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Old 01-01-2012, 09:01 AM   #11
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No and yes. The 9mm dies will only size a very small portion of the mouth of the .380. The .380 is a straight wall case and the 9mm has a pronounced taper. The bullets will work, but the .380 will work best with bullets lighter than 115 gr


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