45acp & 9mm lee moulds

[Dale S]

I haven't cast in years. I have casted for 38/357, 45colt, 44 and for black powder.
I am planning starting out with moulds for 45acp Lee 452-230-TC, Lee TL 452-230-TC, 452-200-SWC. 9mm Lee 356-120-TC, TL356-124-TL. ? does these designs feed and shoot well. Does the TL design function and load as well as the standard design. Are they as accurate?

[williamwaco]

I haven't cast in years. I have casted for 38/357, 45colt, 44 and for black powder.
I am planning starting out with moulds for 45acp Lee 452-230-TC, Lee TL 452-230-TC, 452-200-SWC. 9mm Lee 356-120-TC, TL356-124-TL. ? does these designs feed and shoot well. Does the TL design function and load as well as the standard design. Are they as accurate?


I use both these bullets. They are excellent. I have had no troubles with feeding or accuracy.

That little 9mm bullet produces 1" groups at 25 yards from my Thompson Contender.

I just started experimenting with the tumble lube ( micro-groove)bullets about a year ago. The most accurate .357 magnum bullet I have ever used is the Lee .358-158-SWC. I have not tried a tumble lube in the .45ACP but I have a friend that uses that 230 grain TL bulletin some sort of competition on steel targets. He loves it. I have seen him shoot clover leafs with it at 15 yards. ( off hand ).


I have a relatively low opinion of the Lee two cavity molds. They make excellent bullets but they don't last very long. ( for me )

The Lee Six Cavities are an entirely different matter. They are very high quality for production molds and they literally rain bullets onto your drop pad.


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[MtGun44]

I have had excellent results with the 356-120-TC boolit in many different 9mms.

Check this out:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=121737

Bill

[jeepguy242]

i just got the lee 124gn .356 round nose tumble lube 2 cavity mold, and the first time i ever cast a boolit, they came out more than acceptable, look just like the ones i buy at the LGS... im sure they will shoot just as well also, i havent tried them yet, as i havent had a chance to load and get to the range yet.

[NuJudge]

What pistol are you shooting these in? My principal concern is the 9mm. A lot of my 9mm pistols have oversize groove diameters, and I do better having a nominally ".38" mold in order to achieve the .358" and even .359" bullets required for some of the 9mm pistols.

Can I suggest you ask in the forum below for some bullets of the design mold you want to use before you go buy a mold, and find it won't feed?

[zuke]

I use this one,TL 452-230-TC for my 45 Win Mag.
Tumble lubed,not sized and I use the 45/45/10 mix as posted in the lube section.
I use it in my M-1 Carbine conversion.It has a 19 inch barrel,and no leading after 1000= round's.
That design seated out a bit futher the normal with a good crimp has no edge's to hang up on while feeding.

[drklynoon]

I use the lee .452-200 swc I have to short seat the boolits for feed reliability. The boolit is also a bevel base which I am not a huge fan of. The pluses once I got the OAL close to factory specs she feeds fine and the gun is all kinds of accurate. I use super moly lube on it with 5.5 gr of unique in federal cases.