Lee 452-252-SWC

[sharpshooter79]

Howdy folks,
I am fixing to get the Lee 452-252-SWC mould for my 45 LC Ruger Blackhawk. What is your folk's opinion on this bullet? Thanks.

[Lonegun1894]

My .45 Colts like it. I keep thinking I need to finetune my load for them though, or practice more. Probably practice more.

[Wally]

Works very well in my Ruger Blackhawk...

[slowlead]

Works OK but the 255 gr. rf bullet has a better ballistic coefecient .210 versus .136 and drops into cylinders a bit better. I shoot it more often. They both work very well however.Tom

[DanWalker]

I killed an Impala, a Gemsbok, and a warthog with them last month in S. Africa. They work GREAT on game!

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[TXGunNut]

I like the Lyman 452424, very similar design. Works very well w/ BP loads in my SAA relicas and does well over Universal in my Ruger BH. Lee probably better for smokeless with two shallow lube grooves, Lyman has one deep groove.

[sharpshooter79]

Hey thanks for the replies guys. I will probably eventually order the RF and the 300 gr mould but ordered the SWC for now just to try it out. Thanks!

[Keith Sacane]

My Ruger Vaquero and Bisley both like that bullet. I wish they sold it in a 6 cavity. I know they used to, but I haven't been able to find one for sale at the same time I had the discretionary funds for it. I keep wondering how it would do in a 45 acp.

[RobS]

Last I looked Lee only made this mold in a two cavity. I use to have the mold and it did shoot well, quite accurate, but later shifted onto the 255 RF because of the 6 cavity design and it too was a good shooter. IIRC nearly the same running at 1.5" or so from 30 yards off a bench. One of the big things I disliked was the small, shallow lube grooves.

[Keith Sacane]

I saw a six cavity on Ebay once, but didn't have the money at the time. Maybe it was a custom???

[jh45gun]

I have that bullet and it shoots low in my Uberti and with fixed sights I do not want to file the front sight down so I loaded a few that have a lower powder charge to see if that works and I loaded some 300 grain some one gave me to try. I had ordered the RF mould at my gun shop and they made a mistake and got this one. It was at a time that Lee was back ordered on a lot of stuff so I bought it. If I can get it to shoot to POI I will be happy with it.