Lee factory Crimp Die will work well...

by Dave B , Alamogordo New Mexico, Monday, September 29, 2014, 09:32 (3649 days ago) @ rob

I was thinking the LFCD would take care of my worries. For me, the RCBS 405, and my Cast Boolits group buy 412gr WFNPB shoot the most accurate from my guide gun. The 345 from my RCBS 325 Universal mold shoots well from the #1, and shot well from my old Marlin, but the new Guide Gun (circa 2002) doesn't like it nearly as much. I shoot the 412 the most, but given I don't put more than a couple hundred down the tube in a year, I'm not worried about lead for it, now at near 500 rounds a month, the 45 ACP is greedy for lead, which is why I have been buying plated bullets for it, that and it has been too hot to cast. In my personal non scientific penetration testing, of the jacketed bullets, the one I had the most confidence in was the Nosler, even the big Speer 400 couldn't keep up with it, my RCBS 405s, which weigh 420 gr from wheel weights exited on every shot, went through 48" of wet newsprint and dry magazines, gave me the confidence to carry it for moose. I don't think the 412s will penetrate as well, due to the WFN design, but should cut a wider channel.

Dave