This Lee mold is a good one!

Brother_Love

Brother_Love

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I cast with this Lee 6 cavity today and it ran like a top. I set the timer one time and cast 42 bullets in 2 minutes, it rains bullets. This is what I use for practice rounds in my 38’s. I simply coat them in BLL and load them. Me 2E9B0161-C3AA-45DD-A336-FF173D0E5287.jpegand the grands can shoot them up pretty fast.
 
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david s

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I have two of the Lee six cavity moulds. One is the 45-230-TC and the other one is the 9mm-120-TC. For what I bought them for compared with how they preform I've nothing to complain about. They do make a pile of bullets in a hurry. Nice looking bullets.
 
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Ole_270

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I've got 4 of them, 452-200swc, 452-200rf, 452-230TC, and 452-255rf. Took a little deburr work on a couple, but they make a pile in a hurry and shoot better than I can with a handgun.
 
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STIHL

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I’ve got a couple of Lee 6 bangers and they cast great. I’ve been looking at that exact mold in 38 almost bought it today. I’ve got a 2 cav 429 in that design and it’s my favorite bullet in my 44.
 
Glaciers

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
I like the LEE 6 cavity molds a lot. This year I’ve purchased a 314-90 SWC, and in a trade picked up a 358-140 SWC both from members here on the forum. Besides that I’ve had a few in “notifications” with a couple of suppliers that 2 recently became available, one was the 225-55 which I have not used yet, and a 452-255 that I used as soon as it arrived. I’ve used the 314-90 and the 452-255 so far and they cast nicely.
I do have one LEE 6 cavity problem child but I’m sure I just need to clean it more throughly. When I see a LEE 6 cavity come up in a bullet like, I buy it.
I’ve been very pleased with these molds. Great bang for the buck.
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
I have 6 . 358-200 , 452-255 , 358-125 TC and RNFP , 401-175 ...... Can't remember what the other pistol bullet is now .....that's weird , I was just looking at them the other day ......

I agree they pile up the bullets in a hurry and with one in the groove they run pretty smooth . My technique seems to end up with one heavy , one light , and 4 within my expected standard (2% for pistols 1% for rifles of weight) . It probably doesn't matter from the 25 yd and under line but with the PCCs available it's more desired to stay in the window . The over/under is only about 3.5% anyway .

I like them , the pot gets empty pretty fast at 12-1500 gr at a time is about the only complaint . I actually wish the other makers 4&5 holes had the sprue handle . ...... Blasphemy I know .

I should probably get one in a 358-158 RF . I really like that one , but I just don't shoot the 357 like I used to .

I still mostly thumb lube with Darrs mod ....... If it works don't mess with it right ?
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
I wore out mine. It was an old-style 2C and I had been casting for three of us for many years with it. It got to where I was spending more time fixing it than casting with it and I scrapped it with plans to replace it with a 6C. I wore a 358-158RF out at the same time, because when I cast with one, I'd cast with the other.

I ended up with an Arsenal 4C 358-158RFN with micro-grooves in a 4C, which is almost like a hybrid of the two I wore out, so now I am going to use this one a while and see if it's as useful as the two LEEs were. If not, then I'm going back to those two tried and true designs. My brother and good (great) friend for whom I cast both like the LEE TL358-158SWC and seem skeptical - they like it that much.

Jr. Doughty was using it for hogs, if I remember correctly - before he got a 180 grain WFN.
 
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