.41 Mag Porn:Legacy and Classic Boolits

[theperfessor]

A few weeks ago I checked my boolit supply. Plenty of .38s, ,44s and ,45s but low on .41s. Dug out some classic molds I've picked up over the years, most of which I had never used.

I've spent a couple hours almost every night for the last week or so working with one mold a session. Thought you .41 Mag lovers might enjoy seeing results.

All the boolits were made in molds that are no longer in production or in one case are from a group buy. All weights are those listed by manufacturer; my limited sampling show that mine are three to six grains heavier in each case. Alloy was straight WWs.

1. Lyman 410459 - 220 grs
2. H & G 258.410 - 220 grs
3. Lyman 41032 - 212 grs
4. Lyman 41026 - 199 grs
5. Lyman 41028 - 212 grs
6. Lyman 410426 - 240 grs
7. Lee 410-240SWC - 240 grs
8. Lee 410640 - 237 grs (Group Buy)

[AZ-Stew]

Thanks, Prof. Nice show.

You're missing a Saeco Keith and the Lyman 410610 gc. I can send you a Saeco to put in your photo, but the only 410610 I've had I sold to someone on this list a couple of years ago. I got it in a trade and don't shoot gc boolits in the .41, so I sold it.

Regards,

Stew

[watkibe]

That Lee 240 grain SWC really bucks and snorts when you touch off a case of H-110 behind it ! For my money, this is the bullet that makes the 41 mag fully the equal of the 44 mag.

[theperfessor]

Yeah, up until last year Lyman listed the 410610. I don't have one cause I don't like GCs either so I never bought one. I've got a Saeco 220 SWCBB and a Lee 190 SWC but those are still in current production so I didn't include them in shot.

[GLynn41]

looks good to me of course all I own are .41s// you must have never fool with the ssk275

[jameslovesjammie]

That GB boolit sure is sexy!!! Makes me want to get a .41 now!

[theperfessor]

I think the GB bullet would be a good one to hollowpoint, but I don't want to mess with a 6 cav mold to do it. Might try drilling some of them just to see what happens.

[hammerhead357]

perfessor, the H & G #258 is out of production but I think Ballisti-cast is still making them with a different number. Like 858 or something along that line. That boolit was one of my favorites for the 41 I also had an other or 2 from H & G one of them was the crayon tip boolit I would have to go look at an old H & G catalog for the number. Sadley all of my 41 moulds went with the ex in a divorce settlement. Then I got rid of the revolter too.....Damn I miss the moulds and the revolter....Wes

[GLynn41]

why the cat hair would the woman take your molds????????? How cruel inhuman -- cold--

[cajun shooter]

The 41, what a nice round. It's a SHAME that it has gotten the status of a red headed step child. I bought my first Ruger SA 41 mag about 71 and my friends asked what's that. I then went on to shoot IHMSA with it and buy the S&W 57,58 guns.

[Doc_Stihl]

Mighty fine.

That's quite a row of hard to come by's....

[mtgrs737]

I have the Saeco 410 mould, it looks a lot like the GB mould you have pictured. I like the RNF style for revolvers and have them for my 45's and 44's also.

[BarryinIN]

Great post/thread showing what isn't made now.
Pretty handy for those of us who don't have/don't remember them or have never seen them all lined up like that.

Here is another "dead" .41 mould design- The Ohaus 410-210K:




Notice how small that meplat is. Here is another picture with a 38/357 SWC bullet (Saeco 382) placed nose-to-nose to show how the meplats compare:


Don't ask me how it shoots because I don't know yet. I got it recently and haven't had a chance to try it. Average weight from WWs was 223 grains.

[Blammer]

looks like they took the 38 mould and just made the bottom two bands bigger..

Baby got BACK! lol

[GLynn41]

there was an Ohaus up for sale on Evil Bay went cheap

[BarryinIN]

there was an Ohaus up for sale on Evil Bay went cheap

That's the one. I threw a bid at it, and surprise- I got it.

Yes, it does look like they combined a .38 nose with .41 bands. I even momentarily wondered if they made those from salvaged .38/357 moulds by opening up the bands, but I'd think it is longer than such a bullet would be.

[theperfessor]

Is it my imagination or is the front band a smaller diameter than the rest of the bullet? Any measurements you might care to share?

[BarryinIN]

On the first bullet I picked up:

That front band is only .392 diameter
It's a thin thing too, at only .050 long. Just enough there to say it has one.

Bottom two bands are both .412-.413 diameter
Top one is .123 long; bottom is .192 long

Crimp groove to meplat: .295

The only .41 Mag I have now is a Marlin. Whether it will do anything in it, I'll have to see.
I wish those bottom bands were just a little bigger too (the bore slugged at .4115-.412), but it might work.

As you might guess, I don't have the most confidence in this bullet in that rifle. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I'm glad I have another mould standing by (Lee 410-240SWC). I'll probably have another by the time I get around to doing much with that rifle again anyway.

To be honest, when I saw it for sale- I thought it would be closer to the RCBS 41-210SWC that I hear so many people talking about being good.

[mstarling]

Perfesser,

I do have a Lyman 410610 mold ... want a couple of slugs for your collection?

Let me know. If so, I make them the next time I cast.

[theperfessor]

AZ-Stew:
If you want to send me one or two of your SAECO .41 bullets I would be glad to have them for collection.

mstarling:
If you want to send me a couple of 410610s I would be glad to have them also.

BarryinIN:
I would be glad to have a couple of your OHAUS slugs too if you would want to send them.

Got wife a digital camera for birthday a while back and it takes good, sharp close-ups. She doesn't mind me using it as long as I buy all the film! (lol)

Plan to take individual photographs of all bullets I have molds for plus any "donations" from others. Will add photographs to database of mold inventory so that I can identify bullets by sight as well as by number/designation. I have started putting bullets in plastic boxes with dividers, 18 compartments per box. I label lid to match compartments and plan to add photographs to help organize things.

Will pm you guys with my address.