Lee 160 gr .452 Boolit

[rexherring]

Just picked up a new Lee 160/.45 mold. Why?, just because, but now after casting a bunch, I'm wondering what I'll use them for. The mold threw nice boolits only after a few rejects. The little buggers are short fat looking. I know they'll be fun in the .45 Colt with a few grains of Trail Boss or Bullseye. I'm wondering if anyone has used them in the ACP and what are you loading.

[zomby woof]

I love that boolit in 45acp. It's my steel speed shooting boolit. I use it with about 5.4 grains WST at 1.100OAL

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[blackpowder man]

Yep, I shoot a lot of those in .45 acp and .45 colt. Way more accurate than they look like they would be. They like to have a little bit of speed in the colt though. I wish lee would make a 6 cavity mold.

[turtlezx]

love them- 1100fps behind 5grs of red dot- low recoil also

[Alferd Packer]

Looks like the old collar button bullet they used to have for the 45/70 rifle.
Now it could be considered the collar button bullet for the .45 trapper in .45 Colt.

[Stilly]

Just picked up a new Lee 160/.45 mold. Why?, just because, but now after casting a bunch, I'm wondering what I'll use them for. The mold threw nice boolits only after a few rejects. The little buggers are short fat looking. I know they'll be fun in the .45 Colt with a few grains of Trail Boss or Bullseye. I'm wondering if anyone has used them in the ACP and what are you loading.


Have you shot this yet? I just got the mold and made a few loads (30) of various lengths from about 1.130 to 1.233 to test with about 5.4-6.0gr of 700-x.

I have not shot them yet, I was just gonna see if they shot and how they functioned in the operator.

[sghart3578]

I have pushed that bullet to over 1150 fps in my son's HK USP. It is basically a 357 mag semi auto at that point. Accuracy was more than acceptable. I also load them to 700 fps in my 45 Colt Vaquero and my S&W 1917. Great plinking loads for my grandsons. I have yet to try them in my 1911 but I see no reason why they wouldn't be awesome.

If you like light bullets in the 1911 platform I have had excellent results with the Dardas 150 LSWC in my 1911 and the afore mentioned HK.

[Stilly]

I have pushed that bullet to over 1150 fps in my son's HK USP. It is basically a 357 mag semi auto at that point. Accuracy was more than acceptable. I also load them to 700 fps in my 45 Colt Vaquero and my S&W 1917. Great plinking loads for my grandsons. I have yet to try them in my 1911 but I see no reason why they wouldn't be awesome.

If you like light bullets in the 1911 platform I have had excellent results with the Dardas 150 LSWC in my 1911 and the afore mentioned HK.


But what is your OAL?

[sandman228]

im thinking about ordering this mold to try in 45 lc loads . ive been using a lee 200 gr swc bullet im happy with it for the most part but if I can make something else that will shoot well and save a bit on the lead supply I'll try it . theres a fair amount of data for it on hodgdons web sight with the same powders im already using

[tward]

Yep, my Contender in 45 Colt really likes them. They shoot much better than they look they should. They also cast and load easily due to the rounded base. Tim