45 Colt cast bullet

[primerhead]

Hello Friends:

List your favorite bullet and mold.

primerhead

[avogunner]

I've got three that I regularly use:
Lyman 452190
Lee 452-250-RF
Lee 452-200-RF

All three do very well with my cowboy guns.
Semper Fi

[murf205]

This one, a 253-M by Accurate Molds.Attachment 297363

[Nobade]

#452190
#454424
Ranch Dog 265

[ABJ]

The Lee 255 rf.
Magma 235 rf and
Accurate 45-250P
Tony

[greenjoytj]

The LEE 452-255RF worked good in my revolvers 5.5” barrel with smokeless & BP. The LEE bullet was ok with smokeless in my rifle’s 24” barrel but not with BP. The lube grooves are too small to carry enough lube to keep BP fouling soft, lube starvation occurs in the last 8” of the barrel using Emmerts Improved lube.

Lyman 452664 worked good in both firearms with smokeless & BP just don’t use the sizing die from the Redding die set #80191 for 45 Colt/454 Casull, this is an old style steel die. The problem with this die is it form a very short case neck ~217 thou, the short neck covered only to the bottom edge of the lube groove. Shooting this bullet/sizing die combination was a disaster of fouling and leading. I must use my RCBS die set 19108 it is an old style steel die that forms a case neck ~490 thou long, enough to fully cover the large lube groove and bevel base and beyond of the Lyman 452664 cast bullet. The Redding Duel Ring carbide die for 45. Colt worked ok too. It creates a case neck ~360 thou long, enough to cover crimp groove to base most of my cast bullets.

SAECO #955 great in the revolvers but lube capacity is marginal in the 24” barrel, fewer shots before a wipe out for BP fouling control is required. Worked very well with smokeless in both revolver & rifle.

Accurate Molds 45-260F haven’t cast with this mold yet but the design looks excellent for BP & smokeless, it will require my RCBS case sizing die to get full bullet shank coverage.

I’m not a fan of the SWC bullet style because I always have had problems loading them. The tiny wad cutter lip always snags on the edge of the chambers making loading too fiddly to get the cartridge to drop in.

[pworley1]

452190 and 454424 are about all I use.

[MOA]

Lyman 454190
250 grain PB

[Soundguy]

I kinda like the old speer 250gr swaged bullets.

[fredj338]

For CAS I like the 205gr Lee RNFP. For hunting I like the RCBS 270SAA that is HP. The Lee 255gr RNFP would also be a good hunting choice.

[Land Owner]

^^ +1 to MOA ^^

Lyman 454-190 (if you can find one). Midway is out...

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010241311/

[MOA]

^^ +1 to MOA ^^

Lyman 454-190 (if you can find one). Midway is out...

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010241311/

I was just lucky that TNsailorman here on the forum was selling this mold a couple of years ago. It casts a very nice boolit.

[Golfswithwolves]

I like the Lyman 454424 and 452423 molds.

[jim 44-40]

452190 with Dupont 5066 and Ben's red lube

[PositiveCaster]

…List your favorite bullet and mold.

Cast it would be either the Lee 452-255RF or the LBT 45-280WFN, depending on the use. Both are accurate and deadly.





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[Harter66]

454424 and the NOE version of same kills hogs and mule deer just fine in Ruger BlackHawk or M92' carbine .

I did well with the 452-255 Lee also but I like the Lyman/Keithish bullet better .

[gc45]

RCBS- 270 gr mold is my favorite and I find it to be very accurate to 75 yds and more if needed and well within the range of hunting deer and black bear etc.. I have three loads, one using AA-#9, one using Unique, and one using black powder and a 250 gr hollow base mold my Grand daddy made back in the day. It drops a nice 454 flat point bullet...
The Blackhawk Bisley in 45C is as good as it gets while enjoying a 143 yr old cartridge..

[Land Owner]

It casts a very nice boolit.

It sports a truncated ogive that LOOKS FANTASTIC and is authentic for caliber sitting on top of that large (by comparison to 45 ACP) straight walled case. It shoots well once powdered and sized to fit, produces a "knock down" that is remarkable (off hand on a hog from 22 yards), and is forgiving in recoil from a Ruger's "plow handle" grip. My 10-year old "cut his teeth" on this boolit. From the get-go, he was grinning ear-to-ear and ringing 20" steel plow disks at 100 yards off hand. His father could not have been prouder...

[sharps4590]

Rcbs 255-ktswc

[Castaway]

Lee 255 RNFP and RCBS 270 Keith Style. Both are accurate. I’ve lost count of the hogs and deer I’ve taken with the Lee bullet, but as stated previously, with black powder, it doesn’t carry enough lube for me, even in a pistol. Occasionally I’ll place a lube saturated wad under the bullet but at the expense of powder. The RCBS shoots well with smokeless and carries enough lube for black powder