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Needing to drop some bullets with an as cast diameter right around .377” using Lyman #2 alloy (95-5-5). What off the shelf .375-.380” molds do you fellows have and what is your as cast diameter? It would help if you list your alloy as well.
I’m going to call Tom at Accurate Molds to get a custom die made but wanted to get something off the shelf to play with. Actual bullet style isn't as important right now as dropping them in the correct diameter since I need something that doesn’t have to be squeezed down more than maybe a thousandth to get my final diameter optimized before calling Lee to get a custom sizing die made.
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With the cost of production molds being about the same as a custom mold, I'd just get what I want from a custom maker. Remember mountain molds as an option for quality affordable custom molds. No idea what his lead time is, but I've been happy with every mold he's made me.
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Agree with Lott.
But what you want. Don't waste money on a mould that might work fine but is a PITA to cast with; which most off the shelf moulds usually are. Another big IF is what size they will cast at, even with #2.
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I recently bought Accurate Molds for a 45-70 and a 460 S&W.....very reasonably priced, almost infinite designs, bullets looked good, considering I hadn’t done any casting for about 20 years. If I remember correctly.....he can adjust the mold diameter for your specific alloy. Better verify, I’ve got CRS pretty bad! memtb
Last edited by memtb; 03/06/18.
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I can add one bit of data to my own survey. An RCBS 37-250-FN drops bullets of #2 alloy right at .377" which is absolutely perfect.
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I’m interested in this as well
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