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Posted: 1/15/2015 8:12:15 AM EDT
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I've got several 45 moulds, and that is one of my favourites. I use CLAYS and UNIQUE. You'll like that bullet, and of course, they should feed in everything, being a round nose.
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Posted: 1/15/2015 10:42:06 AM EDT
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My suggestion would be to buy a 6 gang mold for the bullet of your choice. I have recently been casting with them and they increase production by like 3 times
 No really, those large .45 bullets cast easy and doing six quality bullets at one time is fast and easy.
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Posted: 1/15/2015 11:33:18 AM EDT
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I've got several 45 moulds, and that is one of my favourites. I use CLAYS and UNIQUE. You'll like that bullet, and of course, they should feed in everything, being a round nose. Ray Ray Thanks for the advice. I will give some thoughts to a different powder. I have always used hodgen powders. I know tite group is somewhat dirty. How is Clays and Unique? Also. Do you find that you have any problem with leading in the barrel? If you don't mind sharing, what lube do you use in your lubrisizer? Thanks |
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Posted: 1/15/2015 11:35:07 AM EDT
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My suggestion would be to buy a 6 gang mold for the bullet of your choice. I have recently been casting with them and they increase production by like 3 times No really, those large .45 bullets cast easy and doing six quality bullets at one time is fast and easy.I might consider getting a six gang mold. I have never used one. Was always wondering how hard it was to get hot and keep even. But I can see how it would be quicker. |
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Posted: 1/15/2015 1:07:29 PM EDT
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Unique is not particularly clean, it just matches so many jobs on the reloading bench, rifle shotgun and pistol. As for leading, I used to think velocity was the culprit, but once I started hanging out with experienced casters, learnt that bullet diameter is the key. That mould will throw .452, which should be perfect.
As for sizing, I use Lee's liquid Alox with their push through sizing dies. But don't assume you need to size, very likely your pistol or revolver will be happy with those bullets right out of the die. <but lube for sure> Ray |
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Posted: 1/15/2015 1:46:27 PM EDT
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Titegroup has a very high flame temperature. With uncoated lead bullets Titegroup makes for some very smoky loads. Try Bullseye, works great under lead bullets in 45 ACP.
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Posted: 1/15/2015 9:34:05 PM EDT
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Titegroup has a very high flame temperature. With uncoated lead bullets Titegroup makes for some very smoky loads. Try Bullseye, works great under lead bullets in 45 ACP. Awesome. Thanks for the advice. |
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Posted: 1/16/2015 7:57:14 PM EDT
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Purchase some cast SWCs and see how good the gun is with them.
Then you can tell if your cast bullets are up to par. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 2:41:27 AM EDT
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The Lee 6 cavity mold is a good place to start.
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Posted: 1/29/2015 6:44:46 PM EDT
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Whilst somewhat spendy, LEE 6 cavity molds have a good reputation for quality, as opposed to their 1 and 2 cavity molds. In the .45 Auto, you would be well served by any decent, American made mold with ordinary lube grooves (Not tumble lube grooves), soft "messy" greasy/waxy lubes, an "as cast" diameter of .452" (aboot .001" fatter than your measured groove diameter) and some moderate charge of fast burning pistol powder. You may find that LRN is more certain of function than SWC.
What's a moderate charge of powder? Look at the load data and determine that for yourself. All I'm saying is, don't casually magnumize the .45 Let it be, what it is. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 5:06:01 AM EDT
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The Lee 6 cavity mold is a good place to start. +1 6 cavities is the way to go. Might want to try the tumble lube version and just tumble lube them. |
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