What is your favorite Lee 45 acp mold?

[brstevns]

NLG for PC

Lost me what does NLG stand for?

[brstevns]

200 grain RFN shots great for me. Lee lubed and un-sized. One of the tightest shooting .45ACP loads I have used in my revolvers over 5.2 grains of W231 and a Federal primer. james

Wonder how it would do in the Rhineland Conversion?

[Rick459]

Nlg no lube grooves.

[Camper64]

No lube groove, designed for powder coated boolits.

[oldsalt444]

Being a bullseye shooter, I go for accuracy. For me, the 200 gr. SWC copy of the H&G 68. The gold standard. I size them .454 for my revolver and .451 in my 1911s.

[brstevns]

No lube groove, designed for powder coated boolits.

OK Got it. I do PC sometimes, but have yet to try it in pistols.

[kmw1954]

ATM I only have one example of a 45 mold and that is a 2 cavity Lee 452-200 SWC. I just got it and have 20 test samples finally loaded up for testing. These are a single lube groove but I am trying these tumble lubed with 45-45-10

[drac0nic]

I have used the 200 LRN mold for my XD and it's finicky on COAL in the gun. Although I'll punch paper with it almost entirely I wanted something a bit more capable than just LRN ammo. I think I've got it licked but my last loads were a bit soggy and the gun stovepiped every other round basically and I had sooty brass. Gonna throw some fairly hot Blue Dot loads together and see if they do any better.

I will say that I don't think that it would feed SWCs successfully based on messing with it some, at least not without work.

[brstevns]

ATM I only have one example of a 45 mold and that is a 2 cavity Lee 452-200 SWC. I just got it and have 20 test samples finally loaded up for testing. These are a single lube groove but I am trying these tumble lubed with 45-45-10

Like to hear how they work out for you

[Dave W.]

I have used the 200 LRN mold for my XD and it's finicky on COAL in the gun. Although I'll punch paper with it almost entirely I wanted something a bit more capable than just LRN ammo. I think I've got it licked but my last loads were a bit soggy and the gun stovepiped every other round basically and I had sooty brass. Gonna throw some fairly hot Blue Dot loads together and see if they do any better.

I will say that I don't think that it would feed SWCs successfully based on messing with it some, at least not without work.

230 Gr LRN feeds fine in a XD but it chokes on 200 gr. LSW.

I have 3 Lee molds, all with regular lube groves, 230 RN, 230 TC & 200 SWC. My son tends to favor the round nose while I like the SWC.

[EMC45]

I too have the Lee 230gr. TC mold and the H&G 68 200gr. copy. Both are EXCELLENT molds.

I shoot them from a Springfield Mil Spec with standard 16lb recoil spring and both are super accurate and super reliable.

The Lee 190 SWC is a good one too. I have that in TL. All the above molds are 2 cavity.

[brstevns]

Anyone using the Lee 255gr RF bullet?

[Moonie]

I also have the 200gr SWC (regular lube groove, 6 cavity) and the 230gr TC (regular lube groove, 2 cavity). I use the 200gr for most everything, the 230gr is good for pistols that are finicky eaters.

[gwpercle]

Lyman 452460 200 grain SWC
With that boolit on top of 5.2 grains Unique I won a First Place trophy in 45 Cal. 1911 Service Pistol.
Gary

[Texas by God]

The 200 SWC over 5 grs Bullseye is my go to combo in my .45 autos, I’ve only just started using the 230 TC and I like what I see. Both Lee Moulds make great boolits. Buy with confidence.

[Dragonheart]

The best .45 bullet ever designed for accuracy the old H&G #68 in plain & bevel base.