Dare I ask!

[Blammer]

How many molds do you have?

I have 3. yea a rookie.

a .490 RB for my BP gun
50 cal 333gr T/C Maxi Hunter
50 cal 230 Lee REAL

[Blammer]

I'm just starting to get into molds for my 35's, 38's, 45's and 54... :D

[dubber123]

If this is any indication, my answer is "I DON'T KNOW". 75-100 maybe, and I bet there are more than a few on here who will laugh at my "small stash".

[pumpguy]

I only have six, but, do have two group buys on the way. I have a habit of getting comfortable with one and not changing.

[dnepr]

six so far but will be ordering a 58 cal roundball mold soon.

[Tom Myers]

According to my Mold List Software (http://www.tmtpages.com/MoldListBuy/), I now have 85 molds in the collection and one more on the way.
If you have more than a few molds, this is a neat way to keep track of them.

Tom Myers
Precision Ballistics and Records (http://tmtpages.com)

http://www.tmtpages.com/MoldListBuy/images/molddata.gif

[flyingstick]

I have Seven and can only think of two more I really want or is that Two Hundred? :)

[Johnch]

I have 40 or so , maybe 50
If I counted them , I would start figuring out how much $$ I had wraped up in them

I just consider myself their current owner

Johnch

[targetshootr]

After a year into casting I probably have eight and think I only need a couple more. Of course I said the same thing when I only had eight guns.

:Fire:

[Glen]

I stopped counting them a long time ago..... It's not how many moulds you own that's important, it's what you can do with them.

[waksupi]

Not a clue! A drawer full, plus overflow.

[cbrick]

I stopped counting them a long time ago..... It's not how many moulds you own that's important, it's what you can do with them.

Absolutley, and I might add, what you can do with the product of each mould.

How many? I dunno but given the many thousands of different moulds out there I can only say . . . not nearly enough!

Rick

[45 2.1]

I had a house fire in 1986, the count at that time was about 180. I've gotten more than that since and have not counted them since that time. I also can't keep track of where some of them are, except for borrowed molds (those I keep strict track of).

[DLCTEX]

I had to go count, found 25, and I think there are two or three in a drawer somewhere. I may have overlooked some as I have not got my gun building finished (work gets in the way) and my wife kicked me out of the third bedroom when all the kids came at Thanksgiving, so there are piles in the garage that have mysteries in them. Dale

[RayinNH]

Wow, I feel like a beginner as well, 32 now and one in the group buy...Ray

[9.3X62AL]

About 50 or so. That software looks cool, Tom--but organization is not a high priority at present, and after 27+ years of fervent documentation--I'm pretty slack in that department as well. I didn't mow/trim the back yard today, either--so I'm a pretty flagrant layabout.

I did reload 140 30-06 cases with #311284 boolits today, though--and got the emptied cases from Tuesday's Burrito Shoot tumbled in a timely fashion, and readied for refill on the benchtop. This borders on exemplary performance, considering my usual casual manner of re-stuffing/re-packing ammunition.

[Lloyd Smale]

somewhere up around a 100

[454PB]

I still have the first few single cavity Lyman moulds I bought 36 years ago. I think they were $8 each at the time, handles about $5.

As with guns, they are one of the few things you can buy, enjoy for years, and sell them for more than you paid.

[Whitespider]

None, but I've got one on order. After reading the answers to this post I can see I'm gonna' spend more on this hobby than first projected.

Oh Well, I've got money I ain't made yet.

[Hunter]

I have 3 different molds. 2 different Lyman molds for .45 (452460 & 452630) and 1 FOR .38 (358477).
All excellent molds that work great.

[JeffinNZ]

Twelve. I feel a bit under gunned against some of you guys.

[axxman928]

Mr Myers,
Looks like a nice program.
Deputy Al,
What was the powder charge(grains) and powder number that you
used in 30/06? Was your piece a Garand or a bolt action?
axxman928

[Char-Gar]

I have a bunch of molds.

[Bent Ramrod]

6-1/2 5.56 cal ammo cans full. Plus a bunch laying around that I haven't put away. Most single cavity, a few double, only one four (a Shiloh with two cavities top and bottom).

Oh, some at the end of a bunch of nutcracker loading tools, too.

Always on the lookout...:wink:

[45nut]

40+ give or take. Ample for my needs and then some.

Thats a awesome screen shot tom.

