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I recently bought the Lee 220-230 (?) TC Mould... (reply)

rob — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:36:05 +0000

It's one of the new ones with steel pins and seats. Looking forward to trying it but have some 230 Penn Bullets to exhaust first. Trying to find a good load for my Sig. Settled on 8.1 HS6 with 230 FMJ bullets but when seating the cast TC bullets to 2.20" where they feed properly its obviously a lot hotter seated that deep. Book says its safe but I will probably try 6-6.2 Unique and see how that works. I want something I can trust to not hurt my 1917 Colt.

Update on the Bowen M1917

Glen — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:37:02 +0000

The 247 grain Keith 454424 SWC (sized .454") over 5.5 grains of Unique gave mediocre accuracy, but shot high. The 225 grain TC-HP (modified Lee TC mould) shot to POA, and grouped fairly well. These sights are clearly regulated for hardball, so I just cast up a bunch of the Lee 235 grain TC, and a 225 grain RN-FP I had Mountain Molds make for me (both of which conveniently drop from the blocks right around .454"). We are homing in on a solution.....(more to come).....