I use the Lee 125gr and the 158 gr flat nose in 4 different revolvers and while the 125gr is fine for practice and plinkin', I would give the nod to the 158 gr for accuracy in front of a near max charge of win 296. But that is in "MY" guns.
I use the Lee 125gr and the 158 gr flat nose in 4 different revolvers and while the 125gr is fine for practice and plinkin', I would give the nod to the 158 gr for accuracy in front of a near max charge of win 296. But that is in "MY" guns.
With accuracy in the 900-1000fps range you will be hard pressed to beat the Lee 125RF with Bullseye or 231 in the 4-5 gr range.
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The Noe 358-124 gr.-TC , GC , has shown itself to be very accurate in my 357 magnum Ruger Blackhawk.
This bullet sized .358 with a gas check and a load with AA#5 put 15 shots into one ragged hole that spanned 1 3/8 " with no pesky flyers. Even when cast 50/50 WW and lead the gas check allows it to be driven at magnum velocities with no leading . Also had good accuracy with 38 special +P loads.
This bullet is showing a lot of promise in the 38 spcl , 357 mag. and 9 mm.
Gary
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I was using Lyman 357466 2 cavity until recently when I picked up Lee 357-158-RF. I really like that Lee 357-158-RF and even though I have some more accuracy testing to so far i think its going to be a winner. Lyman 358466 is dropping small but after PC i got it sized to .3575 which is what i use for my GP100 and my 9mm p320. There are many posts about Lyman dropping small and people dropping Lyman in response i guess. I only have 2 lyman 2 cavity molds but I think I'm going to sell those since I'm not planning on using those much now.
The MP 359640 (150 gr HP) is a wonderful design. I shoot that one as my practice round in Rossi 92 an 686.
I shot 10 mouse fart rds. today out of my new Henry. These were sized to .359 and just barely fit in my SW 27. Well, I got leading just ahead of the rifle's chamber. Makes me wonder if the throat is over size? You think a gas check type mold might be the way to go? It was a Lee TL type swc 158 gr. over 4.8 of tight group.
I can surmise that the Henry won't be able to share cast loads with my 27 since it won't chamber a .360 boolit.
Could be the Henry will have to be a jacketed boolit gun.
Update - I guess the Henry prefers boolits sized to .358. Shot a bunch recently of that size without appreciable leading. Also shot some 165 gr. pc over 14 gr. of 2400 and they worked great.
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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 |
GC | Gas Check |