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I just got some Missouri Bullet Co. 125 gr SWC lead bullets for my 9mm and am a little nervous about the Min. C.O.A.L listed for this load in my Lee manual. In the manual it says 1.125" and I loaded a few test rounds in that range all within +/-.001" of 1.125" I am shooting them out of a P938 (subcompact) and they seemed a little snappy. I had no signs of high pressure. I recently became aware of removing your barrel and dropping the round in and flipping it over to see if it is too long and these seem to "stick" and have much more of the case showing than factory rounds I tested. Most of the factory rounds I measured were around 1.100" at most. Any opinions on shortening them up a bit? I am loading them over 3.6-3.8 gr of IMR SR-7626 (listed max is 4.1) These are solely for paper and steel.