Cast Bullet .45 GI Shape

[Jim Watson]

I am looking for a source of cast roundnose .452" bullets - moly coated would be nice - that are the actual profile of the USGI hardball FMJ.

All I can find have a short hemispherical nose and load to about 1.250" OAL instead of the eliptical nose and OAL of 1.265 that I use for FMJ.

The usual mold seems to be the Magma 45-230-BB.

What I need is the Magma 45-233-BB or the Ballisticast 634 which are based on the old H&G No 34 and are closer to GI. Like I said, moly coated would be preferable to wax lubed.

 

[ljnowell]

The Missouri Bullet softball isnt an exact copy either I dont think, but it functions in my 1911 and other pistols at 1.265" just fine.

 

[zxcvbob]

How about Lee TL452-230-2R? Lube with Rooster Jacket®, or a mixture of Lee Liquid Alox and S.C. Johnson Paste Wax.

 

[Jim Watson]

I find bullet casting to be drudgery and do it only for odd calibers I cannot buy bullets for.
No Lee for me.

I have a STI build that is very finicky about bullet shape. I will try some of the usual stuff before I give up on cast and pay for FMJ.

 

[Sport45]

Look at Two Alpha's bullet profile. They may not be as "pointy" as GI ball, but they aren't round.

 

[Jim Watson]

Thanks.
I am also going to check out Billy Bullets. I have their 200 gr Adams type - roundnose with shoulder - and their catalog cut of the 230 looks like the No 34.
http://www.billybullets.com/Bullets.aspx