ok, i have ZERO experience working with cast lead bullets. i have only worked with jacketed bullets thus far.

that being said i was at my local fun store looking for bullets as usual when i ran across a number of boxes of cast bullets from Suter's Choice and Bootheel Bullets in some of my favorite handgun flavors. 500ct boxes for ~$45. not bad at 9 cents a round. there were 3 calibers that i was interested in....9mm, .38 and .40S&W.

so the .38's i don't foresee a problem with but what about 9mm and .40 running thru an automatic? would there normally be any feeding issues? are there any extra steps needed before seating the bullets?

and also when i went to look up recipes, my Lyman book had a few for cast but the Speer book had nothing? i wonder why? and Hodgdon's website has their .38's sized at .357 vs .358 like Lyman, Speer and the bullets in question. why would that be?

any advice, tips and/or tricks would be appreciated.