tender 45LC load

[LUCKYDAWG13]

hello i got a new to me contender barrel 10" 45LC on the way
what would be a good keith style mold and load to plink with
and a deer load

[Ben]

I'd think that a good place to start looking would be the Keith style , Lyman 454424 or a 452424.

A fine classic load in the 45 Long Colt, in your contender, would be 10.0 grs. of Unique.

In revolvers that load might get rolled back to 8.5 grs. of Unique.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

Thank you ben

[Ben]

If you have trouble locating a Lyman mold, I think Lee offers a mold very similar in weight to the Lyman 454424 mold and certainly workable in a SWC configuration for the 45 Long Colt. This mold would be easier to locate and a lot less $ to pony up.

Here is a link to the bullet :


http://www.titanreloading.com/molds/bullet-molds/45-acp-45-auto-rim-45-colt/lee-dc-mold-452-252-swc

[LUCKYDAWG13]

thanks looks ok to me

[Ben]

The Lee should shoot just fine for you. If you read here on the forum about using Bullplate to keep the sprue plate from galling the mold blocks and the care that is needed with a Lee mold, it should make MANY thousands of bullets for you.

Ben

[Rocky Raab]

I like the Lee 255 RNFP, also.

Do keep in mind that your Contender barrel will automatically add some extra zip to any load you feed it, due to the longer barrel and lack of cylinder gap. So you may not need a wrist-breaker load. I almost never load heavier than 8.0 Unique/Universal or 7.0 W231.

But when I do, I load 20.0 of 4227, a magnum primer and a firm crimp. Same bullet. That load has been proven to shoot through elk.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

The Lee should shoot just fine for you. If you read here on the forum about using Bullplate to keep the sprue plate from galling the mold blocks and the care that is needed with a Lee mold, it should make MANY thousands of bullets for you.

Ben

thanks i just got two vials of it i do have a 300gr ruger only mold from miha
for my encore 454 but i wont to try a lighter boolit in the colt

[220swiftfn]

There's also the RCBS 45-270-saa there's load data broken down by pressure in Handloader, google "rcbs 45-270-saa load data pdf" it comes up as "master file".......


Dan