KSBeebe
10-06-2013, 08:20 AM
Hi all,
I am looking for a particular mold...here's my story...
About 12 years ago I was at a Cowboy Action competition and one of the vendors there was selling cast bullets...sorry...boolits... anyway, they are .452 diameter, 205 grain, round nose flat point (RNFP) bullets with one lube channel and a shallower channel that had no lube, but was right at the seating depth that worked best. I bought 1,000 of em. and used them to handload 45 Colt cartridges for my Ruger Vaquero pistols and my Henry Golden Boy lever gun. Shortly after I bought them, I took a 10 year hiatus from the shooting sports, but now that my son is old enough to compete, I dug out the reloading gear and got set up to compete again (this time in USPSA, 3-Gun, and Action Steel). And this time I decided to cast my own bullets...er...boolits... rather than buy 'em like I used to.
I had about 500 of those fabulous cast bullets left, and started loading them in 45 Auto for me and my son. They are the most accurate, best feeding bullets I've ever had. I have a favorite load with them (5.4 gr of Accurate #2) that hits the sweet spot for my 1911 Colt .45 Government Model and my particular shooting skills (such as they are).
Alas, I am down to my last box of 100. So, I began a search for a mold to make those same bullets. The closest I've come is the 452-200-RF double cavity mold from Lee Precision, but it's not exactly the same. The Lee mold produces bullets that have two lube channels and I need to seat them down to 1.185". The magic bullets were seated at 1.20".
I've looked through all the catalogs I can find...but no joy. I was hoping one of you might know where I can look next for the mold that makes my "magic bullets". Here's a photo...
83558
Thanks!
Kevin
I am looking for a particular mold...here's my story...
About 12 years ago I was at a Cowboy Action competition and one of the vendors there was selling cast bullets...sorry...boolits... anyway, they are .452 diameter, 205 grain, round nose flat point (RNFP) bullets with one lube channel and a shallower channel that had no lube, but was right at the seating depth that worked best. I bought 1,000 of em. and used them to handload 45 Colt cartridges for my Ruger Vaquero pistols and my Henry Golden Boy lever gun. Shortly after I bought them, I took a 10 year hiatus from the shooting sports, but now that my son is old enough to compete, I dug out the reloading gear and got set up to compete again (this time in USPSA, 3-Gun, and Action Steel). And this time I decided to cast my own bullets...er...boolits... rather than buy 'em like I used to.
I had about 500 of those fabulous cast bullets left, and started loading them in 45 Auto for me and my son. They are the most accurate, best feeding bullets I've ever had. I have a favorite load with them (5.4 gr of Accurate #2) that hits the sweet spot for my 1911 Colt .45 Government Model and my particular shooting skills (such as they are).
Alas, I am down to my last box of 100. So, I began a search for a mold to make those same bullets. The closest I've come is the 452-200-RF double cavity mold from Lee Precision, but it's not exactly the same. The Lee mold produces bullets that have two lube channels and I need to seat them down to 1.185". The magic bullets were seated at 1.20".
I've looked through all the catalogs I can find...but no joy. I was hoping one of you might know where I can look next for the mold that makes my "magic bullets". Here's a photo...
83558
Thanks!
Kevin