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Thread: Need help locating a mold or bullets supply

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    Question Need help locating a mold or bullets supply

    One of my friends got a Thunderer in 45 Colt--as this rifle was never designed for the 45 Colt it requires a certain shape bullet for successful loading

    He does buy commercially loaded ammo that works and wants me to cast that shape--I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS!

    Pictures show it to the right of a Lee 255 gr RNFP

    It is 250 grains and must be coated as there are no lube grooves. Weight could be lower as long a nose matches

    Lube grooves or not either would be fine as long as nose matches. I powder coat so grooves are optional

    from the pics you can see it has a different radius and smaller meplat

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    Take a look at RIM ROCK bullets 200 RNFP, https://rimrockbullets.com/xcart/cow...llets#pageId=3

    They may send you some samples to try, it they won't, I can.
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    lyman/ideal 454190 might work

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    Looks like a 454190 with no lube grooves. Have to take a look when I get home from work.

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    Accurate could make a mould for you. As long as Tom knows the weight, diameter, meplat diameter and length of nose I am sure he could draw that up and cut a perfect mould for you.

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    Take measurements, ogive radii, meplat width and look at Accurate or NOE diags.
    Whatever!

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    turns out Accurate has the 45-250D which is a clone of the Lyman 454190 but it can be had in .452

    thanks to all who steered me to accurate
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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
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