I was going through this a couple years back, I passed on both units and picked up a used Bullet Master instead , gave $2400 unit & molds, have seen 5 so far this year for less $$
Can mix moulds as long as their within 25 gr IIRC
I was going through this a couple years back, I passed on both units and picked up a used Bullet Master instead , gave $2400 unit & molds, have seen 5 so far this year for less $$
Can mix moulds as long as their within 25 gr IIRC
No need for posts like that on this board.
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It wouldn't be any harder to put a screw in it then a pin. The issue with the screws now is that you have to make sure they don't come loose. The new style mold holders go around both the top and bottom of the mold key so threading the mold carrier and using a screw won't be anymore work and there'll be twice as many threads grabbing the screw so that should help keep them tight. I'll make it an option.
It's a pain to change moulds on my MC. You try to hold the mould/carrier still with one hand, hold the punch with another, swing the hammer with my third hand, & still catch the pin & mould. When going back in with the mould you have to hold the carrier, the mould, the pin, the punch & the hammer. It's just easier for me to do the screw thing but again that's just me.
use a punch to hold the other side mold while you pin the other one.
Angus
I've been doing a fair amount of research yet I hadn't heard this line of thinking. Not that it would have changed my approach, but I recently bought a Bullet Master with 16 moulds.
Why do you say within 25 grains ? Is that due to cooling time differences ?
I have a full set of 9mm 158 grain moulds, all the same. I also have a number of 45 moulds, some 185 grains and some 200 grains and some 9mm SWCs. I'd like to find some 230s or even 255s.
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