I ordered a new mould today.

[Eagle223usa]

NOTHING SHAMEFUL AT ALL IN havin a "old third gen Colt"!!!

Thanks Brother,

 

[CZ93X62]

Just in original Colt Bisley, 4-3/4" in 32/20. I have Bisley Ruger BHs x 7.5" in 357, 44, and 45 Colt.

 

[fiver]

i checked my logs from back when.
i sold 103 boxes of 452664's in 96 and only 87 in 97, plus what we shot during those 2 years.
so at least 200, 500 count boxes went through that one mold in 2 years time.
that's 100-K bullets in 2 years for anyone keeping track at home.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

you probably didn't run your mold for 4-5 days straight every other week 10-12 hrs a day either.

Who but a commercial caster would????

I about guaranty I cast more then most. Usually few times a week (more in nice weather) and only mold I "wore out" was a lee two cav. Wore out in the sense the pins was loose you could not tighten hing bolt. Rest was "abuse" But as ut was a 20$ mold it was used as such and replaced. Twoo almost tbree years. Untold number of castings... But Id venture a guess better then a 5gal pail of bullets. I still have about 1/3 of a paint pail of bullets from that mold.
I dont place any blame its a cheap mold and I was not overly careful using it. It is a tool and. As such a consumable. I am more careful with higher value items.

CW

 

[fiver]

the commercial guys run 8 molds at a time to alleviate that issue.
i was just getting going and as such a hundred dollar mold was, as you say, a consumable.
i could replace it by selling 4 boxes of bullets.

since i closed out i still use a lot of those bullets, and currently have a 7 gallon bucket of them in the shop, plus 2 more gallons of them in the gun room.

it's a habit to make too many of the things i use the most, i guess.
i just finished up sizing and checking over 5-K rcbs silh. bullets, they won't get used for anything but making holes in paper, and shooting some rocks somewhere.

 

[Eagle223usa]

And I thought I used to cast alot! Anyone mind if I save this thread and show it to my wife as exhibit #1 when she gets on me when I'm on a casting bender?

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I cast a bit...

 

[popper]

You guys shame me, if I go through a peanut jar of cast in a year I'm shooting too much.

 

[Eagle223usa]

CW, that's enough to be considered inventory. Wow

 

[Walks]

Cool,
All the colors of the Rainbow
CW; Great Display and Storage.

 

[Eagle223usa]

Well, I did it!

 

[Michael]

A lot of empty space in some of those jars, need to condense them down and make room for more.

I'll bite, Did what?

 

[Eagle223usa]

Cast with that mold!

 

[Eagle223usa]

 

[Eagle223usa]

One of the best Lee molds I have used. I coated the sprue plate with some mold drop out stuff back when I got it. I just cleaned the cavities with kroil and then cleaned them with dawn dishwashing detergent. The bullets dropped right out. Good stuff!