To preface this, my sis and I just started reloading and are using the newest version of Lee's loading manual. We do plan to cast but that will have to wait until we buy all the reloading stuff we need. Currently we are set up for .45 Colt and 9mm but it's .45 Colt that I need advice on at the moment. We have two Ruger New Vaquero Bisley's, one large frame Vaquero in .45 Colt and one large frame Blackhawk .45 Colt/.45acp. We also have two Henry Big Boy rifles in .45 Colt.
I'm trying to decide on a bullet that will be good for everything. I'm pretty much set on hard cast and a Keith style or similar bullet design. At the moment we have been loading 255 grain Hornady RNFP hard cast .454" over 6.4 grains of Universal (the manual didn't have info for a 255 grain so we used the minimum limit load for a 250 grain bullet). The accuracy wasn't very good so I'm thinking we should switch to .452" diameter bullets regardless of style.
Universal is the only powder we have at the moment and money is too tight to buy different powders with all the dies and stuff we still need to buy. Since we can't cast yet, is there a factory hard cast bullet out there that would be a good choice for all our .45 Colt guns, sticking with Universal powder for now? I'm thinking a 255 grain Keith style hard cast but I don't know if that's the best choice and, if it is, which brand to choose.