No lube groove, designed for powder coated boolits.
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.
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
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.
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.
You can miss fast & you can miss a lot, but only hits count.
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.
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
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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.
The best .45 bullet ever designed for accuracy the old H&G #68 in plain & bevel base.
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 |