Cast boolit suggestions that will feed in a 450 bushmaster Ruger American

[Tripplebeards]

Well I just wasted a couple weeks making a ton of lee .452 300g bullets that won't feed. The wide meplate catches and jams.

Any suggestions on a bullet mold that will be a little rounder to cycle in my action and be good for deer and bear?

[Grmps]

Have you tried seating the bullets deeper without compressing the powder? Be careful, do it a little at a time, shooting samples as you go keeping an Eye on over-pressure

[Tripplebeards]

I'll have to make a dummy round again and keep seating it deeper to try. I seated and crimped to 2 075" with the lee 300g and the meplate hits the outside of the chamber keeping it from feeding.

[Tripplebeards]

Seated them deeper to 2.035" and 2.0". Both functiond and fed fine. I had them too long. Loaded them up at 2.035" and am ready to go.

[WebMonkey]

Nice!

[Eric H]

I know it's been awhile since you posted. What oal did you settle on. I'm in the process of loading same bullet. 450 sure is addictive.

[lavenatti]

Great timing for this thread, just got my 450 B upper yesterday and was wondering what mold to get.

[pete88]

I'm using Lyman 330 gr HP "Gould" in my Ruger bolt.
OAL 2.1800"
Feed just fine and pole-ax deer229269

[Tackleberry41]

The lee is a bit wide and flat to feed well. I have the mold, not even going to mess with it. Was looking at something more pointed on accurate mold site. Be a 300gr, get rid of the lube grooves so I can powder coat easier and no crimp groove. I can load the 300gr hornady XTP, but the crimp groove is right where you want to crimp on a case that headspaces on the lip of the case. They worked, fed and fired, just has to be something better.