[crazy mark]

250+ I use an Excel spread sheet to keep track of mine. Have one by cavities, one by manufacture, one by weight and one by base. Easy to sort the list different ways. Mark

[Shepherd2]

I have 50 or so. A few I've never used and a couple I don't own guns for yet.

[ktw]

Something in the low 20's.

More than I need, but not as many as I want.

-ktw

[buck1]

Somewhere in the 20s, with about half being Saeco 4 cavs each with their own handles.

[threett1]

Easy way out- 20+:mrgreen: Now I suppose I need to count them.

[Four Fingers of Death]

Just did a quick head check, I can think of 26, 3 (I think) group buys on the way. 2x on order in Australia. That's 31 and I'm sure if I pulled them out I'd find more. These darn group buys are making me a bit of a mould collector.

I still don't have a 311284!! :(

PS< Tom, where do you get that software? Do you make it /sell it? That looks way cool. I have made myself an armoury spreadsheet to keep track of my guns, but haven't done anything other than list the moulds. Actually that's pretty much all the spreadsheet does for the guns. Keeps, license details, values, etc. I'd like something fancier.

[scrapcan]

Mick,

Go to Tom's web page. He hass some good stuff over there.

All told I have 50 plus. Only use about 15 regularly. I too am always on the look out.

[Scrounger]

Mick, look this software over. I had it on my computer, bought it years ago, but I just tried to find it and nada, it must have gotten zilched in my last computer crash a few months ago. Hopefully I can find the disk.

[Scrounger]

Mick, look this software over. I had it on my computer, bought it years ago, but I just tried to find it and nada, it must have gotten zilched in my last computer crash a few months ago. Hopefully I can find the disk.
http://www.amazon.com/NM-Collector-Gun-Software/dp/B0009GZVCW

[Tom Myers]

Mick,

The mold database software is one of the shooting and casting related software packages that I have developed and am currently offering for either download from my website or a physical disk installation.

It is a neat method of keeping track of acquision, dispostition and characteristics of one's molds, If you are proficient with camera and imaging techniques, it also provides an excellent visual reference to the individual molds. The imaging portion of the software is not necessary to the record keeping process, but it is sure nice to have.

You can check out the mold software here:
Mold List Software (http://www.tmtpages.com/MoldListBuy/)

A Firearm Records module is also available that also provides a complete visual and documented record of all one's cartridge firearms and any work or modifications that have been performed.
Firearm Records Software (http://www.uslink.net/~tom1/printarms.htm)

You can check out all of the Precision Software Programs here:
Precision Ballistics and Records (http://www.uslink.net/~tom1/)

The PayPal System makes it easy for those outside of the US to quickly and easily order and install the software. They stick me with a larger fee but I don't mind that if I can get the exposure to the out of the country market.

I am leaving in a few minutes for the Harris, MN. Black Powder Buffalo Match, so if you have any questions or comments, I'll respond when I return Sunday evening.

Tom Myers

[woody1]

Quite a few but not as many as I want. Nothing in .24, .26, .27 or .28, but I've got moulds for calibers I've never owned and at least one group buy mould still new in the box! Regards, Woody

[9.3X62AL]

Axxman--

This is my first try with #311284, a loaned mold for test-driving. I'm hopeful that its better land contact in my 30-06 than what occurs with #311291 will prompt more consistent accuracy. If they fly true--I'll get my own copy of the tool. Mind you, I'm not trashing the #311291--it does VERY well in the 30-30. The '06 has a scope on board for load testing at present, but will shed that sighting gear in favor of aperture irons once it gets along with lead boolits consistently enough to present stress and angst to the other Burritoderos.

I have lots of 20 rounds loaded--full case of WC-860 (58.0 grains), and weights of 2400 from 16.0 through 20.0 grains. The WC-860 will likely run higher velocities than the 2400 loads, but we all need the pronounced BOOM of 50 BMG ball powder once in a while--and the enhanced recoil of 210 grain boolits setting off right smartly from a 30 caliber platform.

[MT Gianni]

Somewhere in the 40's. The embarassing thing is I have at least 3 that have never seen lead even though I have had them at least 2 weeks. Gianni.

[Sundogg1911]

im guessin' around 50 or so. I probably had close to double that, but I decided to sell off all of my single cavity moulds, and a few other moulds that I wasn't crazy about. I do have over a dozen just for .45 ACP though. ;-)

[Ricochet]

Twelve. I feel a bit under gunned against some of you guys.

