Home Forums Reloading Bullet Casting LBT Mould--WFN or LFN?

I am mulling around the idea of picking up one of Veral's moulds and thought I would ask to see what has worked for some of you guys.

This will be for my .44 Redhawk and I am going to stick with the 240/250gr offering. I know meplat size is king when hunting but our little southern deer and pigs don't take much killing. I would prefer something that I could work up to using at 100yds (hunting) and hopefully shooting well beyond for practice.

Is the LFN the better, possibly more accurate, choice? Would I be better served by the WFN?
I know Veral is open to questions but figured I would see who here has used what.

I would opt for the widest meplat. Your local deer might not "take much killing" but why not hit them with everything you got, for their sakes?

Go with a 280 grain WFN and tell Veral to cut the crimp groove for your Redhawk.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/50...meter-300-grain-semi-wadcutter-gas-check

http://www.midwayusa.com/Product/12...meter-300-grain-semi-wadcutter-gas-check

Ive got at least 15 44 caliber molds but the more I cast and hunt the more I find the 300 grain bullets are most effective, and while its nice to have the fancier molds like NEI and LBT,HOCH,SEAKO etc. the rcbs and lyman designs work remarkably well and don,t cost nearly as much and theres been dozens of rather dead deer and hogs pass thru our kitchen to verify that they work, in both my 44 mag revolvers and marlin carbine

Both the 280 WFN and the 300 WFN will shoot accurately from the Redhawk 44 to 100 yards, even at the more sedate 1,100 fps level.

The LFN 280/44 I have doesn't get used much.

I'd pick the 300 WFN Plain Base and specify the Redhawk cylinder (good thinking, Jensen)! The 280 is a great general use weight, though...

The biggest reason for the extra $$ on the LBT's is in how well (and fast) they drop the finished product.

If you water drop to heat treat or hate it when the mould temp makes 5 different colors and sheen (effecting the water dropped hardness even more), they can be worth the extra cabbage.

So far I've only worked with "both" .. the WLN design.

My experience with 'em so far is they kill every bit as fast as a fast opening JHP but without the meat damage.

If you want to stay in the 250 grain range, have you considered their ogival wadcutter? I'm curious about 'em ... looks like they should have a vicious slap.

They will not stabilize to the 100 yard mark worth a hoot and he will want a wadcutter seater, not a SWC seater!


Only used a 150 38/357 version, but even from the 38 its easier getting a 180 to a hundred yards versus the 150 OWC pushed to the max from a 357.

ding ding ding, Jensen wins the prize for the most correct answer.