Which .45 ACP boolit

[Whitespider]

Hy guys... ain't been around here for a while.
Truth is personal issues have kept me away from shooting for some time.
Anyway, I'm back to doing some shooting, casting and reloading the last few months.

So I just bought a 1911 (American Classic II) off GunBroker... likely be here next week sometime.
Since I'm pretty much a revolver man, and my only semi-auto pistol is a Star Firestar .40 S&W... I'm completely uninformed.
I need a mold... or 5... but what is the one I should be lookin' for first??
I'm leanin' to a 230 grain RN, or maybe a 230 grain TC... but what about a 200 grain SWC??

OH... this will be mostly used for shootin' beer cans an such.

What have y'all been most happy (or impressed) with??
Just lookin' for input from 1911 guys...
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[Driver man]

Lee do a 6 cavity 200g swc which produces wonderful boolits with minimal recoil when pushed by 4.8g w231 with great accuracy. For target or plinking 200grains works well and is a lot more economical on lead and easier on your 1911.

[lightman]

I favor 45 caliber bullets in the 185 to 200 grain weight range. Something like the H&G 130 or the H&G 68. Most mold makers offer something close to these. That 230 bullet feeds good but I like the sharper hole that the swc type bullet cuts in paper or game.

[RobS]

Of the Lee SWC's in 45 acp the traditional lube groove SWC is better designed to meet the needs for the longer COAL that most 1911's require for proper function. The tumble lube 200 grain SWC that Lee has is short and stubby.

The TC design is a good one but in many new autos these days the barrel throat will likely not be cut appropriately to see the Lee 230 TC boolit to have a longer COAL which means seating to a short 1.200" length give or take a bit.

[jcren]

Like the Lee 200 traditional swc, but have been playing with their 200 round flat, and my 1911 seems to prefer it. Oal is touchy for reliability, but that wide nose hits like a hammer.

[Cherokee]

I like the H&G 68 style SWC and the TC designs. Lee makes both in conventional lube designs...I would go with the 200 SWC to start with for your purposes. Many makers offer an H&G 200 SWC.

[scattershot]

For plinking and general use, the H&G 68 200 grain SWC is pretty hard to beat. For a full weight boolit, I like the 230 grain TC style. I use 4.0 Red Dot with either boolit.

[Alstep]

+1 on the H&G 68 and close copies. 1Pb/1WW, lubed with 45-45-10, 4 grains of Bullseye, OAL 1.250, taper crimp. Accurate & reliable in all my 1911's.

[Artful]

If you are just punching paper and tin cans then any copy of H&G 200 grain SWC or Lyman 452460 will be fine but may not regulate to fixed sights -
One of the reasons I quit casting those and use 230 grain TC is it matches
sights on older fixed sight guns I run into. Plus it rings the steel a little louder.

I'm using a NEI mold but NOE or LEE makes good gang molds in either type.

[runfiverun]

I'm using the lyman 200 swc [4 cavity]
I'd have no problem shooting the lee version of the H&G 68, I was using the magma 68 copy for a long time before finding the lyman mold.

[Whitespider]

Thanks guys... I'll start with the Lee version of the H+G 68... heck, a new 2 cavity can be had for less than $30 and if it works for me I'll up grade from there.

Does everyone agree with the 1Pb/1WW alloy?? That's what I seem to remember from reading in the past.
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[TenTea]

Thanks guys... I'll start with the Lee version of the H+G 68... heck, a new 2 cavity can be had for less than $30 and if it works for me I'll up grade from there.

Does everyone agree with the 1Pb/1WW alloy?? That's what I seem to remember from reading in the past.
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Just get the 6 cavity and be done with it!

[Whitespider]

Just get the 6 cavity and be done with it!

LOL
I don't have any 6 cavity handles.
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[ioon44]

I shoot the 200 gr and 185 gr SWC bullets with 6-2-92 alloy and Hi-Tek coating very accurate and no leading.

When you get your 1911 slug the barrel so you can size the bullets .002" over bore da and look at the throat to see if it is long enough for cast bullets.

[Boolseye]

50-50 Pb/COWW will do it. They don't need to be terribly hard.

[Plate plinker]

H&G 68 and don't look back.

[Whitespider]

I cast with a dipper... how do the Lee 6 cavity molds run with a dipper??
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[Plate plinker]

Your going to need a big dipper. That mold takes a bunch o lead.

[243winxb]

OH... this will be mostly used for shootin' beer cans an such.

Any bullet that makes it out the barrel, should do just fine.

[Yodogsandman]

I prefer the Lyman 452460 200 gr SWC for accurate practice loads and the Lee 452-230 TC with regular lube grooves for carry. First and second for accuracy in my pistol.