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Thread: Who makes molds based on bullet samples?

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    Boolit Buddy
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    Who makes molds based on bullet samples?

    I bought some cast bullets years ago from a guy that is no longer in the biz of selling the bullets. I have a handful of the bullets left. Before I shoot them all, I'd like to have a couple of molds made to allow me to duplicate these bullets. Who can I send a couple of the bullets to that can make me a mold to duplicate them?

    The photo shows the two bullets I want with a 255 gr Hornady swaged bullet for 45 Colt for comparrison. On the left is a 550 gr WNGC for 45-70, and it works smoothly and shoots beautifully in my Guide Gun. On the right of the little bullet is a 720gr LFNGC I use in my 458 Lott. The long nose is a bore rider. These shoot as well in my CZ 550 as any bullt I have tried, and I have worked them up to 1900 fps.
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    Try Tom at Accurate Molds. An E-Mail is best, Tom does not hear good.
    Tom has made molds from a drawing of a bullet I made.

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    NOE can do that, too!
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    Most of these custom makers are running CNC equipment. Even if you send a drawing they have to redraw it into the computer to write the program. So sending bullet or dummy turned up should be fine as they can draw it up and dimension in the way they want or write the program. If lathe boring the mould its easier to have all the dimensions X and Y from one point so that the readouts can be set zero and the offset for the tools then ran to the read out.

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    TOM or NOE would be my pics
    Tom would be faster on one off molds
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    Thanks guys.

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    that 720 grain looks like the definition of sectional density
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    Tom @ Accurate for sure......
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    Try Tom at accurate, I sent some bullets into NOE to see if they could make a mold and never heard a word from them, sent it ups with tracking and know they got it and after repeated calls and emails I get no replies. I have a lot of NOE molds but don't send them one to make a copy.
    Just my experience with them.

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