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Thread: MiHec 2 cavity Brass Hollow Base 45-70 mold

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    Mine arrived yesterday.

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    Received today. Beautiful mold as usual!

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    Got mine yesterday.
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    I want one of these

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    Got my mould today, it's been traveling since February 13th. The package was soaked; the postal service had wrapped it in clear plastic to keep it together. Not MiHec's fault. The mould looks fine (a little rust on the sprue plate), but here's my problem: I've never used a mould with these kinds of pins before, and the instructions, if there were any in the package, have disintegrated. Is there a post or thread here on the site (or some other place) that will explain how to operate the mould? Thanks for any help.

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    My method for any MP mold....

    Scrub the thing down good. I use Dawn and a toothbrush, some use everything from Comet to Brake cleaner.... you can search on it. Then put the pins in on the left (the block with the sprue plate) so you can tap the pins out with right hand when mold open and inverted. Put guide pins into the HP pins all the way till just snug with the wrench and then back them out about 1/2 turn or so, until you can turn them just a little with your fingers. That will give the HP pins just a little wiggle room to get seated in their channel and the mold will close all the way. You don't want them screwed down snug, leave em loose enough to wiggle. If you can see light between the blocks, it's probably because you need to loosen and/or wiggle the guide pins in the HP pins a little bit. They will seat with a few casting and you can tighten them up later if you want. A lot of folks (including me) never tighten them all the way. 'Never had one back out on me. I only use the clips on the bottom pins. You can put them all in, but it just makes it more trouble to change the pins out when you want to go from solid to HP and such.... You can heat cycle it if you want, but I'd just touch the shaft of the guide pins with a very tiny bit of the supplied lube on a Qtip (I do this from the back of the mold with it closed), then lube the sprue plate and screw, handle and block pins just like anything else, heat it up and start casting like a madman. The pins will seat and the mold will develop a patina with time and casting. And you're off!!! Enjoy!!!
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    Thanks Beagle! Just printed out your instructions. I guess HB pins mount the same way as the HP pins. Off to the races.

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    I still have some of this molds....

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    Maybe this has been discussed, but does anyone have any 45-70 load data or advice for loading HB boolits? I know not to push a HB wadcutter in a 38 special to fast for fear of ripping of the skirt of lead; just curious if the same applies to these 45cal boolits if cast in WW alloy.
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    Yep, the same thing applies to any hollow base projectile. If your loading your 45-70's with Black Powder like I do, you can't stuff enough powder in the case to blow the scurt on one of these boolits.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wickerbill View Post
    Yep, the same thing applies to any hollow base projectile. If your loading your 45-70's with Black Powder like I do, you can't stuff enough powder in the case to blow the scurt on one of these boolits.
    Thanks for the info! So as long as I keep the loads in the Standard or "Trapdoor" section of the load manual I should be fine?
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    Quote Originally Posted by wickerbill View Post
    Yep, the same thing applies to any hollow base projectile. If your loading your 45-70's with Black Powder like I do, you can't stuff enough powder in the case to blow the scurt on one of these boolits.
    You should be ok.

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    I still have some of this molds....


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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check