Has anyone run this accurate mold 45-230mz?

[Drew P]

I'm looking at it as a powder coating option for 1911 and others. Looks nice, also, why do all accurate molds have flat points?

[Cowboy_Dan]

The reason all Accurate dssigns are flat point is because his process requires a minimum meplat. I can only imagine that he starts by making a cylindrical hole for his cutting tool to pilot on.

[Drew P]

That's what I was thinking too but then I thought about how all my drills even have a point to them. Plus if they are cnc there is plenty of ball mills and the like that can make a not-flat shape. Just wondering. Most bullets are pointy, so it's curious that none of his are.

[gwpercle]

I always thought flat points were better. Of course Elmer Keith and Skeeter Skelton had a lot to do with formulating my ideas !

[Drew P]

They may very well be in a lot of cases (pun intended) but not every case! Like long range low drag type stuff comes to mind. For me it comes into play on this particular bullet because I want to have these feed though my home brewed bullet collator and flat points don't flip quite as well as RN shapes for me.

I think these will work fine however. The flat points I've had trouble with were wider on the flats.

[shooter93]

His molds are lathe bored so he has a minimum meplat diameter. He also only does 30 caliber and up. He could do smaller but I had asked him about making a 22 caliber mold he told me the small ones were so hard on his tooling that it increased the cost too much.

[Drew P]

I'm all about keeping costs down ;)