45 LC 452-255-RF or 452-252-SWC

[derek45]

which do you like better ?





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[17nut]

As i dont shoot your handgun, is'nt the question moot???

Or are you trying to stir up a "turf/p!$$!ng" war?

If so then i only shoot highly special sniper rounds with bullets cast in the 455-255-RF mould using liquid mercury.
Cast at room and coled to below 50degC, i can transport them as long as needed in a cooler with frosen CO2.
If the shot dont kill them then the mercury will!

[derek45]

comedy

looks easy, but actually takes skill

don’t quit your day job yet !

[fatelk]

It's a toss-up in my book, whichever you like more.

Personally I went with the RF (same gun as yours), just for aesthetic reasons: it seemed more traditional.

[Daekar]

RF, unless the SWC has a meaningfully bigger meplat.

[Mk42gunner]

For your single action, whichever one shoots better. If you contemplate getting a lever action rifle to match, the RF for easier feeding.

Robert

[Tripplebeards]

I like the top one (RF) better. I cast them out of 50/50 COWW and pure for my new vaquero. I load them long, to the frost crimp groove. I use 5.2 grains of trail boss and a magnum large pistol primer. My average MV is 57fps. I can stack boolits on top of each other at 25 yards with the load and it recoils like a 22WMR.

I have a lee mold single cavity in SWC HP 240 grain in a .430. It doesn’t group worth a darn in any of my 44 mags. Cool cold though. Don’t think it had much contact to stabilize. Guessing if I removed all the lube grooves from the mold it would be a lot more accurate.

[RKJ]

I'm a SWC kind of guy, so that's what I chose.

[Kosh75287]

If that beautiful revolver was my only .45 Colt, I'D want the 252 gr. LSWC. SInce I also own a Rossi M1892 carbine in .45 Colt which WILL NOT feed SWCs smoothly, I'd be constrained to go with the RNFP, in both rifle and revolver.

[white eagle]

personally the Rf wins in my book

[Tripplebeards]

A little 255 lee RF porn…

[derek45]

A little 255 lee RF porn…

WOW

that RF Meplat looks wider than I expected.



I like it

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[Tripplebeards]

I tried my powder puff load on a few tap line raccoons. A 22lr killed with more authority then my 575 fps loads. I’ll have to ramp them up and try again. But boy, the trail boss loads are FUN to shoot! I bet they would be a best in a saboted in Line muzzle loader.

[cwlongshot]

WHY CHOOSE???

Plenty of "room" for both!

I really like both of these. If you forced the issue Id keep the 255 but really like both of these bullets. My issue is the 252 isnt offered in a 6 cav...

CW

[justindad]

I like the sharp edge of the meplat on the RF.

[rintinglen]

As has been said, I'd go with the RF for better feeding in the companion carbine, but if all I had was the 45 Uberti, I think I'd stick with the SWC. Most of my shooting is at paper ot card board and the SWC makes a bigger hole.

[Misery-Whip]

Id do the rf. From lees site its available as a 6 cavity. The swc is not...

Even single actions get happy trigger fingers round here.

[Whiterabbit]

FOR ME...

I really do not like bullets with a "shoulder"(?) for revolvers. Maybe its mental voodoo on my part, but I always prefer a smooth transition down the nose from meplat to full diameter. I believe this so strongly I will not buy a bullet or any mold that is SWC for that reason. Rational? probably not. But I'm not trying to convince anyone, nor will I be convinced otherwise. But it's my justification:

I pick the RF in this case.








edit: forgot, I own the RF. I use it. Traditional lube. Love it, it's great.

[jimb16]

Since I hunt with the same load in either a revolver or a lever action, I go with the RF. The SWC doesn't feed well in the lever.

[derek45]