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    world’s worst bullet mold

    Mods Please delete if this violates the no e-bay posts. This is a link to what I believe is the world’s worst bullet mold. http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Hilts-3-...item1e6e2452ed

    I did a quick search on the Hilts 3 Cavity Lead Bullet Mold for 50 Caliber Maxi Ball. Hilts does fishing weight molds. Their Maxi-ball mold looks to be based on their fishing weight mold. I have a hard time believing anyone with bullet casting experience would purchase this crude of a bullet mold. I feel sorry for a first-timer that purchase something like this. The mold looks to be die cast. I would guess in China.

    The point of this post is can anyone show me a bigger *** than this?????
    Last edited by M-Tecs; 05-24-2012 at 06:55 PM.

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    One heck of a sprue

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    no offense to the man who makes molds or whatever, One i love it when a american product comes out of the works but my god man TWO that spru is killing me. no way to make a deceent bullet out of that mold.

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    that is the first die cast bullet mold i have seen , it sure wasnt very well thought out in design was it

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    Hilts makes great fishing molds, but yeah, they don't have a clue about bullet molds

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    WOW, that is something. Yep, it certainly is something.

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    Who knows, it might work OK. Sure not a standard design, it would be interesting
    to give it a try and see what happens.

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    Dig those precision alignment hinges!

    I have a sinker mold like that. You use side cutters to snip off the sprue. Never really considered that design for boolets...and I don't think I'll ever consider it again.
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    I wonder what the diameter of the sprue is. Might could paper patch them...

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    Should use it to make some big fat rubber fishing grubs!

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    Beagler, what you kill that squrriel with ? a red ryder bb gun?

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    Let's see, boolit base formed by side cutters. Boolit base steers the boolit, is the most sensitive part and needs to be the best formed for a useful boolit.

    Somehow, I don't think so. Somebody doesn't know how boolits work.
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    Ya might use it to cast ingots of pewter or such.

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    They show round ball molds on their website , did not look to see the sprue , do not think I will ever want a boolit mold like that, I do use their sinker molds and do-it sinker molds , And I do not know of a bigger hunk of junk then that design

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    I bet it would make excellent bullets, bullet fishing sinkers!
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    It's a 2 in 1 design. the bullet on the bottom and a big drop sinker on the top(sprue).
    sent via hammer and chisel

    need oversized powder funnels , PTX's or expanders ? just ask, I make 'em for most brands plus my own styles.

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    Most incredibly, there are (at the time of this post) two bids placed on it.

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    here's a thought for yall .224 swaggers use the sprue for bullet core... several of them
    somebody find the guy that designed that mould and slap him silly plz
    if i had to describe that thing in one word i think it would be "YIKES"

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    the sprues look to be 44 cal.
    you'd have to hacksaw them off.
    bet there are no complaints about fill out, or venting.

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    Up to 4 bids now, $15.
    They look like rocket ships.
    I think it's for 2-stage boolits,
    the first stage drops off after 50 yards...

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