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Does anyone make a close copy of the old Ideal #466187 bullet mould? And if you have other favorite bullets for the old Sharps .44s I'd love to hear about them.

I dont have the Ideal mould but I do use that bullets profile in a PP and it is my go to bullet for the .44-77. It closely matches the ogive profile the original Sharps used.

I might add.
I also have a Brooks mould that is almost identical GG to the 466-187 and it is also a good shooter.
The long money bullet type of nose does not do well in my shiloh past 500 yards with it's 1/19 twist.
What .44-77 are you using?

Want some?

I don't have a .44 just yet but it is in the mill. It will have a Green Mountain barrel with a 1 in 17" twist. So I'm just looking around. And I do have a PP mould on order from Accurate Molds plus I have one of the RCBS GG bullet moulds. But the old #446187 appeals to me...

Hey Ranch, Yes, I could try a couple of those. What weight are they? Mike

Mike those are 480 grs, and .447 diameter.

Good doin's, Ranch. I would be glad to get a couple of samples and I could size and lube them myself. Mike

Well keep your eye on the mailbox, there's a small flat rate box left on the express riders mochilla this morning. Inside you'll find 20 of those postells,10 of Kurts original bullet from the Brooks mould, 10 tank busters from the old west mould at 1.35, and 10 from that same mould at 1.1, along with a small handful of those BACO reformed 348's that are to big in the web to chamber in my gun.

BRAVO!! I'll sure let you know when it gets here. Of course, then I'll be chewing my fingernails while waiting for the rifle. Mike

Hey Mike, If Don is sending you my bullets they ain't any good or he would have melted them back down LOL

No actually it almost hurt to send those 10 bullets, and I have comtemplated many times calling Steve and asking for one of those moulds of my own. lol
That bullet shoots as well or better than any other 1.1 inch bullet I've tried,altho yesterday there was a big glimmer of hope come from the shortened tank buster...More testing is definetly in order, as they landed so tight on top of each other at 300 yds, I'm really looking to see how far back from the target before they fall apart.

Those tank busters shot good in mine. I liked the tighter base they have and that held the ES down in the lower single digits I think by sealing the gas from blowing by before they completely fill the bore when the charge goes off. Kind of like a bore riding GG set tight on the lands.

That Brooks landed many 10 straight of the 1K iron while playing around in the mornings when the wind isn't doing it's square dance yet.

I was worried about that base diameter not being long enough to give it good balance, but when 3 of them hit the same spot at 300 yds, I guess that worry is for naught.
I am curious/anxious to see if they loose stability at greater distance or not.
The longated version shoots alright to 1k, but the accurate bullet takes quite a bit less elevation and shoots really well at that distance.

Ranch, Hey, the bullets got to me today. Now please tell me about that "tighter base." Questions, questions....

Those bullets are from an Old West mould that was taken from an original sharps round. It's nose pour adjustable and will go from the 1.1 inch to almost 1.6 inches making an extremely heavy bullet.
I've been wrapping those in 8lb paper for use in the 44-77, have some light copy paper that wraps them up nicely for the 45's but with that thicker paper they don't get a good enough rifling grip for long range shooting but out to 300 yds they work rather well, and have shot minute of antelope and elk.

The .44 caliber tapered paper patched mold from Accurate Molds has arrived! The single bullet I have weighed tips the scales at 402 grains (already patched) and so far I've loaded 10 of them over 75 grains of KIK 1.5Fg in .44/77 cases. None of those have been shot yet, of course, because I won't get my rifle from C. Sharps for another two days!

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