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Thread: .429 hollow base boolits?

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    It's a single cavity nose pour 429421 with the pin in the base. Not very popular but since it's a nose pour it can't be cut with the 421 cherry. Add hysterical and semimental value and it could fetch a couple hundred or more. Not an expert, just shop.

    There was a hollow point as well that was more popular.

    There was a good deal of excitement when MP Molds brought out the #503 which is available in hollowpoint and I think in that first group buy also a hollowbase. I will have see if I can find it. You see in post #10 Miha offers a #503 but it's not clear to me that it's hollowbase like the wadcutter.
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    Well I'll cast a few out of and see if it suits me. Thanks for the information on the mold, nice little return for a what I paid for these molds.

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    They are in the +/- $100 range when the come up on e-bay. Lately they've been selling north of $100, just depends on who wants it.

    I have 3 different hb molds for the 44cal's. They all are excellent bullets for the snubnosed 44spl's. The last tests I did with a charter arms 2 1/2" bbl'd snubnosed revolver.
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    top left: lyman 429422 hb swc with a hp put in it with a forster hp tool
    top right: Mihec hbwc
    bottom right: H&G #142 as cast swc hp with a gc
    bottom right: raphine 44cal hb fn with a hp put in it with a forster hp tool

    A side view of that 429422 bullet pictured above. As you can see the bullets body compresses and the base flares out.
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    Others have mentioned mihec's 44cal hbwc. This 1 was turned backwards to make a huge hp and shot from the 2 1/2" bbl'd bulldog.
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    I have 2 429422 molds, didn't like the factory round hb pin so I made my own pin. The factory hp pin was designed more for taking weight out of the bullet/make the 429421 bullet lighter.This style/shape of the hb pin I made allows the bullet to seal cylinders better. I've used the same bullet with the home made hb pin cast/coated/sized to .430" in revolvers with cylinders that measured .429" to .4325" with excellent results.
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    Enjoy your keith hb bullets, I like them enough that I have 2 429422 molds and 2 358431 molds (35cal version of the keith hb bullet).

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check