Accurate Brand .44 Mould

[Ben]

I ordered this 260 gr. .44 cal mould ( .433" ) from Tom Ellis at Accurate
Moulds on Sept. 14th, the mould arrived today, Sept. 20th.

That is 6 days , part of which is US Postal shipping.
I'd say that is pretty good service from Tom ! ! !

Thank You Tom for a very nice mould !

Ben

 

[Brad]

A single?
Now get some cast and let us see how they shoot. I have a feeling they are gonna be good.

 

[Ben]

Will do !

Ben

 

[35 Whelen]

That should have some serious smack

 

[Creeker]

Tom does an excellent work at running his business. As you know he makes great moulds. Look forward to you tests.

 

[Ben]

Thanks !

We truly live in the " Hey Day of Casting ".
30 - 40 yrs. ago, something like this wouldn't be happening.

Ben

 

[Creeker]

Amen.

 

[fiver]

your letter to lyman would have taken the whole 6 days to get there and another to get an answer back from them.
it would have been 6-8 weeks to get the mold if they were slow and 6-8 months if they were busy.

 

[Ben]

I see that you have a CLEAR understanding of Lyman's business practices.

 

[waco]

That thing is gonna hit like a hammer. Whitetail beware.....

 

[OFFSHORE]

In the middle'ish part of August, I too had placed an ordered for a .44 cal mold from Tom over at Accurate Molds. I came home from work the Friday before Labor Day and it was sitting in my mail box. . .it was about 10 days! ! ! Needless to say I was a happy man and found lots to do over the long weekend. . .about 50 pounds worth. This is a 4-cavity mold with two different design bullets in it and I am very pleased with the size and weight they are dropping out of the mold. I have made about 1000 bullets with it so far and just ran another 55 pounds of alloy through it yesterday morning and sized them that evening. The 270gr. PB bullet is for my .44 Mag Ruger SB Hunter and the 300gr. GC is for my .445 Super Mag T/C Encore MGM barrel. I bet you all don't know who's red goop that is in the grooves of the bullets in the picture?!?! Good stuff Sir, I'm really liking it so far. . .going to try your BLL here soon. I'm going to have Tom make a .54 cal muzzleloader bullet for me next. . .I'm liking the 55-430M. I want something similar to a Lyman #548657 Plains Bullet. I would like to get my hands on some (the Lyman) first though and see how they shoot in my rifle. Ben, do you have a recipe for muzzleloader lube, if so, shoot me a PM. Thank you Tom, for a great product and running a tight ship!

 

[Ben]

That bullet makes my .44 look like bullets for chipmunks.

Ben

 

[OFFSHORE]

That bullet makes my .44 look like bullets for chipmunks.

Ben

I don't know about all that. . .the meplat on yours slightly resembles a VW hubcap to me. It's gonna hurt something badly on the receiving end for sure! I may go for a boat ride next weekend and test my new beauties on some coastal pigs for bullet construction with some pork destruction! Going to shoot some this afternoon. . .I have three powders I'm trying for each cartridge to see what is going to shoot best. Fingers crossed!

 

[fiver]

with the 300's my 445 does pretty darn good with 4227.
that's about the only reason I have it around here, that and it works well in the 300 BO.
I could use 1680 also since I do keep that stuff in bulk, but ehh the 227 is good nuff year round.

 

[OFFSHORE]

with the 300's my 445 does pretty darn good with 4227.
that's about the only reason I have it around here, that and it works well in the 300 BO.
I could use 1680 also since I do keep that stuff in bulk, but ehh the 227 is good nuff year round.

Yes Sir, IMR 4227 at 28.5 grains lit off by a Fed 155 sends these new 43-300CC bullets right along at 1694 fps with an ES/SD of 11/4 and this is the average over 35 rounds shooting 5-shot groups. . .bullets holes will cut each other at 100 yards! An inch high at 75 yards puts it at 3" to 3 1/2" low at 150 yards. AA1680 is no slouch either and is my back up powder now for this bullet. I have a 320gr. WLN-GC that I can scoot along at 1700+ FPS pushed by VV N-120, but this powder only does well in the 445SM in the very heavy .44 bullets. My Ruger Blackhawk Hunter did well too, but could use a little powder tweaking. It was pushing the 270 gr. 43-270G bullet just shy of 1300 FPS, but 35 yard groups were holding at 3 1/2" (open sights) and this gun is a way better shooter than that. There is a new powder on the range these days, Accurate No.11FS and it is turning up some good performance out of several revolvers I own. The 357 Max and 45 LC really like it! I'm going to drop my powder charge down by 3/4 of a grain and try to get this new bullet in the 1200 FPS range and see if that tightens up my groups any. I may also try some Ramshot Enforcer, this powder has been pretty good to me as well.

 

[OFFSHORE]

These are the pictures I keep trying to put in my post (#11), but seems to be getting replaced with the same pictures Ben has posted. . .for whatever reason? ? ?

 

[fiver]

sometimes they show up like that to you and then when you come back they are correct.
I seen them properly the first time.

oh Enforcer is AA-4100 which is a slightly fast version of 2400.
I been burning through a drum [35 lbs commercial marked c-1380] of the stuff since I traded Dick Casull out of it about 5 years back.
it runs about 1/2gr lower than 2400 does and is a smaller grain size.