.40S&W 145Gr SWC

[Stevtrains]

I have a Lee two cavity mold for .40S&W 145gr SWC. I cant for the life of me find anything. So if some can guide me on where to look please. By the way this is a great site and I've found a lot of useful info.
Thanks,
Steve

[rintinglen]

If you are looking for load data, use that for 150 grainers. It is often the case as a boolit maker that you will end up with a boolit that doesn't have published data for loads. Manufacturers can't possibly test loads for every mold ever made. However, similar molds in similar weights will have similar loads if loaded to similar OAL. If you can't find an exact match, go up to next weight.
Lyman makes a 150 grain Boolit and they list starting loads of 5.0 grains of Bullseye, 5.5 grains of 231, 6.3 grains of power pistol as well as others. Start with those and increase .2 grains at a time until your gun functions properly then call it good. Do not, however, increase a starting load more than 10%. Absent expensive pressure testing equipment, you can't truly determine red line loads with out serious risk of going over the line. Use only tested load data for max loads.

[Hounddog]

I love this bullet in 40 s&w and 10mm. Gotta love those "paper punch" holes. I get the best accuracy with Unique, HS-6, AA#7, and 800x. Start your load low and work your way up.

Hounddog

[Moonie]

I use this boolit in 400 corbon, great boolit.

[BadDaditood]

just last week i shot my first castings out of that mold. i was quite happy with the results.

i only cast 100 with the BB, then made it a FB for no other reason than i prefer FB boolits. i kinda boogered the job, it was so much fun polishing it i went a little oversize... but they still squish down to .401" , go out the barrel and make nice round holes alllllll over the paper:veryconfu

they weigh 148 gr so i use the 150 gr data in the Lyman manual.
it's my first aluminum mold and i'm really not impressed, but for the price i can get another one and do a better job on the FB [smilie=1:

[Lloyd Smale]

i use 5.5 grains of aa2 with a 150 lyman swc. Very accurate.

[Stevtrains]

Thanks for all the help.

[BoolitSchuuter]

See Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook 4th edition page 262.
Has exactly what you want for the Lee Boolit.

[Stevtrains]

I was planing on picking up the new edition. Now I guess I need to buy it next.