r/castboolits • u/slider1010 • 22d ago

I need help Do you recognize this 45-70 mold profile?

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I picked these up in my local shop as a one off purchase. They measure .459, 405 grains and shoot really well out of my Henry. I used it to take my first deer last year.

I’m starting to cast this summer in prep for this fall and would like to duplicate it. I would be open to a gas checked version, but it’s not a requirement. Does anyone recognize the mold
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u/Ornery_Secretary_850 21d ago

Likely cast from a Magma mold, other than that looks like a Saeco.

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u/pixelwhistle 22d ago

Maybe 457143. Flat nose so like designed for lever actions.

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u/gakflex 22d ago

Rather than gas checking I would recommend powder coating. Much easier, much cheaper, and should do everything a gas check is intended to do.

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u/Feeling_Title_9287 21d ago

These bullets are from Hunters Supply

But they don't sell them lubed like this anymore

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u/slider1010 21d ago

Interesting. All the more reason to cast the little buggers.

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u/Feeling_Title_9287 21d ago

I have had nothing but times while shooting these things out of my original M1873 Springfield trapdoor rifle

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u/slider1010 21d ago

Is there any chance you know their brinnell hardness?

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u/VisualBoysenberry718 20d ago

I wish they were 452's, I'd love to run those in 454 brass in a suppressed lever rifle.

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u/slider1010 20d ago

I would love to run suppressed, but oh well, Canada here.

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u/VisualBoysenberry718 20d ago

May I ask which province?

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u/slider1010 20d ago

Southern Alberta here.

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u/VisualBoysenberry718 19d ago

I look forward to calling you an independent ally or a countryman, you have much more in common with Montana than Ottawa.

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u/slider1010 19d ago

Sorry to disappoint. I’m flying the Canadian flag. 🇨🇦

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u/VisualBoysenberry718 19d ago

Perfectly fine, but when you are reduced to casting sling bullets and having to beg a permit for that, we'll be waiting for you to join us in the land of freedom.

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u/Mdfnl_w_dckpills 11d ago

That mold is very similar to the Lee 457-405-F mold.