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Another update, so I had the brilliant idea that since I ordered the 158gr casting die that I would be able to pull the .38 Special 125gr FMJ bullets from a pile of 700 bullets that I have, and load .38 special in the .38 brass with the newly cast bullets. Well just from that some may think I am nuts but I am a little smarter than I look so I pull d (1) of the .38 Special 125gr FMJ rounds. My micrometer sized it at .357, .001" and 10gr over what I consider the ideal 9mm round at .356 and 115gr FMJ. So I check the Bullseye data and they have a 125gr FMJ load of 4.6. So I trickle off 4.6 and try to seat the bullet in the 9mm brass. No go, the brass wrinkled one section of the bullet. Maybe I didn't have enough flare on the brass but I think that .001" might be too much for a straight walled cartridge. I could probably run them through a .356 sizing die but at that point I feel I am trying to force something that shouldn't happen. So I will keep the 125gr FMJ loaded as .38 special and will cast the 158gr LFN for .38 special and will wait and order .356 115gr FMJ when I can afford it.

Thanks for the input and I hope this thread will help others if they have the same questions in the future.