Looking for a 405 gr RN for .45-70 Sharps

[warren5421]

I am not seeing a 405 RN just 405 RNFP. I may be out in left field but would like to try a few 405 RN in my Sharps. Anyone cast a RN that could tell me what mold to buy or would sell me 25 bullets to try and the brand mold used? I do not want for use in a lever gun.

[BoolitBill]

https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item/000152640124/single-cavity-rifle-bullet-mould-number-457124-45-caliber-385-grain This is as close as I can find, depending on your alloy, I have gotten 400gr boolits. It may not be what you want but I hope it helps.

[onelight]

Here is another 405 grains but it's hollow base as a solid base it is 460 grains https://oldwestbulletmoulds.com/shop/ols/products/459-405-grain-hollow-base

[Bent Ramrod]

Ideal 457124. Their copy of the standard roundnose military boolit in the original Trapdoor rifle load, and the carbine load. Lyman still makes it.

[beagle]

Yep, the 124 is pretty close. I had one for a while and it shot pretty well. The nose tends to be undersize just a bit. Mine was. I was told that this was that way as it was a BP design and the smaller diameter nose compensated for powder fouling when chambering. Made sense to me./beagle

[W.R.Buchanan]

The RCBS .45-405 FNGC was designed specifically to feed in Leverguns. Hence the flat nose. There are 3 variations of taht boolit .45-300, .45-405 and .45-500 for those who need punishment.

They are exactly the same from the crimp groove forward, there is simply more driving bands below that to increase the weight. I Use .45-300 mostly in my 1895CB Marlin. Excellent Boolit, would work just fine in a Sharps.

Randy.