Today, actually, and it wasn't supposed to be here until MONDAY! So, it just may happen that I get to use it this weekend.
Arsenal, 429-421 x 225 gr., 4C, aluminum.
Nothing exciting, just something I should have bought 30+ years ago when I managed to find a Lyman 1C which cast large enough (.433"+") for my bulldogs. I was thinking it was an older Ideal because it didn't cast small, but when I looked the other day, it's actually a Lyman and made just about the time I gave up on them - 1986. It's been a faithful mould, but just SO SLOW. I'd try to cast with it whenever I cast with anything else, just to try to build up some "stock."
I appreciate Elmer Keith's contributions to our endeavors, but not to the worship-level some display, and I am definitely NOT a trend-follower. Still, THIS bullet, the 429-421 (any one of most of the many avatars thereof) has been a no-fail, all-'round 44 bullet for any 44 I've owned - Mag or Special, target loads to full-house hunting loads. The vast majority of these I've sent downrange have made their way at a leisurely pace of 850 to 1kfps though. No matter which 44 I've tried it in, it has worked well.
I just got a new NOE a month or so ago, sort of out of the blue, but this is one I've planned for and into which I invested some of what I brought home from the last gun show. This should complete my collection, except that I do want to eventually have one cavity of each of the bullets I cast to be HP'd. THAT is probably going to be the part where it gets expensive. The mould @Ben just shared just makes me want o do this even more.
I have to put in a plug for Jared, at Arsenal. I've been very happy with his moulds and I love the idea that I can just order what I want, specify a non-standard diameter if I wish, and have a mould in a few weeks. I go with the 4C aluminum and I can have one for under $100, shipped. My last 4C NOE finally just broke the $100 mark, but those are still a great value as well. I got a few NOEs at just under that already, but I think NOE held the price longer than a lot of others would have. NOE and Arsenal make up the bulk of the handful of moulds I have settled in with.
Arsenal, 429-421 x 225 gr., 4C, aluminum.
Nothing exciting, just something I should have bought 30+ years ago when I managed to find a Lyman 1C which cast large enough (.433"+") for my bulldogs. I was thinking it was an older Ideal because it didn't cast small, but when I looked the other day, it's actually a Lyman and made just about the time I gave up on them - 1986. It's been a faithful mould, but just SO SLOW. I'd try to cast with it whenever I cast with anything else, just to try to build up some "stock."
I appreciate Elmer Keith's contributions to our endeavors, but not to the worship-level some display, and I am definitely NOT a trend-follower. Still, THIS bullet, the 429-421 (any one of most of the many avatars thereof) has been a no-fail, all-'round 44 bullet for any 44 I've owned - Mag or Special, target loads to full-house hunting loads. The vast majority of these I've sent downrange have made their way at a leisurely pace of 850 to 1kfps though. No matter which 44 I've tried it in, it has worked well.
I just got a new NOE a month or so ago, sort of out of the blue, but this is one I've planned for and into which I invested some of what I brought home from the last gun show. This should complete my collection, except that I do want to eventually have one cavity of each of the bullets I cast to be HP'd. THAT is probably going to be the part where it gets expensive. The mould @Ben just shared just makes me want o do this even more.
I have to put in a plug for Jared, at Arsenal. I've been very happy with his moulds and I love the idea that I can just order what I want, specify a non-standard diameter if I wish, and have a mould in a few weeks. I go with the 4C aluminum and I can have one for under $100, shipped. My last 4C NOE finally just broke the $100 mark, but those are still a great value as well. I got a few NOEs at just under that already, but I think NOE held the price longer than a lot of others would have. NOE and Arsenal make up the bulk of the handful of moulds I have settled in with.
