Mold shape question for a XD .45

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Hi, I`m relatively new to reloading and just starting out in casting. I`ve been doing a lot of reading in different books and on here. I am getting set up to cast .45acp for an XD. I think I want to start out tumble lubing. It sounds like the Xd`s don`t like the swc shape, as they wont feed right. I`ve been having trouble getting my hands on a 6 cavity TL-452-230=2R lee mold. So my question is this...Will boolits from a TL-452-230-TC feed in an Xd ? or are they too similar to the swc ? Thank you in advance and thank you for this site and its wealth of knowledge !

I can not answer your question.
About tumble lube in a XD.
But I do know that a RCBS 230gr. rn.
boolit works great in them.

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Only early model XD45s won't EXTRACT (not feed) with a SWC in the top
position in the mag. Old guns drag the rim of the extracted case over the
boolit - hard. New XDs have a bump under the slide that depresses the
top round on the rearward stroke to eliminate this problem.

Bill

If it was easy, anybody could do it.

Can't speak specifically to your XD, but my 1911, Glock 30, and two KP90s love Lee's 230 grain TL TC.

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Take the slide off the frame and look for a hump on the center strip on the underside of it, just behind the breechface. If it has one you are good to go with swc's and I highly recommend them. Mine really, really likes them, especially my new 150gr(actually more like 165gr) swc from NOE. It also shoots the 200grswc great as well. I haven't really shot much else as far as cast goes other than a 230gr hp that it shot better than any other gun I tried them in, but they never did shoot great. I think it's more a boolit problem than the gun since no other gun shot them well either.

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The Lee TL-452-230-TC feed just fine in my XD-45. And my 1911.

My Tactical XD has had no issues with the TL 230 TC or the regular lube grove 230 TC designs. It also shot the Lee 200 RF just fine.

My XDm 5.25 45 ACP loves the Lee 452-230TC (conventional lube grove) and works fine with the Lee 452-200 SWC

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200gr RNFP feeds fine. The SWC also seem to work. I don't know about the older models but this one is less than a year old and has not issues with feeding any style.

That is the bullet I use for my XD and all my 45's and they love it. I did load some cast SWC bullets that a buddy gave me a while back and they worked fine in my XD, but that's my pistol. I tumble lube all my cast bullets and haven't had any problems. Just my 2 cents worth.

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