I've got eight .38 wadcutter molds. I only have two .38/.357 handguns. I really need to sit down and decide which ones I really need to keep.
Actually I could and should do this with lots of my molds. I guess it's on the list for this week.
I've got eight .38 wadcutter molds. I only have two .38/.357 handguns. I really need to sit down and decide which ones I really need to keep.
Actually I could and should do this with lots of my molds. I guess it's on the list for this week.
Semper Fi!
Currently casting for .223, .308, .30-06, .30-40 Krag, 9mm, .38/.357, 10mm, 44 Mag and 45 ACP.
I like strange looking boolits!
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I need to do the same thing. I have a bunch of really nice molds and many shoot well but I've landed on some really nice ones that have been my go to for certain calibers and guns.
I'm in the market for something heavy and gas checked in that same flavor....180 -200ish flat nosed,flys true as an arrow kills like lightning O and super accurate as well.if you have something like that drop me a line.
I recently Finished cleaning and oiling (lanolin/alcohol spray lube) 104 molds I don’t use often.
Printed Labels (mailing labels) for all the molds
I put all the Lee molds in labeled Lee mold boxes (you can buy them from Lee if you didn’t save them) and put the boxes in a large plastic milk crate
Took the handles off the rest of the molds, wrapped them with Anox VCI corrosion inhibiting paper, labeled them and put them in 2 HF 20 Bin Medium Portable Parts Storage Cases 1 for black powder and 1 for smokeless powder.
I put all the handles in ammo boxes
Now they are well protected from the elements, compactly stored and easy to find/access.
The rest get a shot of lanolin until their next use
Eight .38 wadcutter molds??? if you think about it that's not really too many, you have the smooth face, a small center (like the Lee) a larger center like RCBS, then you have solid base , gas check, hollow base in 1, 2, 4, 6 and possibly 8 cavity molds in 75, 100, 148, 155, 160 Grains.
I've got the Lyman and RCBS beer can molds, a 160 gr Lyman, H&G 50, RCBS 148, and three additional Lymans. Nothing light though, no gas check or hollow base.
Semper Fi!
Currently casting for .223, .308, .30-06, .30-40 Krag, 9mm, .38/.357, 10mm, 44 Mag and 45 ACP.
I like strange looking boolits!
NRA Patriot Life Endowment member.
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I don't have as many molds as most of the Guys here do, even though I started casting as a kid in the late 60's. I've managed to keep it down to one or two per caliber. I just recently exceeded the capacity of a 50 caliber ammo can and bought one of the larger MTM Dry Boxes to use as storage. It's waterproof, has a tray in the top of it and has enough room for future acquisitions.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same......." - Ronald Reagan
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived." - George Patton
The second amendment is a nail on which hangs a picture of freedom - member Alex 4x4 Tver, Russia
It seems to me that it is not that You have a superfluity of molds, but rather a deficiency of Guns. You need more 38s and 357's.
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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 |