Originally Posted by
cajun shooter
The original posting by Outpost75 left out my bullet that I worked on with John when he first started making the molds. My design was an improvement on the original BP bullet made by Lyman for the 44wcf cartridge.
The original bullet was the Lyman 42798 which later became the 427098. It worked fine with the early loadings as the BP was much better refined and left little residue. Once this was changed, several shooters started having troubles, including myself. The first thing that Lyman did was to go from the square lube grooves and started with a more rounded edge groove which held much less lube than the original style did. In my testing, it was as much as half in some cases.
I contacted Tom at Accurate on a Monday and had my Mold on Friday of that same week, times have changed. I asked Blammer to draw my bullet and then we made the changes that ended up being the 43-210B 44wcf bullet. Shooting from my Uberti 18 1/2 inch barrel model 73 and my Uberti revolvers, this bullet is not only accurate out to 300 yards (testing by John Kort aka w30wcf aka w44wcf) in his guns. I've never had one inch of lead fouling.
John uses SPG lube and I use NASA lube. He had fouling with his Marlin 24inch barrel with my bullet and the SPG that occurred in the very last 2 inches of barrel. This is the reason John went on to design the 43-215C.
Used with my lube, the 43-210B is a very good design even after 142 years of service and I feel should be included in the called for bullets. I've been a 44wcf fan since my friend allowed me to shoot his 73 way back in the middle 70's. Take Care David