I went to a gun show yesterday and looked at a couple of old Ideal single cavities in .458 cal. Was remotely interested, but not enough to buy. Then this other guy said he had a couple of 45 cal. pistol molds in is car if I was interested so I told him to bring them in. They were also Ideal molds for 45 acp, double cavities. He also had a Saeco #68, with handles, four cavity. I asked how much and he said 100$ for just the blocks, no handles. Well, I did not need this mold, but was interested as my older son has a 1911. I looked that Saeco over pretty closely and listened to the guy yapping about it. Thanks to you folks here I knew more about casting and his mold than he did so I decided to play. The sprue plate is warped, wich I proved to him, the handles were sloppy, (not really), and the mould had been abused. I walked away with mould and handles for 65$. Some judicious file work and I can get the blocks back in shape I think. Can I straighten the sprue plate? I figure it will be worth the effort and if I can't get it straight I should be able to buy a new plate from Saeco. Also bought 80 pieces of once fired WW 30-30 brass for 16$, and a small cast brass dove paperweight thingy for 5$ just cuz it is cute. JW