Preferred 45ACP boolit from a lee 6 banger.

[MtGun44]

Real H&G 68 came either BB or FB.

Bill

[RobS]

Considering the XD in particular if it's an older one..........the Lee TC. SWC designs do not do well with the older XD's and There is very little throat on the springfield XD barrels so having much of a front drive band sticking outside the case doesn't work so well nor does a boolit with a tangent ogive and wide meplat.

[Artful]

My 230 TC isn't Lee's but I would have no problem buying a 6 banger in that design from them.

It seems to work well in most guns I have tried.



Mine is an older 5 cavity from NEI

[RobS]

Nice entourage you have there Artful.

[fredj338]

Trixter,

The idea here is to reduce indecisiveness not contribute to it. Your post was contrary to the intent of the question.

I own the tl 452-230-tc. My intent is to sell that one and buy a traditional lube design. I could use it tumbled or traditional lubed. So far it looks like the 200 swc is winning.

The 200swc will NOT likely feed well in the XD45, it doesn't in 95%. The newer XDM has supposedly fixed the feeding issue, but the older XD45 vary form totally unreliable to only about 80% w/ any SWC design. So IMO, the 228grRN or 230grTC are the way to go in a Lee 6cav.

[vogironface]

That is good to know. I have only shot the truncated cone and round nose through it. In the poll the TC design has pulled ahead.

Thanks to all who have shared opinions. I think I may have changed my mind from my original intent. I always learn so much fro you guys.

The 200swc will NOT likely feed well in the XD45, it doesn't in 95%. The newer XDM has supposedly fixed the feeding issue, but the older XD45 vary form totally unreliable to only about 80% w/ any SWC design. So IMO, the 228grRN or 230grTC are the way to go in a Lee 6cav.

[mpmarty]

I voted the 200gr swc before realizing you had an XD. Semi wadcutters don't work for beans in XDs so I dumped my XD and quit worrying about it. 200gr swc work for me just fine, LEE, H&G and Lyman 452460s all make me smile. All my 1911s eat them like candy.

[rintinglen]

I prefer the 200 grain SWC, but for an XD I'd go with the TC. Yeah, I know, I'm parroting what others have said, but IME, they just don't run well on Semi-Wadcutters.

[wallenba]

This was a hard choice. Because I love both, the 200 SWC and the 230 TC, for different guns. The SWC works best in my 625, and the TC in my 1911. But I voted the SWC since I shoot the 625 more.

[ku4hx]

I tumble lube many of my tradition lube boolits, and the results has been quite good. I use either thinned LLA or thinned 50/50 Alox+Bee's wax and finish with a light dusting of MotorMica.

I voted the 230 grain TC although I have a bucketful of Lee's discontinued 190 grain SWCs. 190 works fine, but I have this thing about a 230 grain bullet in a 45 ACP. More boolits per pound is a strong selling point.

[mikeym1a]

Years ago, I bought the Lee 200gr/microgooves, 6 cavity mould. I never had any problem with it. Never had to size them, they shoot great in my AutoOrdance 1911A1. Never shot at paper, always at tin cans. (Instant gratification, seeing something fall over after the 'bang'.) My first try at making pistol boolits, and I guess I just lucked out.

[MtGun44]

Later model XDs handle SWCs fine. Factory modified the slide to add a bump
on the bottom to depress the top round in the mag as the slide moves rearward.
The extracted case WAS dragged hard over the boolit of the next up round
in the early guns, and the SWC shoulder would pop the extracted case loose and
cause a jam. By depressing the top round in the mag, the problem is solved.

Bill

[Elkins45]

FWIW the 200 TL SWC is my favorite 45 boolet. I would dearly hate the thought of having to run every one of my 45 boolets through the sizer before I could load them.

[vogironface]

Thank you for all of the feedback. The poll is pretty evenly split between our top two. I know the TC feeds since I have been shooting the TL variety so I think I will go with that. I am glad I asked the question since I was originally going to order the 200 SWC. I did not know of the feeding issues.