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I thought that. I have this mould & it does a good job. Been a few years since I used it but maybe I'll get a chance before long.

6 bullets, 9 guns: .25, .284, .308, .357, .40, .44

NO pics but the RCBS 358 150 KT,Lyman 358156,Lyman 515141, KAL TGBS .392" adj ppb mold and my KAL TGBS .440 adj mold all been getting a work out lately. Magnum Man

Lee 1 Ounce slugs from roofing lead




and 40 cal 175 grn

I have just finished casting 40 pounds of lead for the 380acp and 120 for the 9mm.

The 380 is a 2 cavity and the 9 is 1.

I really need to get another mold for the 9 maybe a 4 or 6 hole.

It does tend to wear you out.

My latest offering.. 45 cal 500 gr PP hollow base flat nose for my 45/110,think it'll make a great hunting bullet for venisons..got enabled by Sharpsguy with this PP mould and thought I'd have one custom made but Bill already had it of course ..Thank you kind sir.

Nice Flyboy.

Just started casting a few weeks ago...the only mould I have so far is for a lyman 525 grain shotgun slug. They didn't turn out to bad, accuracy was around 2" at 25 yards.

Hope to get a luber/sizer press soon so I can cast for my s&w model 14.

Cast 'bout 35 pounds of 45's yesterday & another 35 pounds only finishing a few minutes ago.

Looking good what mould?

Ballisti-Cast #1101.

Well it's not bullets but I melted down 175 #s of lead to clean it and made small ingots to put into my bullet pot today.

I tried out for the first time. A propane tank bottom dump pot that I made and it worked beautifully.

I think it will hold about 300#s if I had enough to fill it up. Maybe next time.
I am weighting for a mold from Mihec for my 30 30 and 30 06 can't weight to get started casting.

You will love casting & shooting your own bullets.

Speaking of which, i am taking a break right now from loading those bullets you sent me. They will be all done by tonight.

Keep your eyes peeled for a review.

It is going to be a while before I get to shoot um.
I ordered a star luber and it will be after Thanksgiving before I get it.
I have cast about 1300 slugs for my S&W460 and 45 colt with a mold from Accurate thanks to McColeman's guidance. But I have a long way to go in learning. The learning curve sucks at times.

I was looking at that mould today.

And i was looking at the product of that mold for hours yesterday. Using the dummy round i made up, the initial impression looks good as far as feeding goes. I did not have one failure to feed, but after 6 or so tries, the bullet got shoved into the case too far to work with.

They look good though.

I received my 308 MiHec 4C mold yesterday so I cast about 640 of them and about 240 45 colt slugs today with my Accurate mold

I like the sprue plate on the Accurate mold better than the MiHec but the MiHec throws the bullets a lot better than the Accurate mold

I had a few hours to kill yesterday and could think of nothing better to do:



Filled my makeshift pot and warming the molds.



Everything is ready, melt is fluxed and skimmed.



The bullets are from a thirty year old Lyman # 429421 .44 caliber, 250 gr. Keith design and an even older Lyman # 358477 .357 caliber 150 gr. SWC design. They will let me shoot for a little while. Make some more later.





Using two molds at a time really helps keep from getting the molds too hot and making sure the sprue is hardened before cutting. I love this stuff!

Nice,I also have the Lyman 429421 and have killed several deer with it.. a good choice to this day as it continues to get the job done.