StevieD Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 November 2015 I had some major shoulder surgery so I've been off for about a year. I'm cleaning up my reloading bench and getting ready to start cranking out ammo and shooting again when I notice the last bunch of 9mm, 147 grain, round nose bullets are .357 and not my usual .355. I'm sure I didn't pay attention when I bought them in 2015 so it's entirely my fault but I need to know if I can shoot them in my Glock's and M&P's or if need to try and sell them to someone who is a bit sharper at shopping than I am? Barrels have never been slugged so I don't know. So the question is, can I shoot .357's in my Glock's and M&P's? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlm Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Do you have some of these bullets left or are they all loaded? Also does the Glock still have its factory barrel? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbairborne Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 I did something similar. I bought some 9 mm 147's that were sized to 0.357. I tried to run these in a new Kimber that I bought and found that they wouldn't chamber. Btw, I had bought a full case of these. I had the chamber opened up so that it would chamber ammo made with the normal 0.356 sized coated lead bullets. While that was being done, I bought a lee sizing die and resized the whole miserable case to 0.356. Now my ammo chambers perfectly. But I will never buy bullets sized to 0.357 again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdude Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 From: http://www.schuemann.com/Portals/0/Documentation/Schuemann Instruction manual.pdf (8) Barrel Groove, Land, and Recommended Bullet Diameter Barrels will have the following groove and land diameters. For optimum accuracy, lead bullets should be 0.002 or 0.003 inch larger than groove diameter; copper jacketed bullets should be 0.001 or 0.002 inch larger than groove diameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) Extreme Bullets, plated, still in shipping cartons, original barrels in all guns. Edited December 29, 2016 by StevieD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_striker Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 You'll be fine. .357" Xtreme's are all I shot out of my production guns. At least 35k of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 Thanks gang. Always appreciative of the knowledge and experience here at BE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc7x7 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Yea shouldn't be a concern Load a few dummy round to check how they chamber My 34 shoots .358 Bayou bullets much better than .356, just as reliable and 358 are more accurate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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