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Offline Black River Smith

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What info can you provide on a Lee 90489 Bullet Mold??
« on: June 22, 2023, 08:27:27 PM »
I am looking for the general information about the 90489 Lee bullet mold.

What caliber is it?

What weight bullet does it create?

What was the Lee designation on the box (ex. 45-200-1R)?

I did find on a web forum -- where someone stated that it was for the 45ACP -- a .452 that weighed 228 grains.

Does someone have one of these (what appears to be) vintage Lee molds that could / would provide more detailed info?

Thanks
BRS
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Re: What info can you provide on a Lee 90489 Bullet Mold??
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2023, 08:53:52 PM »
Lee 90489 should be a .452" diameter hollow point bullet for the 45 Colt or 45 acp, with a nominal weight of 228 grains.  It has been out of production for a while.  If I remember that line of hollow point moulds correctly, it would have been a hollow point version of today's 452-252-SWC. 
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Re: What info can you provide on a Lee 90489 Bullet Mold??
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2023, 01:05:01 PM »
LongWalker,

Thanks for that information.  With the older web forum info and yours, I will go with that.

Thanks

BRS
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Re: What info can you provide on a Lee 90489 Bullet Mold??
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Re: What info can you provide on a Lee 90489 Bullet Mold??
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2023, 09:25:23 AM »
Sedalia Dave,

Thanks for the link.  That did not come up in my Search engine listings.  That really helps define it for me.
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