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Thread: Recommend a .41 Mag mold

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    Boolit Buddy
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    Recommend a .41 Mag mold

    Deer hunting and plinking with S&W and Ruger revolvers.
    Keith style preferred. I'll be casting for friends as I don't currently own a .41 (we'll see how long that lasts .. like a fool I sold my M57s some years ago)
    What is considered a classic mold?
    Thanks in advance, fellas.
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    I'd recommend Accurate Mold's 41-220K

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    I am no fan of the 41, considering it neither fish, nor fowl nor good red herring, but my late amigo, Warren, bless him, thought it was wonderful and swore by the RCBS 41-210-SWC. If you can find one, the Hensley and Gibbs 258 was designed by Elmer Keith for the then new 41 Magnum back in the 60's. It is something of a rarity, and usually brings a pretty penny. Accurate will make you a 41-210K or a 41-220K that is faithful to the Keith design.
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    Appreciate the input fellas, cheers

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    I am a big fan of the 41 Magnum , Long time love affair . My avatar is my model 58 S&W 41 magnum . I use these two most .

    1.) Target shooting and tin cans - NOE 413-215-WC-PB (design based on 358432 design scaled up to .41 ... if hollow pointed, it makes a devastating hole but I use it as target WC )

    2.) Hunting - NOE 412-237-SWC-PB- HP ( Elmer Keith type design with hollow point, penta point and flat point pins) I feel the 237 gr. weight is optimal for 41 magnum in a handgun .

    NOE 413-215-WC is extremely accurate boolit in my model 58 S&W .
    The large flat face hits hard and hollow / penta points can be used to help expansion when not shooting at paper and tin cans .

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    I have both molds indicated, you cant go wrong either one. For hunting, i would consider a wnfp. With solids, i want the widest meplate possible.
    https://www.accuratemolds.com/img/bu.../41-225H-D.png
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    NOE also makes a really good Keith bullet clone. 412-220-SWC

    I found my nirvana with the Arsenal 41-220 RF. From targets to hunting I can't imagine a more well rounded bullet. Best of all it shoots absolute lights out.

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    I have both the Accurate mold and the H&G #258 mold. Both shoot well in a Ruger Blackhawk and a S&W Model 57. The RCBS version should work well also. It took me a long time to find that H&G mold and I paid a crazy price for it.

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    I've been shooting 41 magnums since the mid '70s and consider it an excellent revolver cartridge. I've come down to mostly using basically 2 cast bullets. The Lee TL41-210-SWC is an excellent low end and mid range bullet for plinking, small game and general use. A lot of bullets can be cast quickly with the 6 cavity mould. For top end magnum loads I cast the RCBS 41-210-KT of 16-1 alloy. It makes for an excellent larger game load. If i didn't have the RCBS I would get the NOE 215 gr mould as suggested for top end magnum loads.
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    I've been using the Lyman 410459 since 1972 in all my M 57's ... its about the same as the rcbs mold that Larry uses, just a bit longer nose. Shoots better than I can anymore, or ever could for that matter..... H-110, Herters mag primer and a heavy roll crimp has been the go to load for 50 years.

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