Bullet recommendation for .45 rifle

[tacfoley]

Tac, thanks for very detailed response.

Seems no one here in Finland has any 45cal bullet casting molds for sale.
Guy who sold me this rifle said he has a mold for some long bullet, but he didn´t want to give it to me with the rifle. Will try to contact him.

Lyman molds are quite pricey, so I tend to look at LEE.
Would http://leeprecision.com/mold-dc-459-500-3r.html or http://leeprecision.com/mold-sc-459-405hb.html be worth trying?

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I'm sorry to say that the Lyman bullet is the best there is for this rifle - it is the bullet that we all use in the Muzzle Loading Association of Great Britain - MLAGB - and also in the long-range BP rifle shooting association of USA and Canada, Australia, Germany and so on. We shoot this bullet out to 1200 yards/1000m with great success.

The bullet you showed me is the actual one that I use in my Winchester High-Wall - it IS the correct diameter for a .45-70 calibre CARTRIDGE-firing rifle but the pointy-nose design is NOT suitable for a muzzle-loader like yours. Sorry.

If you can't get the mould from your guy - look up the old English aphorism/saying 'dog in a manger' - then let me know and I'll put you in touch with my pal Joe in Oregon. We've been dealing BP stuff for many years and his prices are the best I've ever seen.

Best graders

tac