458cal 500 Grain Mold W/ Gas Check?

[jcadwell]

Does anyone know of a mold for 458-459 caliber gas checked bullets in the 500 grain range? I'd like to cast some for 458 Lott. I've seen some of lymans in the 350 range, but bigger is better, right :drinks:

Thanks for the help.

[montana_charlie]

NEI's #348 is a 510 grain gas check.

[Buckshot]

................I personally think that the Lee C458-500F is about the best heavy 45 cal boolit out there for hunting or shorter range (because of it's shape) target shooting. The very similar Lee 458-450F is also a superb slug, although a PB design.

..................Buckshot

[Bucks Owin]

Does anyone know of a mold for 458-459 caliber gas checked bullets in the 500 grain range? I'd like to cast some for 458 Lott. I've seen some of lymans in the 350 range, but bigger is better, right :drinks:

Thanks for the help.

Lyman also lists a 475 gr GC bullet as well as PB boolits of 480, 490, 500 and 535 grs.....(The 535 gr being a "Postell" design whatever that is...)

Dennis

BTW, Lee's 405 gr bullet seems to be a favorite in .45/70s FWIW. I have one and it casts nice boolits. Lee also lists a 450 gr and two 500 gr, one of them (C457-500) looks like a GC design....

Looks like the woods are full of heavy boolits in 45 cal! ;-)

[BruceB]

I have Lyman's 457406, which is a roundnosed 500-grain (in wheelweight alloy)gaschecked design. Works great.

To see most of the Lyman designs and some from other makers, go to Castpics.net (link at bottom of this page) and select "Research and Data". Lots of good info there.

[montana_charlie]

(The 535 gr being a "Postell" design whatever that is...)
The Lyman Postell (which is a modification of an earlier design with the same name) is probably the most widely-used mould in the area of long range Sharps shooting.
While many continue to use it, even those who opt for higher priced, or custom made moulds, probably started with the Lyman 457132.

It is so popular that makers such as NEI and (now) Paul Jones produce copies of it.
CM

[Bucks Owin]

Thanks MC. Maybe I'll give it a try in my .45/70!

Dennis

[jcadwell]

Thanks guys. I'm trying to make a 458 lott fun to shoot, but I like the big, heavy, slow bullets. Thanks.

[bobthenailer]

i have a saeco #020 , 540 grgc fp i shoot in my browning bpcr with smokless powder that will group in 2 1/2 inches for 25 shots at 200 yards, you may want to give it a try!

[montana_charlie]

Thanks guys. I'm trying to make a 458 lott fun to shoot, but I like the big, heavy, slow bullets. Thanks.\
Almost forgot...Lyman's 457671 was designed for the .458 Mag. It 'looks' big enough to weigh 500 grains...and it's a gas check design.
CM

CORRECTION:
That 457671 is only 475 grains...sorry.

[Finn45]

Can't go wrong with RCBS .458-500-cg either. Drops around 520...530 with WW and shoots very well. Only thing to loose is some powder space loss when using crimp groove, which is correctly placed for .45-70 Marlin. If all that space in WinMag is needed for some reason I mean.

[Lloyd Smale]

this bullet is a peach.
Can't go wrong with RCBS .458-500-cg either. Drops around 520...530 with WW and shoots very well. Only thing to loose is some powder space loss when using crimp groove, which is correctly placed for .45-70 Marlin. If all that space in WinMag is needed for some reason I mean.

[Finn45]

Peach like a fruit like a lemon? Bad? Well, don't have that mold but have been shooting it in the past along with the 400 grain version, which is very excellent imo. During the winter I purchased NEI copy of 400 grainer in 3-cavity. Explain a little please :) .

[jcadwell]

A Peach is a good thing. Nice and sweet. To have a bullet be a peach means that it behaves well and shoots well.

[Finn45]

Great :-D . After posting I remembered Lynyrd Skynyrd singing about Georgia peaches or something like that and it didn't sound bad at all, hehe.

[Bucks Owin]

Great :-D . After posting I remembered Lynyrd Skynyrd singing about Georgia peaches or something like that and it didn't sound bad at all, hehe.

THOSE kind of "peaches" are all of the above and more! :-D

Dennis