Mold History

[Pistolero]

What is going on with all the pix you posted, Ben. Looks like something has happened at
photobucket.

Bill

 

[Rick]

Bill,

http://www.artfulbullet.com/index.php?threads/image-hosting.2697/

 

[klw]

There was a guy some years back, 12-15 years, that was going to produce some sort of encyclopedia of moulds. I forget his name, but he was out west and had an online presence. At one time IIRC he had listings for all the major players. I think his nick name was "The god of moulds" or something like that. I lost his web addy (does anyone else still use that term?) in a crash 3 or 4 computers back. Does that ring a bell for anyone?

I do not know anything about the god of moulds but I do know where you can find an article entitled "The Encyclopedia of Bullet Casting." That piece is in the 2010 Gun Digest. There is a companion piece in the 2011 Gun Digest about how to analyze bullet alloys though I do not remember the exact title.

 

[popper]

Sendaro this is 185gr RD style from a BO 10" pistol about the fps you want. Ignore the circled half jacket holes. IIRC seeall sight and just a pistol tube so pistol hold. It does well in my 30/30 also. 20 gr cfeb is close to tops for load. I found 2400 was better.

 

[klw]

Will sort through my molds soon and post the ones I wish to sell.

Also will check out the Link

Just finished reading the chapter in Lyman #46 and found it very informative indeed. Wish there was more.

Has anyone had any experience with the NOE 311-230FN Black Out bullet? It looks interesting. I'd be sending it down a 1 in 10" twist barrel at about 1550.

Thank you, Sendaro

As my age advances and my health declines I have been doing that with great success on Ebay. Learning how to sell there is not without its problems but by trial and error it is possible. Using usps flat rate boxes is a real effort saver although you have to really tape things down or the box will be all but destroyed. I am losing about 5% of all I send out. REALLY strong filament tape that you can see through so as to not cover up all the post office labeling really helps as does using enough filler to make sure things inside cannot move around. Finally look up the exact thing you are going to sell and be sure you undercut the competition. The mold blocks I have sold are odd. A couple RCBS molds that I though might be hard to sell were gone almost as fast as I listed them. Now I am trying to sell several SAECO four cavity molds. Those are not selling yet. And today I will be listing four 8-cavity blocks. Those probably will take longer. If you do get a buyer be sure to tell him when something ships and encouraged conversation. That helps.

 

[Bret4207]

As my age advances and my health declines I have been doing that with great success on Ebay. Learning how to sell there is not without its problems but by trial and error it is possible. Using usps flat rate boxes is a real effort saver although you have to really tape things down or the box will be all but destroyed. I am losing about 5% of all I send out. REALLY strong filament tape that you can see through so as to not cover up all the post office labeling really helps as does using enough filler to make sure things inside cannot move around. Finally look up the exact thing you are going to sell and be sure you undercut the competition. The mold blocks I have sold are odd. A couple RCBS molds that I though might be hard to sell were gone almost as fast as I listed them. Now I am trying to sell several SAECO four cavity molds. Those are not selling yet. And today I will be listing four 8-cavity blocks. Those probably will take longer. If you do get a buyer be sure to tell him when something ships and encouraged conversation. That helps.

Would you be Kenneth Walters of early Handloader fame?

 

[klw]

Fame? Definitely not. But both Ken Waters and I wrote for Handloader decades ago. Eventually, however, they refused to accept free lance articles. In fact just a couple of months ago they returned two articles of mine that they accepted about 5 years ago I think. Took kind of a long time for those two to get rejected. These days you really do not get rejection notices rather nothing happens. Both the American Rifleman and Gun Digest seem to be doing that now. I suspose I was fortunate that when I did the majority of writing that there were printed gun magazines.

 

[358156 hp]

I remember you from other boards Ken. You always stuck in my mind because of the similarity between your name and Ken Waters. I'm glad to see you here, and hope you find your visits here to be enjoyable.

 

[klw]

Almost always people thought I was Ken Waters. As I remember he switched how he put up his name in an attempt to stop the confusion. Did not help. Only once did someone think that he was Kenneth L. Walters. Twice, I guess, when one year Gun Digest sent me his federal tax information.

 

[Rick]

Fame? Definitely not. But both Ken Waters and I wrote for Handloader decades ago. Eventually, however, they refused to accept free lance articles. In fact just a couple of months ago they returned two articles of mine that they accepted about 5 years ago I think. Took kind of a long time for those two to get rejected. These days you really do not get rejection notices rather nothing happens. Both the American Rifleman and Gun Digest seem to be doing that now. I suspose I was fortunate that when I did the majority of writing that there were printed gun magazines.

Welcome to the forum Ken.

I think I just learned a bit of the why/how of the downward trend of Handloader and where some of the better writers went. Sad. I have every issue from number one up through the late nineties in paper magazines and every issue on DVD from number one through about 2018. As time went on it just wasn't the publication it once was and I lost a great deal of interest.

 

[358156 hp]

It's not that Handloader has gone commercial, it's just that they've become so damn commercial.

 

[JWFilips]

Is this what you need?

 

[dale2242]

I use that chart for reference all the time.

 

[JWFilips]

I do too,
I have no idea when the guys here, rattle off mould numbers! It is a bit of a learning curve

 

[Bret4207]

Fame? Definitely not. But both Ken Waters and I wrote for Handloader decades ago. Eventually, however, they refused to accept free lance articles. In fact just a couple of months ago they returned two articles of mine that they accepted about 5 years ago I think. Took kind of a long time for those two to get rejected. These days you really do not get rejection notices rather nothing happens. Both the American Rifleman and Gun Digest seem to be doing that now. I suspose I was fortunate that when I did the majority of writing that there were printed gun magazines.

Nice to see you again! We've corresponded before on other sites. I bought an NEI 264-90 mould from you many years back. Darn shame no one wants good articles anymore. I haven't bought a gun rag in years! I can understand people confusing you Mr Waters, but I go back to the days when seeing "Kennth L Walters" in Handloader meant there was a good, meaty technical article to read. Welcome aboard!