Update: I have heavily coated the bullets with full strength Lee Liquid Alox.
I cleaned the bore with a chore boy wrapped brush to remove and lead and then cleaned it with an ammonia based solvent to remove any copper fouling.
My next step will be to load up a few and see if leading is still a problem...
Thomas Krupinski: I don't have a low cost source of soft lead. I applied the suggestion to relube with the Liquid Alox
Leftoverdj: I don't think that the bullets are being sized when they are being seated but I will look into it.
txpete: It's nice to hear that someone has already made this work.
I took a look at Magma's site; their bullet design looks practically the same as lee's. The only difference I saw was the Magma bullet's beveled base.
To summarize our loads:
Yours Mine
mold Magma 09-18-93 RN Lee 365-95-1R
alloy ??? WW
size sized to 0.365 0.367 (as cast)
lube magma hard Lee Liquid Alox (thinned)
powder 3.3 gr bullseye 3.6 gr titegroup
cases reformed 9mm luger reformed 9 mm luger (R-P headstamp)
primers Win Rem
leads? no yes
I take it that you have tried Liquid Alox for this application?
Thanks for the glass plate idea and the generous offer.
By the way are you the same txpete that posts over on Gunboards Makarov forum?
jgalar: The rounds feed through the gun without any difficulty or undue damage; I don't think that is the problem.