Help in .45 acp mold selection

[jgh4445]

I want to cast some boolits for my S&W 625 in .45acp as well as for my Gold Cup. I'd like to stay around the 230 gr weight and will use it both for punching holes in paper and for hunting deer and hogs. Truncated? RN? SWC? What mold/ style of boolit would you guys suggest?

[Sundogg1911]

I like my Magma 230 RN for an all around .45 boolit. I also really like my H&G 200 gr. SWC, (can't remember the number on the mould right now) but it may be a little light for hunting. It is very accurate.

[Ricochet]

My general purpose .45 boolit is the Lee TL452-230-TC. Feeds well in my Government Model, shoots well, and the meplat should give it a little better stopping power than a RN.

[runfiverun]

magma also makes an 225 rnfp which works well in my acp auto-rim and colt
has a nice meplat also

[wiljen]

BD45 Group buy would be a great one ;).

[kooz]

I have also been using the Lee TL452-230-TC with 5gr WW231 in my XD .45 with great results very accurate and 100% reliable.

[Hunter]

I have had great luck with the Lyman mold 452630 (a 200gr Lead semi-wad cutter for .45 Automatic).
I know that is not the 230gr bullet you are looking for but I have had excellent results with that bullet over 5.3gr of Unique in all my Gold Cups.

[softpoint]

I've a 200 gr. lyman mold that has out shot everything else I've ever owned in .45 auto and autorim. Without going and looking at it I think the number is 452460. It has been the most accurate in 2 model 625's, a 4inch and a 5 inch. Alittle light for hunting, might have to throttle it up a bit, but with good placement it will do. I'm looking for a 4 cavity right now.:)

[bpost1958]

Lyman 452460 is a 200 Grain SWC. It is easy to drive fast and keep within ACP pressure limits. It can also be a "one holer" when the load is worked up for max accuracy. I have cast over 100,000 of these boolits and it is my go-to for the ACP.

[2muchstuf]

I also use a 452460 in a gold cup and a charles daly (sure isn't a gold cup).
Very acurate in both.
I think I'm going to get a 452374 and try it in the CD.

[Guido4198]

H & G 68 @ 200 gns. has been a VERY good one for a LOT of competitive shooters over the years.

[Lloyd Smale]

452460 and the H&G 68 are the gold standards

[jgh4445]

Thanks guys, that gives me some starting places.

[Dale53]

I like the various recommended 200 gr SWC bullets mentioned for target shooting (including IPSC). However, if I were going hog hunting with a 625, it would be with a 250 gr SWC (exemplified by the Keith 452424) at about 1000 fps (safely obtainable in the 625).

Penetration is the key for larger animals (and especially needed for hogs) and the heavier bullet will penetrate considerably better than the 200 gr .45 caliber SWC's.

I would limit these heavy bullets to the 625 (more than a bit hard on the 1911 platform).

Dale53

[DLCTEX]

Hogs in the 621--+1 on the 250 Kieth. With the Gold Cup --225 Magma rnfp or 230 tc hardened with either. Penetration, not expansion at 45 cal. is what's needed. Dale

[MtGun44]

+1 on what Lloyd said.

The most accurate for me has been the "460", but the 68 is really good, too
and a bit more likely to feed reliably from the run of the mill 1911. The
460 is a bit short for best possible feeding, but most will do OK with proper
throating and feed ramp polishing. the 68 will feed in nearly anything but
a pure old fashioned mil spec bbl, which are pretty rare these days.

Bill

[flinchnjerk]

For your purposes, I'd suggest the Lee TL-452-230 TC. You can use a standard taper crimp for your Gold Cup loads, but, by seating the boolit out a bit (there's plenty of room for this in your 625's cylinder), you can use the frontmost mini-groove as a roll crimp groove (RCBS offers a roll crimp die for .45ACP). And yes, the boolit will jump even a tight (.468) taper crimp when fired in a wheelie-gun if the load's fairly stout. Nice shooting boolit, too.

[Bass Ackward]

I want to cast some boolits for my S&W 625 in .45acp as well as for my Gold Cup. I'd like to stay around the 230 gr weight and will use it both for punching holes in paper and for hunting deer and hogs. Truncated? RN? SWC? What mold/ style of boolit would you guys suggest?



Because of your stipulation of hunting and paper with both revolver and automatic, virtually everything is going to be a compromise. I think I would simply buy a bullet for the purpose that is most important first, say for paper and plinking. Then use jacketed for the hunting which you will use way less of anyway until you can afford the second mold.

Judging by my experiences, compromising bullet design seldom brings satisfaction.

[Lloyd Smale]

my thoughts exactly.
+1 on what Lloyd said.

The most accurate for me has been the "460", but the 68 is really good, too
and a bit more likely to feed reliably from the run of the mill 1911. The
460 is a bit short for best possible feeding, but most will do OK with proper
throating and feed ramp polishing. the 68 will feed in nearly anything but
a pure old fashioned mil spec bbl, which are pretty rare these days.

Bill