I bought the NOE mold for the multi purpose.
Very sweet boolits and shoot excellent in acp and colt.
I bought the NOE mold for the multi purpose.
Very sweet boolits and shoot excellent in acp and colt.
Hunting what with a 45ACP? I have been using a rnfp 200gr in both that has a crimp groove but it is a small boolit for hunting at the velocities your getting from a 45ACP I think.
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I believe this projectile was purpose built for both, I could be wrong, I know it came in two pin sizes for the HP and it comes in two dia's for casting. 452 and .454, just pick the one you want.
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product...roducts_id=267
Since you desire to use this boolit for both .45 ACP and .45 Colt, LBT offers a LFN (Long Flat Nose) 225 to 230 (depending on alloy) cast boolit mould. I have one in 4-cavity that is a great hitter/smacker because of the wide flat nose. It feeds well in my .45 ACPs. Have not used it in the .45 Colt. Have other heavier moulds/ boolits for those revolvers. Big Boomer
Have to ask the same as jonp except for both cartridges; "hunting what"?
Larry Gibson
I have the Lee 230 gr TL.FP 6 hole
I have only been shooting it in 45 ACP but it has surprized me how accurate it is. Not sure how it would work out in LC ?
I really like 4.5~5 Gr. Trail Boss. Makes a very pleasant and accurate round
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how about the lee 200 gr tl swc bullet ?I just recently bought a ruger Blackhawk 45 convertible I cast a 230 gr tc a 230 lrn and a 200 swc for my 1911 so I decided to just load that in 45 lc also . I ordered a lee 252 gr swc mold from midway and it was junk, new out of the box cavitys out of align , so I returned it for another and it showed up the same way so I returned it as well and just gave up on it and use what I have here
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I have the same 200 Gr swc .45 mold from Lee (6 hole)
I haven't had any problems with the mold except for breaking the cam levers on the sprue plate.
I'm not a big fan of that design. I would prefer a tang extended as a part of the sprue plate.
Lee uses that design on some of their 2 hole molds.
I don't have a 45 revolver but my Glock ate the SWC's like candy and they were very accurate also.
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Lot of great responses and ideas posted here for both rounds. I will have to look at some of the bullets and molds posted here. Thanks a bunch.
The RCBS 230 45-230-CM could work, I have the 230 Large HP/260 grain solid design that NOE has out and it's a good one if you are after a HP 230 grainer for your 45 ACP, and then there is this one I put together over at Accurate Molds - http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_...=45-235R-D.png
The RCBS 45-230-CM or very similar is also over at Accurate Molds too (45-230Y). The Lee 452-200-RF may also work but can give feeding issues in the auto due to the short OAL because of the short nose length.
Really? Your hunting deer with a 185 Gd out of 45ACP? Your pushing the envelope on that one IMHO. I've used 165gr Core-Lokt 357Mag for hunting deer but I don't think the 185GD is suitable for hunting whitetail and I'm surprised your getting clean kills at 40yrds with it.
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Why not? I have t kills taken several deer and black bear with a single shot .223, growing up we didn`t have the money to buy the latest bolt action rifles, so we used what we had. It`s all about placement when hunting, a few of the deer dropped in their tracks with 55gr FMJ`s.
Last edited by wildchild2010; 03-29-2014 at 05:07 AM. Reason: typo
What you are comparing are apples and oranges and i would highly discourage the 185gd/45acp combo on bear
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+ 1 with Strawhat! My 452423 casts in my mould with my alloy at 238 grains. It runs smoothly through all my acp guns and my Colts Love it! I do too, I save 30 grains of lead with every shot.
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