seeking ACTUAL users of Remington 1858 and Accurate Molds 45-200S and 45-225L

smokedout · Dec 6, 2024

OK So I am new to BP revolvers and want to find a good Conical Mold that will shoot accurately from a 1858 Remington
First seeking users of Remington 1858 and Accurate Molds 45-200S and 45-225L... opinions on your accuracy results
Then open to actual users of other molds that got good accuracy from the 1858 Remington
Many thanks for any and all responses

Bad Karma · Dec 16, 2024

smokedout said:
OK So I am new to BP revolvers and want to find a good Conical Mold that will shoot accurately from a 1858 Remington
First seeking users of Remington 1858 and Accurate Molds 45-200S and 45-225L... opinions on your accuracy results
Then open to actual users of other molds that got good accuracy from the 1858 Remington
Many thanks for any and all responses

I’ve used them in the Pietta Shooters Model Remingtons. They shot well with decent accuracy but nothing startling. I prefer the .465 round ball in those guns. Also important to note that the Shooters have progressive twist rifling and the chambers are very close to .455”. My 45-200S cast at .457”.

For a standard Uberti I suspect they’d be as good as any bullet. Many of the Pietta guns have had a slower rate of twist.

nick_1 · Dec 16, 2024

I have decent results with the lee 450-200-1R 200g conical in my Pietta 1858 with 25g T7

rodwha · Tuesday at 8:15 AM

smokedout said:
OK So I am new to BP revolvers and want to find a good Conical Mold that will shoot accurately from a 1858 Remington
First seeking users of Remington 1858 and Accurate Molds 45-200S and 45-225L... opinions on your accuracy results
Then open to actual users of other molds that got good accuracy from the 1858 Remington
Many thanks for any and all responses

What I found was that my revolvers seem to do equally well regardless of projectile, that it’s the powder charge that made them each accurate. With my Ruger I’ve shot a handful of projectiles, but only my two bullets in my Pietta NMA.

AlexB · Tuesday at 10:23 AM

I have settled on roundballs and kerrs in my 44s and the colt conical in the 36s.
Huge chambers on the 1858 navy easily takes 35 grains on powder.

WalnutRed · Tuesday at 5:04 PM

I use the Lee #452-200-RF in my Remington clones mainly because I already had the mold on hand. For some reason it doesn't do as well in my Colt clones so I stick to RBs in them.

bpalbee · Tuesday at 9:39 PM

I've had good luck with the Lee 452-160 RF in my Uberti 1858. They start easily with the bevelled base, fit easily in front of 30 grains, and as accurate as needed (easily hit 12" gong every time at 25 yards)

nkbj · Tuesday at 11:20 PM

In the 1858 I'd like to try out a tumble lube 220 grain either end style wadcutter with a fairly substantial bevel on the ends. It would minimize the amount of powder space that was sacrificed. The .45 wadcutter mold I have right now is the old #454309, heavier than what I want when cast from soft lead and it needlessly uses up a lot of chamber space. Oh well, maybe some day.

Smokedout, Accurate is good about be willing to tweak the diameters on the bands so they might make the base .445" diameter on any design you chose. Just something to mull over when looking through their catalog.

rodwha · Wednesday at 9:52 AM

bpalbee said:
I've had good luck with the Lee 452-160 RF in my Uberti 1858. They start easily with the bevelled base, fit easily in front of 30 grains, and as accurate as needed (easily hit 12" gong every time at 25 yards)View attachment 369297

I have been quite curious as to the length of this bullet as I had read over a decade ago of someone using it which prompted me to create a short design as well. It looks to be about as long as it is wide. Would you mind measuring one?

bpalbee · Wednesday at 12:25 PM

rodwha said:
I have been quite curious as to the length of this bullet as I had read over a decade ago of someone using it which prompted me to create a short design as well. It looks to be about as long as it is wide. Would you mind measuring one?

Mine drop at .437" long (.452" diameter). I do not understand why it works, but it does!

rodwha · Wednesday at 8:09 PM

bpalbee said:
Mine drop at .437" long (.452" diameter). I do not understand why it works, but it does!

Interesting! Thanks!

Yeah, I have a 170 grn .400” long bullet (along with a .460” long 195 grn) trying to create a bullet like that Lee bullet, but never knew the OAL. My 170 grn bullet shoots fine, and equally as well anything I’ve tried with the same powder charge. But I’ve only shot it to 15 yds.

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