44 Wadcutters
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cowboy4evr
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Jaymo , Verals website is up . I just checked . Google " LBT Molds " .
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I never got the 180 grain .44 WC from the Lyman mould to shoot as well as a heavier SWC.
cowboy4evr
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I would think that it needed more length vs. diameter to stabilize that 180 gr WC better .
bluetopper
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Put a gas check in your 44 SWC mold to keep the lead from going into the point of the mold and you'll have a wadcutter mold.
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They have to be driven hard/fast to get any real accuracy out of them. The cramer 200gr wc (pictured above 11-29-15) is close to the lyman wc. The biggest difference between the 2 are the:
The Cramer has a longer bottom drive band.
The Cramer is a nose pour resulting in excellent bullet bases.
Light wc's will work in the 44cal's, but they tend to be the standard cylinder design. A 175gr custom wc and a lee 162gr button nosed wc for the 44cal's.
The 175gr is designed so that it has the same seating depth/load for the 44spl & the 44mag. Note the offset top and bottom bands. It's an extremely versatile wc design. It can be loaded flush or crimped in any of the 3 different lube grooves.
The 162gr wc is a standard button nosed wc that does surprisingly well. I read where a lot of shooters had better luck with the 208gr lee wc. So far I've had no problem getting x-ring accuracy (25yds) with it and several loads.
Both of those bullets pictured above are cast from lee 6-cavity molds. They don't burn a lot of lead per pull of the trigger. Cast a mountain of bullets in a hurry. And provide countless hours of quality range time.
On a side note:
The bottom row far right in the picture above is a h&g #50 148gr 35cal button nosed wc. As you can see the lee's have a flat button nose in comparison.
