Hornady lead bullet replacement?

[DarrenL]

Hello, I presently use the Hornady #12458 255 grain Lead FP over 5gr of trail boss in a 45 colt application. The application is a 1858 Remington BP replica with a 45 colt conversion cylinder.

I am looking to replace these bullets with the blue bullets 250gr RNFP (0.451 dia) bullet. Its 250 for $31 instead of $46 for 200, and I won’t get the leading.

Is there any reason anyone can think of that this would not work? Thank you

 

[Knob Creek]

Sounds good to me. Coated Bullets use the same load data as lead. Recommended is 4.5 to 5.8 maximum. I use 5.5 Gr with a 200 Gr LRNFP.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

You could go to the cast bullet seminar and for $20 you get breakfast/lunch and all the knowledge and hand on experience to cast your own.

Just saying

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[pastera]

You could go to the cast bullet seminar and for $20 you get breakfast/lunch and all the knowledge and hand on experience to cast your own.

Just saying

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For what you pay for 1000 bullets, you could set up to cast and coat all the bullets you could ever use...
1k bullets: $124
Lead: 36lbs @$1.25/lb, $45
Cast iron pot: $10 thrift store
Hotplate: $10 Walmart
Toaster oven: $20 Walmart
Ladle: $10 Lee
Mold: $20 Lee
Sizing die: $20 Lee
Hitek coating: $11 (coats about 4k bullets)
Total: $136 ( thrift shop for the hot plate and oven to get it to $124)

 

[TrashcanDan]

Hello, I presently use the Hornady #12458 255 grain Lead FP over 5gr of trail boss in a 45 colt application. The application is a 1858 Remington BP replica with a 45 colt conversion cylinder.

I am looking to replace these bullets with the blue bullets 250gr RNFP (0.451 dia) bullet. Its 250 for $31 instead of $46 for 200, and I won’t get the leading.

Is there any reason anyone can think of that this would not work? Thank you

Should work just fine, if not better.

 

[Fixxah]

Go to the seminar, it's a great experience and you will be amazed at the generosity of this community.