My son-in law has been given Uberti clone of the 1873 Colt single action in 45 Colt caliber.
We have dies coming and I'm going to get a mold appropriate for the caliber. It will be a Lee DC either 452-252-SWC or 452-255 RF. I'm paying for the mold, since I figure it will probably never see over 100 rds. a year a 2-cav will be adequate.
The gun is not my idea of ideal, fit & finish is good to excellent. Real pretty, brass grip frame & nice color case on the gun frame, excellent blue on the barrel. A bit lacking in some areas, I took the cylinder out so I could look at the bore and it took five minutes to(finally) get the base pin back in, expect he will come to love that if he ever takes the cylinder out. Fixed sights which shoot patterns 10-12 inches low at 25 yds. and don't get any help from the trigger pull, which varies from just over 3# to almost 6#.
I was able to cobble up some shootable loads by honing out a 45 acp steel sizer and loading Lee 230gr TC bullets(452"), over 9grs Unique, Whichever boolit I settle on is going to be heavier than the 230s. I have never had to adjust loads to shoot to the sights since I have never had a gun without adjustable sights so any suggestions for loading to-the-sights would be greatly appreciated