Standardize bullets

[Sverre A.]

After a lot of years with testing bullets (on hunting)  - I have found out that my hunting bullets will be:

Revolvers:

.357 Mag:    Hornady 158 XTP
44 Magnum: Mimek 300 gr. and Keith 255 gr.
45 LC:        Lyman 325 gr.
454 Casull:  Hornady 240 XTP and Frontier 390 gr FMJ




TC:

375 JDJ:    Nosler Partition 260 gr.
30-30:      Swift Sciroccio
44 Mag.:   Hornady 300 XTP


All other bullets "in my store" will be shot out at the shooting range within the year

[HGunner]

I've had good luck with Hornady 240 XTP in a 44 mag revolver for deer.  I'm curious why you choose the XTP for 357 mag and 454 but not 44 mag?

[Sverre A.]

I don`t get any accuracy with 240 XTP in my SRH.

[Greeenriver]

I, too, have standardized my bullets for my .45's.

Hunting, .45 colt with a 200grn RNFP cast from WW's in a LEE double cavity mould. Heavily compressed charge of APP BP sub powder.

Cowboy shooting, .45 colt and .45 Cowboy Special with a 200grn RNFP cast from WW's in a LEE double cavity mould. Heavly compressed charge of APP BP sub powder in both.

1911 Colt in .45acp, 200grn RNFP cast from WW's in a LEE double cavity mould. Heavly compressed charge of APP
BP sub.

Notice a pattern here, LOL!!!!!

I cast one .45 cal bullet at .452dia and size it to .452 dia. I lube it with either straight bathroom wax ring or White-lube BAC lube and use it for everything I shoot in .45 caliber for rifles and pistols. Makes life much easer.


Greeenriver

[luckydawg13]

300gr xtp mag shot better then the 240 gr out of my 454 13" encor butt the only thing i have shot was paper

[Lloyd Smale]

probably should be the cast bullet section as there all cast. I cant really narrow it down as ive got to many handguns and they all like something differnt but what ill do is list the molds that over the years have proven to me accurate in many guns.

32 handguns                                         41                                          45 colt
ballistic cast 105swc                              lbt 250 lfngc                             255 rcbs (discontinued design)
rcbs 98swc                                           lyman 225 swc                          260 brp lfn plain base
lbt 115 rfgc                                                                                         rcbs 300 swcgc
                                                                                                        ballistic cast 320 and 350 lfngc
38                                                       44
105 lee                                                 rcbs 240 swcgc                         45acp
158rf lee                                               429215                                    452488
l                                                          429244                                     any of the h&g styled 200 swcs
                                                           ballistic cast 300 lfngc
                                                            lyman 320 swcgc                      40  rcbs 180tn and the lyman 150 swc (discontinued)
                                                           ballistic cast 340 lfngc                                            9mm 115 rcbs round nose (not the target version)