Best mold for action shooting

[strongbow67]

Hello, I was wondering what the general concensus was on the best design for speed shooting, I was thinking between lyman 452460 and rcbs 45-201-kt any thoughts? which do you think would be the most reliable?

[wv109323]

IIRC, the RCBS has a longer nose and should be more reliable in feeding. The RCBS is close to the H&G 068/069 bullet. The 460 has more contact area in the rifling.
Both bullets are widely used in NRA Bullseye pistol.

[Mk42gunner]

Depends on which one your gun likes better. My Kimber has never failed to feed the 452460, consequently I have never gotten another ~200 grain SWC mold for the .45 ACP.

Robert

[strongbow67]

does anybody shoot steel challenge or idpa with either of these?

[KYCaster]

does anybody shoot steel challenge or idpa with either of these?

I shoot some kind of action pistol match nearly every weekend......

With hundreds of different people from Indianapolis to Nashville......Ashland to Paducah.....

I know of three others who cast their own boolits. One shoots a 40 cal. TC and the other two shoot H&G 68.

Pick one and see if it works for you.

The short nose on the 452460 can cause feeding problems.....same with the wide meplat on the RCBS.

452374 or RCBS 45-230-RN will come as close to 100% reliability as you're likely to get.

Jerry

[Doby45]

Just as info, you can also go to the The Boolit Exchange and ask for a few boolits of pretty much whatever type you need so you can test them and see how they feed with your particular weapon. I have found the guys on this forum to be generous beyond measure when it comes to helping a new caster out.

[David2011]

does anybody shoot steel challenge or idpa with either of these?

Steel and USPSA.

David

[strongbow67]

David, which bullet do you use?

[Cherokee]

Haven't shot action stuff for years now but when I did, I used a TC design of 230 gr from a NEI mold. Still shoot it today because it is very reliable and accurate from my guns. The Lee 230 TC also seems to be as good.

[fredj338]

ANY SWC can be problematic in any gun so a RN or TC would be my choice for 100% reliabilty. The 200gr LTC from MAgma is my do anything in any gun for action shooting, it has never baubled in any gun.

[DLCTEX]

I haven't had my Mihec 452-200 mould long but it's trunicated cone, 68 style, boolit has run in at least five 1911s without a hiccup so far.

[garym1a2]

For action and steel shooting I go with 6up molds for casting lots of boolits and I also try to get molds that do not uses so much lead. In 9mm thats a Lee 120gr TC. In 40cal thats the Lee 175 Gr TC. In 45 I am split between the Lee 200SWC and the Lee 230TC. The TC drop the boolits the fastest and I can make huge quanities of them fast.
The 200swc also is very accurate in my Kimber 1911, the 230TC I don't have enough experance except to say it can empty a lead pot fast.