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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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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)
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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.
 
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