I am thinking very seriously about ordering one of these.
I have been quite remiss in my mold purchases.
I do not own a single Accurate mold.
I think it is high time I fixed that gaping hole in my mold collection and this is the mold to do it with.
I won't have much, if any time to really play with this until I retire. (At least 3, possibly 4 years from now.)
But I do know that I want to be setup to play and play hard once I do retire.
IOW, I really need to be making all expensive purchases now while I am working.
Discretionary income will drop precipitously once retired and everyday becomes Saturday.
So I need to make up my mind on how I want to configure this mold.
I am going to want both GC and PB cavities in this mold.
I really love brass (Love Miha's molds...) but that is limited to 4 cavities.
It's also heavy and I'm not getting any younger.
It isn't a problem now but in 10 years? Probably will be...
I have never cast with an aluminum mold; don't own a single Lee.
I do own a aluminum NOE copy of the 358429 with RG4 pins in it but I have never cast with it.
I won that mold at the first NCBS I went to back in 2010.
I reckon I should cast with that NOE and see what I think of aluminum before making a decision on this mold from Tom.
The main reason I haven't is that I am a bottom pour guy.
Those damn pins and the mold guide for the RCBS pot are NOT going to like each other at all.
I'm gonna have to figure something out for that.
So I am torn between ordering a 4 cavity brass - 1 GC and 3 PB cavities.
Or ordering a 5 cavity aluminum - 2 GC and 3 PB cavities.
I have visions of plinking with the '03, 03A3, and the 1917 Enfield using the PB version.
I also have this crazy idea of trying to get these to shoot in the Garand's and M1A.
Maybe even get them to cycle the rifle and still be accurate.
Hence the GC cavity(s).