Dunno about undergunned, but there's definitely guys here who're a lot mouldier than you.

[Cherokee]

Not enough !!!

[Larry Gibson]

If you have to ask, you can't afford them........or; never count your chips when sittin' at the table.......

Larry Gibson

[georgewxxx]

Just a rough guess I'd say 250 or so. They're beginning to be like firearms, with the better one increasing in value every day. You guys that follow Ebay, Gunbroker, etc. can attest to that. It's becoming an investment as much as a hobby...Geo

[Crash_Corrigan]

Lee .324 170 gr single x 2
Lee .358 140 gr WC TL 6 banger
Lee .358 150 gr SWC TL 6 banger
RCBS .358 175 gr Keith SWC 4 banger
RCBS .452 200 gr SWC Double
Lyman .224 55 gr RN Double
Lee .500 385 gr conical single (Black Powder)
Lee .452 200 gr SWC 6 banger
Lee .357 115 gr TC TL 6 banger
Lee .430 240 gr SWC TL 6 banger
I know I have at least 3 more but they are hiding from me. Let us not ask about dies as I have at least double in every calibre and even for some I do not have moulds for. I do not like to do this as it is an indication of how much $ I have tied up in this addiction.
Dan

[357maximum]

approaching 30+ the last time i counted, have 7 more or so on order..
well over 2/3 are in 35 caliber rifle/pistol ....

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

I am temporary custodian of about sixty now, and two group buys and a Brooks 375gr .379" for my Sharps 38-90 enroute. I built a 10'W x 19 1/2' long (city ordinance, under 200sq ft no setback, etc) shop for casting/sizing/lubing, and got all the cabinets and cupboards from my sister's kitchen remodel in place. Sure looks nice to open those cabinets and see all the rows of moulds w/handles and boxes of others.

Rich
DRSS

[floodgate]

I got up to just under 300 (including all but a couple of the Lyman round ball-moulds ever listed: 80 or so); panicked about five years back and sold 200+ (the "boolits" at gun shows, the RB's to Western Bullet Co.); now I'm back to about 150, plus a GB or two in orbit. I'm a REAL mould packrat! I mostly just sit and fondle them, chuckling to myself, but ever' now & then break out a couple and fire up the pots.

floodgate

[Buckshot]

"I mostly just sit and fondle them, chuckling to myself, but ever' now & then break out a couple and fire up the pots."

.............That's good, keeps you sane :-)

I don't know how many I have. Not as many as some but more then others. Don't have as many as I'd like and have a few I seldom ever use. Pretty much like everyone else I suspect.

............Buckshot

[IcerUSA]

Not enough :drinks:

[Ohio Rusty]

I have quite a few ... most are just black powder ball for the different rifles and pistols I've had or have now. In round ball I have .315, .360, .380, .395, .429, .440, a .440 ball and a .45 r.e.a.l. combo mould, .451, .490, .520 bag mould, .600 and a .670 dixie mould. I have both of T/C's .32 Maxiball and .50 maxiball mould. A T/C .54 Maxihunter, and I'm a smokeless newbie as I have a .38 special 148 gr. button nose wadcutter, a .38 special 125 gr. RNFP, and a 208 gr. button nose wadcutter for my .44 special.
Ohio Rusty

[shooter575]

How many of ya have ordered a mould just to find out you got one? I did twice.I know I have way over a hundred.Heck I have over 25 minne moulds just for .58s
That program is neet looking. I wish I had the time to do that with my moulds and guns.

[shooter2]

About 125, but some are duplicates.

[Rick N Bama]

I currently have 19, a group buy mold is on order and I have about 10 on my "wish" list.

Rick

[dubber123]

Many duplicates, some on purpose, some not so much....

[OLPDon]

70 Mould's and growing, some of which I don't even have something to shoot them with.
Don

[Edward429451]

Somewhere ~ 20 or so. I'd have to count to be sure. Not counting borrowed moulds of course.

[rroberts]

I think I have mould envy!!!! :( I only have 2, one for my .44 specials and one for my. 45 colts.

[OLPDon]

I think I have mould envy!!!! :( I only have 2, one for my .44 specials and one for my. 45 colts.

Don you want to sell them??????:kidding: