LITE 160 grain bullet load

[jhalcott]

  I have a mold that drops a .452 diameter 161 grain SEMI WADCUTTER style bullet(it looks like an ice cream cone). Plain based with one grease groove. I have tried to get an idea for a load on a couple other sites with no luck. This LOOKS like a good paper punching bullet.It could also serve to initiate new shooters into the .45 world. The mold is an old LEE model that MAY be a custom order. Any help in getting this thing back into use is REALLY appreciated. The bullet looks a lot like the .452-200, but the "cone" is thinner.

[Mikey]

jhalcot - you might be right in that this lightweight slug may be a good paper puncher but you will have to try it out.  I checked my older Lyman manuals and the lightest weight cast slug I found was a 175 gn swc with 2 grooves. 

My Lyman manual shows an accuracy load of 5 gns of Unique under the 185 gn slug for about 670'/sec.  I think that 161 gn slug may perform best at slower velocities.  I would try some at that loading to see how your 45 shoots.

I know that Cor-Bon has a 165 gn jacketed 45 slug that is supposed to move at some ungodly supersonic, hyper-warp velocity but those I have tried wouldn't group worth a darn from my 45s, so I still have half a 10 yr old box of that stuff hanging around.

Good luck, and let us know how they shoot.  HTH.  Mikey.

[SharonAnne]

I suspect you are casting a little high in lead %.. it sounds like a bullet I used for years in my .45acp IPSC pistol.  Mine hard cast (commercial castings) came in at 155gr. Look in the Accurate Arms reloading tables. You will fine 5 different powders for the 155. I ran mine at 1200fps to make IPSC major power factor. I have no experience with lighter loads. Good Luck

[SharonAnne]

BTW,I have a SAECO 6 cavity mold for the 155 .452 if you are interested