. Both say they are good for Federal and Winchester cases. I want to go ahead and get the loading tool and removal tool when i place an order for my moon clips. Do you think 10 will be enough?

AzShooter, is that a Smith 986 in your pic?

I found this video on youtube that really helped me understand the causes of barrel leading and choosing appropriately sized bullets.

Firewood, I have handled the 929 at the local gun shop and it seemed to fit my hand just fine. I don't have the largest hands in the world but I can handle the Smith X frame OK. I feel like I will probably keep the Hogue rubber grips for now an then later buy some nicer wood ones. I love reloading 9mm and have my Dillon xl650 set up for 9mm so I can crank out some volume. I also have a Lee classic turret press where i have disks set up for multiple calibers as well as 9mm. I tend to do small batches of test loads on the Lee and then I set up my Dillon for the successful loads I want to mass produce. I am so excited about getting the 929 for a number of reasons. One of the big reasons is for reloading, I will be able to shoot 9mm and not hunt around my yard all day looking for brass. I love the fact that I can shoot 8 rounds and all 8 pieces of brass will be accounted for. I am the type of person that gets super bent out of shape if I loose a lot brass so the 929 will be right up my alley. Also since I am new on this forum and telling people about myself, I must confess, I enjoy reloading just as much (or even more) as I do shooting. This is the only "forum" i have ever posted on and it seems like I'm getting off topic but I also want to talk about the Lee U sizing die. I have a 5 gallon bucket full of 9mm once fired range brass and I have been reading about how Glocks (and probably other pistols) with unsupported chambers will bulge out the brass thereby making it hard to extract from the 929 if using these reloads. Everyone seems to swear by the Lee U die to correct this. For $20 I can purchase this die and put it in place of my Dillon sizing die. Is it necessary to do this or is the Dillon die okay to keep? I even thought of buying like 500 rounds of brand new brass and using them just for my 929 because of these extraction problems people are having.

I have had good luck with Titegroup, Unique, and Bullseye in coated loads with my CZ 75. I do not love using Autocomp but at one point in time that's all that was available in my area, so I was able to find loads that worked.

Thanks for the quick reply Miranda, I just did some research on how to slug my barrel and also found out that i need to slug the end of my cylinder. Looks like i need to size to 1 to 2 thousandths bigger than the end of my cylinder for lead bullets. I don't have any experience reloading jacketed bullets. Does the same rule apply for a copper jacketed bullet or should I buy bullets that measure .355" if my slug test confirms a .355" bore?

Hello, this is my first post on the forum. I have been lightly reloading for several years now and have referred to this form multiple times without ever commenting. I have a Smith 929 on order and currently load 9mm for my CZ 75 and like to use Eggleston Munitions polymer coated bullets. As others have pointed out in other threads, the barrel of the 929 is .355". Eggleston offers a selection of .356", .357", and ,358". Can anyone give me advice on what size I should order for my new 929? Thanks!