My experience with Accurate Molds.

[Spindrift]

I have two Arsenal moulds, one 4-cavity and one 5-cavity. They are, for practical purposes, quite similar to NOE- moulds. The 4- cavity works very well, without hickups. With the 5-cav, the guiding pins have a slight tendency to bind. If I give the pins a tiny bit of sprue plate oil every once in a while (before casting) and pay attention while casting, it works well.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I have a few from all Mentioned. All have been great molds Brass and Aluminum. My only size complaints is if I where to get something under sized. Both of my mihec are "used" I have never bought from him. But would be severely bummed if I waited year (s) and got something like under sized gc shanks!!!

CW

 

[Ole_270]

I only have one Accurate mold, 38-250B for my 38-55. High quality bullets, but one cavity that I've yet to find the burr or whatever is hanging up the bullet. Got to whack the hinge pin pretty hard several times to get it to drop.
I've got 4 NOE molds that I have had great luck with, just not the flexibility before ordering that Tom offers.
Will probably be getting a 45 cal RCBS SAA270 clone one of these days, just haven't decided which to order from.

 

[dannyd]

Anyone use Arsenal moulds? I have a 358-156 KT coming, should arrive Friday or Saturday. It is a clone of the RCBS. I have the RCBS and it shoots very well for me but I wanted more cavities in aluminum.

I have one NOE 360-158 and it is a nicely made mould, it just does not shoot well for me.

Let me know how its works. Thinking about getting one

 

[USSR]

Have never used an Arsenal mould. Sorry.

Don

 

[Winelover]

Will probably be getting a 45 cal RCBS SAA270 clone one of these days, just haven't decided which to order from.

I can recommend MP's clone of this mould. Offered in two styles of HP's, as well as, a solid. I don't care for NOE's HP system/arrangement, on the bottom of the mould. Tom does't offer HP's.

 

[USSR]

I can recommend MP's clone of this mould.

Ditto. My hollowpoints come out at about 265gr and it makes for an awesome whitetail load in my 25-5.

Don

 

[Ole_270]

I have no experience with hps in cast handgun loads. Do they really make that much difference at 950-1000 fp's? How hard and time consuming is it to cast hp's

 

[USSR]

I have no experience with hps in cast handgun loads. Do they really make that much difference at 950-1000 fp's? How hard and time consuming is it to cast hp's

On soft skinned animals such as whitetail deer, a heavy for caliber hollowpoint bullet in a cartridge such as the .45 Colt will make a big hole going in and an even bigger hole going out. Have yet to recover one of these bullets from a deer. MP Molds uses the Cramer method for their hollowpoint molds. This entails turning the mold upside down after filling the cavities, opening the mold, an usually giving a slight tap to the pin stems to enable the bullets to drop from the mold. Not that hard, and it becomes second nature once you get used to it. Hope that helps.

Don