I just bought a Ruger Toklat in 454 Casull/45 C0lt

[Doc Highwall]

I ordered this in a four cavity today from Al.

http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product...roducts_id=532

[RobS]

That will do. I'll be interested in how it does for you.

[High Desert Hunter]

Easy to cast, and I have been having good luck with mine.

[Doc Highwall]

Easy to cast, and I have been having good luck with mine.

What alloy did you use and what was the diameter that the bullets out of the mould?

[High Desert Hunter]

I am using straight wheel weights and they are dropping at .454, I am sizing to .452, get the nose punch if you are going to cast the HPs, as they need the support.

[Ruger45Bisley]

The XTP Mag is a tough bullet and probably best used in longer barreled 454's where you can really push them, like the BFR. In my Toklat I've found the regular 300gr XTP to be great running at around 1450 fps, expands well and penetrates deep. Love my Toklat, most accurate gun I've shot, and that's a lot of guns.

[44man]

Be careful with jacketed if you push velocity. The .357 max and the .454 were known to shoot the cores out of weak bullets if driven. Cast will not be a problem.

[robsguns]

Those copper grounding rods from Lowes are probably copper plated, not solid copper, better check.

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

I recently shot some cast bullets loads in .44 mag that I loaded 20+ years ago. They have been stored in various environments that included really hot garages in the desert. They all went bang just fine. The worry about the bullet lube melting and contaminating the powder is maybe over emphasized. I hope that anyone that has had powder contamination from melted bullet lube chimes in. I want to know the specifics. In cooler climates, I doubt it would be a problem at all.

If I were in your shoes, I would load a cast bullet of not less than clip-on-WW with a large meplat. The WFN is great. For .44 mag, I am using the Lee 310 gr. There is no substitute for seeing what your revolver likes.

As for your concern of the small rifle primer, you might want to consider full bore .45 Colt loads for Ruger full size revolvers. They ain't wimpy.

[murf205]

Those copper grounding rods from Lowes are probably copper plated, not solid copper, better check.

The ones I used for the past 25 yrs were/are copper plated steel. They went to steel for cheapness and because they get driven with jack hammers whenever possible and don't bend as easily as pure copper. When I was an apprentice long ago, I was the jackhammer.