Favorite "small" 45 cal heavy mold.

CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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NOE BLK Friday Sale got me using Full Lead Taco's code I got 25% off...

I ordered a 2 cav 454-360 mold.(294g as that HUGE .700 deep HP!!! 360 as a solid)

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Its a long bullet @ .900. Very very remicent of my MP 454-297 Ruger Only Mold, but heavier. The MP
Mold did not come with a solid pin set. So I dont know what it would weigh as a solid.

CW
 
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JustJim

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Now you've got me thinking. . . scaled down, that would make a nice HP bullet for the .44 special and .38/.357.

ETA: Actually, it might be enough to just have scaled-down pins made for the Keith or Thompson bullets.
 
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CZ93X62

CZ93X62

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CWLONGSHOT said:
"Small" as in diameter opposed to .458 thats the large 45.
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Gotcha, sir. Then we have the 'large' 45s like my RCBS 45-300-FNGC, which falls out @.457" and scales about 325 grains. It is meant to feed 45/70s, but my smallest-ever rifle in that caliber has .459" throats. I hate mining lead from a barrel. One fine day I tried sizing these in my .454" H&I die after lubing in my .457" die. This did all right, so I seated them into 45 Colt cases over 8.0 grains of Unique. ACCURATE! NICE! I didn't clock these, but recoil was moderate in the Bisley Blackhawk. At 25 yards these hit about 3" higher than my usual Lyman #454424 @ 1000 FPS (10.0 x Unique or 11.0 x Herco).

Proof-of-concept complete, I got adventurous and started ladder-loading these atop 2400. These I did chronograph; they stayed accurate and recreational until about 1150 FPS, when the recoil morphed from 'recreational' into arduous.
 
CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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IMG_0856.jpegIMG_0865.jpegIMG_0866.jpegIMG_0867.jpegIMG_0871.jpegIMG_0872.jpegIMG_0874.jpegThe mold arrived yesterday!! Al is shipping like MP these days!!! I ordered this Monday. Received it Wednesday!!!

In my alloy that should be close to #2. HP weigh 294g. CUP weigh 354g and solids are 368g.

Its gonna be good in the 450 BushMaster bolt. Pleasantly surprised it will work in the 454 Rossi alsth I have not tried to cycle any. Doubtful it would cycle.

CW
 
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