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Royalwolf
08-27-2018, 10:42 PM
So if you could have only one boolit mold what would it be and why.
This is not a cartridge specific question.
For me a oversized 255 keith would cover 45 acp auto rim and 45 colt maybe even a lite loaded 45 70 just a thought!
How about every one else.

44Blam
08-27-2018, 10:56 PM
I have a brass 4 cavity Accurate mold for 44 mag that had two cavities that are 43-240 A and two cavities that are 43-240 AG.
That mold is magic.

kungfustyle
08-27-2018, 11:42 PM
That is not a fair question. That's like asking if you only had one press... Welcome to the board.
There is a reason for all the molds, they each have there application. I have three molds for my 44's one for pistols and two for my rifle. Could I get away with one, I guess but dang that 300 grainer sure puts a whampin on the shoulder.

sigep1764
08-27-2018, 11:59 PM
Elco 358 155 from NOE. I love it in my 9mm and I'm sure it'd work in 38 special. Of course I'd have to buy something in 35 Whelen for rifle use.

458mag
08-28-2018, 08:14 AM
With all the 30s I own it would be the Lyman 314229. Now don't limit me to one sizer!

sundog
08-28-2018, 08:22 AM
Talk about puttin' a damper on things... :shock:

Texas by God
08-28-2018, 08:25 AM
I've been using the same Lee 150 grain 358 swc mold for 30 years and it casts beautiful accurate boolits so I guess that's the one.

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rking22
08-28-2018, 12:47 PM
No fun , can't be done....but.. I got along for years with an old Ideal 31141. Just saying.

trapper9260
08-28-2018, 06:26 PM
It can not be done for how different type of bullets that have there own use.

dbosman
08-28-2018, 08:19 PM
I couldn't manage that. One would have to be a Lyman 311116. One would have to be a Keith style 429xxx and one would have to be some wad cutter variation for .38.

ole_270
08-28-2018, 09:11 PM
Not sure how I'd handle bullets for my old 25-20WCF, 38-55 and 45 ACP out of only one mold.

rwadley
08-29-2018, 08:05 PM
I couldn't manage that. One would have to be a Lyman 311116. One would have to be a Keith style 429xxx and one would have to be some wad cutter variation for .38.

I'm not familiar with the 30 caliber mould you mention. Could you mean 311316?

GhostHawk
08-29-2018, 08:54 PM
I might not be happy, but I could get by the best with the little Lee .314 90 gr tl truncated cone.

I shoot it in .32sw long, 7.62x25, .30-30, 7.62x39, .300BO, 7.62x54r
3 pistols, a win 94 lever, and 3 handi rifles and a pair of Mosin Nagants. Not bad for one little 2 cavity mold. Wish they offered it in a 6 cav.

That one gives me the most options.

JonB_in_Glencoe
08-29-2018, 09:41 PM
well, I guess I can buy most every J-word and commercial cast bullet I need for all my guns, except one...so I'd have to choose the mold I use for that one, NOE 270469 (149gr RN Loverin) for my custom Jap Type 38 in 6.5x257R.

rintinglen
08-30-2018, 09:28 AM
I had TWO molds when I started! I reload for something like 18 calibers and cast for all of them. Pick one? That's like saying which hair on my head do I want to keep. BOTH of them!
But if, under penalty of death, I could only have one, it would be my MP 359-640 L. That would serve my 9mm's, my 38's and my 357's.
But one mold? Heck, I've even had two wives..Multiple molds turned out better for me. YMMV.

mdi
08-30-2018, 12:03 PM
If I had only one mold I would be limited to one load and mebbe just one gun. If I were limited to one mold per caliber/cartridge that would be better but still to "confining". Sorry, I can't honestly answer.

If in a SHTF situation I would choose a .44 caliber Ranch Dog RNFP of 240 gr. to be fired in my 629 (or Dan Wesson, or Ruger SBH, or Puma...)

Larry Gibson
08-30-2018, 12:43 PM
I refuse to consider the basic premise of this question......the mere thought gives me nightmares.....:shock:.......

Grmps
08-30-2018, 01:00 PM
well, I guess I can buy most every J-word and commercial cast bullet I need for all my guns, except one...so I'd have to choose the mold I use for that one, NOE 270469 (149gr RN Loverin) for my custom Jap Type 38 in 6.5x257R.

Nice way to side-step an impossible question :)

gwpercle
08-30-2018, 01:03 PM
NOE 412-237-SWC-PB Elmer Keith Signature Series Mould.

It's a work of art!
Gary

murf205
08-30-2018, 04:30 PM
I refuse to consider the basic premise of this question......the mere thought gives me nightmares.....:shock:.......
Heck, I broke out on a cold sweat just reading the question!

Taterhead
08-30-2018, 09:01 PM
Ok. I'll play. I've only been casting for 2.5 years, so I have a mere 8 molds. So it isn't as painful a thought for me as some of you other guys.

If I had to keep one, it would be my LTB 402-200-WFN. It is a 4 cavity. One cavity is a GC. It would serve the calibers that I shoot most (10mm and 40 S&W), and it is my favorite of the 4 cal molds that I own. It is a joy to cast with.

oldblinddog
08-30-2018, 11:18 PM
My Remington 788 .30-30, a 311008 and 8 lbs. of Bullseye.

Bigslug
08-31-2018, 09:01 AM
If you're that poor, you should be spending your time at the homeless shelter rather than casting.

One reason to get into casting is to keep the obsolete dinosaurs and period replicas shooting - you just can't go into Cabelas and buy a box of Hornadys for a hex-bore Whitworth or a .455 Webley.

Such a question brings up the next question - "what do you want to stop shooting?" - and that makes this a very non-fun thread.

RED BEAR
08-31-2018, 11:39 AM
Oh my god i am glad i dount have to choose. Not sure i could choose. I originally got into casting to save money. Ha ha ha ha!!!! Now it allows me to shoot guns that i couldn't otherwise.

Golfswithwolves
09-01-2018, 10:27 PM
429421.

Jtarm
09-01-2018, 10:33 PM
429421.

That or the LBT 250 WFN for me.

rking22
09-03-2018, 09:54 PM
A good friend has an old 4 cavity that, trusting memory, casts 4 different bullets. I know it had a 4440 bullet and a 45 colt, also a 3840 not sure about the 4th.
Any way, something like that might lessen the pain.
Make mine 358200fn, 311041, 410-230rf, and 377449. May as well all be gc.
That said, For less money I could have Lee 2 cavities in the same Dias, and probably add a 358158 and 44-250:)

JonB_in_Glencoe
09-04-2018, 01:16 PM
well, I guess I can buy most every J-word and commercial cast bullet I need for all my guns, except one...so I'd have to choose the mold I use for that one, NOE 270469 (149gr RN Loverin) for my custom Jap Type 38 in 6.5x257R.


Nice way to side-step an impossible question :)
LOL...:mrgreen:
I suppose I could have stated, "I'm glad I don't have to decide what mold, if I could only have one boolit mold"
Because I sure like to shoot a lot of 41 Mag (those bullets aren't always easy to find) and it's great that I can cast my own...but I'm pretty sure I'd have to sell that Custom Type 38 or use it for a wall hanger if I could not cast for it.