Lee factory Crimp Die will work well...

by rob , Monday, September 29, 2014, 08:25 (3649 days ago) @ Dave B

For holding the bullets in place. I use it in my Guide Gun loads. I know 400+ grain bullets are all the rage in the .45.70 but I have had really good luck with plain old 300 grain Hornady Interlock bullets. Brian Pearce says they are too lightly constructed for anything but deer but he is full of crap as a Christmas turkey. I've shot them clean through both shoulders of two hogs well over 400 pounds with complete penetration at 2200 fps. And a hard cast 300 will kill anything on this planet. In my opinion, a cast 400 grain bullet is a waste of 100 grains of lead. I know others won't agree and it's not traditional but I'm beyond convinced. I have two 400 grain molds and I intend to replace them both with the RCBS 458-300-RFGC before I go back to casting for it. Lead is getting harder to find these days, at least bargain WW's and you'll find soon there will be nothing left but zinc weights. It's getting hard for me to even buy new weights that are not zinc.