keith style 41 mag boolit mould

[giz189]

I am looking for one of these...seems as though everbody quit using them and threw them away...any help out there?

[onceabull]

Giz: There are 2 41 Cal moulds selling on e-bay presently,look Keith type to me.Both close lunch time tomorrow, A 4C Lyman,and a 3C Saeco..Already pricey by my standards,though.. Onceabull

[fourarmed]

Last I looked the Lyman 410459 and the RCBS 210gr. swc were still available. I guess one could quibble over whether they were "true" Keith bullets. Pedantry lives!

[giz189]

Giz: There are 2 41 Cal moulds selling on e-bay presently,look Keith type to me.Both close lunch time tomorrow, A 4C Lyman,and a 3C Saeco..Already pricey by my standards,though.. Onceabull
looked all over ebay, did not see them. What are they listed under?

[onceabull]

Giz----: see e_bay items # 7151677412 ( Lyman 4C) and 7151678064(saeco 3 c) ..Given that the Saeco has the handles,I recant prev.opinion as to current price on that one..If I wasn't well fixed up in 41 Cal.options,I might try that one on !! Good luck,Onceabull

[44man]

I bought a Lee mold for a friends gun and they shoot great.

[beagle]

Guess the 410459 is closer than anything to a true Keith but I've found most of them to be too small in diameter so "beagling" is required.

I'd like to see Lyman make a "sure nuff" keith with a long nose, wide, full diameter driving band that had a square grease groove that cast about .413-414". out of wheelweights and weighed in about 240 grains./beagle

[giz189]

Guess the 410459 is closer than anything to a true Keith but I've found most of them to be too small in diameter so "beagling" is required.

I'd like to see Lyman make a "sure nuff" keith with a long nose, wide, full diameter driving band that had a square grease groove that cast about .413-414". out of wheelweights and weighed in about 240 grains./beagle
amen...to that

[LAH]

You might try NEI. Our 41-230 is from one of the last moulds Walt cut. It's suppose to be a 220. Mine cast large enough I can size .412 with no problem.

[BruceB]

My one-and-only .41 boolit is the RCBS 41-210, casting at 217 grains in my WW alloy. Since the day I got my 8.375" Model 57 about '98, brand-new in the box, this is the only .41 cast bullet I've used. I'm sizing at .410" and have never seen a hint of leading even at 1400 fps or more.

The accuracy is frankly astounding. With my "regular" load of 17.5 #2400, this may well be the most accurate revolver I've ever seen. It is certainly the most accurate one I've owned, and that covers a whole bunch of revolvers!

There's a lot of "Who needs it?" in discussions surrounding the cartridge, and I'll confess to the same attitude UNTIL I actually owned one. After that, I shut the H up and just enjoy it as a fine and quite flexible cartridge. I still love my .44s, too, but there is plenty of room in my tastes for the .41 as well.

[txpete]

ditto,passed on the 41 mag for years then traded on to a nickel smith 57 and now sold on the 41 mag.first group at 25 meters went into a very tiny cluster..
lee 210 tl .411 my alloy
15.0 2400
starline brass
win lp primer

pete

[azrednek]

I recently got a brand new Lyman 410610 from Midway and am really disappointed with it, can't get it to cast larger than .409. There is a Lee 41 caliber 240 gr 6-banger on ebay you might be interested in. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7151826263&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 I have it in a single cavity and it does a good job but I prefer using gas checks on high velocity loads.

[Lloyd Smale]

best .41 bullet ive found bar none is the ballistic cast swc its shot well in every gun ive tried it in.

[felix]

Lloyd, please send me a boolit or two of that 41 mag boolit you like so well. I would like to take measurements from it. I have a design in the mill which I think is the ultimate for a Marlin micro-groove, and I want to make sure my design is not too far off (in balance) from a known variant that shoots for sure. ... TIA, felix

[giz189]

Thanks for all the info on 41 boolitt moulds...I sure would like an original Hensley & Gibbs, but no luck yet. Been readin bout ole Elmer in some of his books, and has bout changed me to a heavy boolitt fan. Oh yeah, found a saeco that throws what I was lookin' fer. Thanks again.

[Lloyd Smale]

Lloyd, please send me a boolit or two of that 41 mag boolit you like so well. I would like to take measurements from it. I have a design in the mill which I think is the ultimate for a Marlin micro-groove, and I want to make sure my design is not too far off (in balance) from a known variant that shoots for sure. ... TIA, felix
Email sent Felix

[7br]

I will chime in on the RCBS .41 offering. Very good accuracy, Less than 3" at 100yards, from a scoped Dan Wesson and off of bags. Not sure of the velocity, but I am sure it wasn't loafing.

I also have a LBT 235gr LFN mould that does exceptionally well. I was also duly impressed with a 315gr lfn mould that I sold down the pike. (I still have about 1000 or so bullets rat holed for testing or hog hunting if I ever get around to it).

I had a lyman 410610 for a very short while. I had problems with the sizing and sold it right after I picked up the RCBS mould.

[Cayoot]

I am looking for one of these...seems as though everbody quit using them and threw them away...any help out there?


J. Paul Jones had several that he saved from the days of his distributorship for Saeco. They are 4 holers with handles throwing 220 grain SWCs.

I bought one from him, it was unopened from the mid 70's and in perfect shape for $165.

You can reach him at:
coffeyn1@msn.com

Here is a blurb from the latest newsletter he sent around:


From: "JOHN PAUL JONES" <coffeyn1@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:01:45 -0700
To: "1-Jones-Castles" <coffeyn1@castles.com>
Subject: I will take payments for my remaining molds if needed

I will take 5 monthly payments for several of my California
Saeco Match Winning Lifetime Meehanite 4 cavity molds I made
in 1979. Paul

Hello, I am back from a trip from the family ranch where I
found 19 forgotten molds of the 45 acp 200, 230 grain and 220
gr .41 Mag Keith SWC.

Hope this helps

[seagiant]

Hi,
Looks like you have plenty of help here but I thought I'd tell you that I have one of the older RCBS Kieth type 41mag molds and could not be happier! As a matter of fact I now almost exclusivly use Kieth style molds from RCBS in all of my revolver cartridges(38/357,41,44ect) I just had an old Nei mold rebored in 44 for something heavier(330gr.) but for 99% of my shooting the RCBS molds are fantastic! Good luck!!!