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chutestrate
07-15-2011, 12:47 PM
Are there any companies out there that offer a good selection?

MtGun44
07-15-2011, 01:20 PM
These are LBT style and you can get lots of different molds from LBT itself.
I have tried Cast Performance's super hard cast LBT styles in my .44s, many different
weights and styles with very little good to find, sad to say. I have had my best successes
with Keith 250 gr SWCs from air cooled wheel weights over 20-21 gr of 2400 with a
non magnum primer. This is Elmer's classic load and is one of the best I have found, too.
I have had a few of my own LBTs work well, but in the last couple years time to experiment
has gotten so rare that I have a huge backlog of "I'd like to test this. . . .".

I have had extremely good results with Federal Cast Core, but trying to duplicate it with
commercial boolits has frustrated me. I need to tear some down and see what load and
boolit diam and hardness, etc. VERY expensive ammo, but it sure works well for me.

Bill