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Thread: The best mould I never knew I have - Lyman 358212A.

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    The best mould I never knew I have - Lyman 358212A.

    Very funny - I'm getting back to casting after a few year's break. So I went through my moulds the other day and found one without handles that caught my attention... I'm sure I've never even tried to cast with it. Never did a RN 358 of any kind. I don't remember how I got that mould either,it may have come with a used LAM or something else I bought in a misc. box years back.

    It says Lyman 358212A , also K2 and 561. It looks good,no rust which sort of surprises me because there's no grease or oil either.

    So I put handles on it,dust my old RCBS pot and give the mold a try with 85%WW/15% Linotype. Medium/hot alloy. Tighten the cutter just a tad and put a drop of grease there. Everything feels just right from the start,very soon I'm dropping silky smooth beautiful boolits in a good pace. No sticking or any other problem, doesn't overheat easily (a good cool weather though), I just can't stop my little test experiment at all.

    I have 20 or so moulds,some nice custom ones too. This mould just became a new treasure of mine, even if I can't get them shoot I will still cast for the strict fun of casting!

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    Nice!

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    Finding hidden treasure is neat !

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    I have a copy of that mold. It works splendidly as well.
    The boolit it produces is quite useful in both 38 special and 9mm. It has a long nose which allows seating a shallow depth in 9mm even though it drops at 147 grains with my alloy. Very accurate in my pistols.
    I have shot it with success in my 38 revolvers but have other molds that work as well.
    I wish I could find a 4 cavity version of it.

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    Yes this looks very good.

    Feels so strange, I must have learnt something during the casting break. Casting boolits has never been this easy!

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    This shoots fine in 9mm.

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