458 so com mold?

[blackbike]

Whats a good mold for 458 so com?
Like a cheap lee and something better.
I will be pcing.
thanks, bb

[roharmon]

I like the Lee 90577, 459, 500 3r and the Lee 459 405 HB.

[cainttype]

NOE offers a 300 and a 350 slick designed for the 458 SOCOM.
They are out of stock now, but a call could get results. Al is very receptive to customer input.

I have used the 300 grain with very good results, including feeding in the AR platform, and love it as a lighter weight choice. Many 300s that I thought might prove great simply didn’t work as well… yet.
I can’t opine on the 350, but I suspect it will provide similar results… Very good.

[pmer]

My first SOCOM was a bargain basement upper that had a chamber throat that was just too tight to be cast friendly. Then I got a.Tromix barrel and bolt and was much happier. I have a 300 grain no lube Grove flat base boolit. It's a Accurate Molds 46-305 with the bevel base removed. Another one i have is a 375 grain that looks like a gas checked SWC . Accurate Molds has a nice selection of SOCOM specific molds.

What are you looking to do with the 458 socom? Big heavies or 300- 400 grains?

[blackbike]

I got three buddys that need me to load for them, one needs subsonic so heavies 405 or more.

[dh2]

I am using an Accurate 46-265 C works good

[btreanor]

I tried several "Ranch Dog" bullets with large meplats but they had trouble feeding in my AR. I settled on this design which is accurate and feeds reliably: https://noebulletmolds.com/site/prod...60-393-rn-ae4/

[pmer]

I tried several "Ranch Dog" bullets with large meplats but they had trouble feeding in my AR. I settled on this design which is accurate and feeds reliably: https://noebulletmolds.com/site/prod...60-393-rn-ae4/

For those big meplat flat noses take a spare 30 round mag and grind the feed lips back about 1/4". This will let the rim pop-up out of mag quicker and give it more time to align with the chamber. This is how I got my 405 grain wfn to feed.

[Smoke4320]

If you want to shoot subsonic the Lee 459-500 3r shot well in mine

next the NOE 460-350 HP

and here is shooting at near full speed

[Intel6]

My favorite bullet for the SOCOM is the NOE HTC459-354 gr. FN. I gas check and PC these and they shoot great out of my RRA 16" carbine. I load these as my all around shooting load.

For subsonic loads I generally shoot the NOE HTC459-500 SP. This bullet is a plain base version that I PC and it feeds and shoot great. I used tot shoot the Lee 500 gr. bullet in my SOCOM and it worked well until I got this one. If you are looking for an inexpensive mould for subsonic it can be an option.

I also have the NOE HTC459-600 RF "MOAB" with HP pins. This is also a plain base mould that I PC. The experimenting I did with it showed it to not be as accurate as the 500 gr. but it still shot OK.


In this pic you can see the first two bullets both loaded and unloaded. Since they were both designed with the SOCOM in mind the feed and shoot great. The lighter one has also become a favorite in my .45-70 Lever gun.





In the pic below you can see the 600 gr. MOAB bullet and the same thing cast with the HP pin making it a 570 gr. HP. This is a long bullet and goes way down into the case.