.358 158gr SWCHP Mold - Source or Solution

[spur0701]

Hi guys: I've got a duplicate load of the Chicago or FBI load using a 158 g LSWCHP and HS-6 and I'm loving it but want to cut cost even further on this load by casting my own instead of the the Speer LSWCHP I have been using. Can anyone point me towards someone that makes such a mold? I would prefer a MiHec 4 cav in brass and I did some searches and see people mentioning a Mihec 359-640 that would do what I want but it's been years since anyone mentioned it and the only thing I'm seeing on their web site is a 360-640 Light that isn't even close from what I can tell. Any help, assistance, or ideas are appreciated. Thanks!

[Outpost75]

Get Erik to do the conversion on the mold of your choice. Cost is about $50 per cavity. I usually have two cavities of a gang mold altered to HP and leave the other two as solids.

www.hollowpointmold.com

[gwpercle]

Have you checked out the NOE site .
NOE 360-158-SWC AT3 RG2 PB . This is a 158 grain SWC with HP , FP and cup point pins .
Brass , two cavity .... 3 moulds are in stock right now . A four cavity is also in stock .
Like having three moulds in one .
Gary

[tja6435]

Is this what you’re looking for?

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...eith-SWC-RERUN

[Petrol & Powder]

spur0701 - remember you need to start with a bullet heavier than 158gr before you convert the mold to a hollow point mold. You will lose a little bullet weight from the area occupied by the HP pin.

Also - The "FBI Load" (which I am a faithful supporter of) requires a rather soft bullet alloy. So take the alloy into consideration as well.

There are plenty of people on this forum that can steer you in the right direction.

Good Luck.

[Butler Ford]

Get Erik to do the conversion on the mold of your choice. Cost is about $50 per cavity. I usually have two cavities of a gang mold altered to HP and leave the other two as solids.

www.hollowpointmold.com

I have NOE hollow point molds and I have MiHec hollow point molds but Erik's Inset-Bar hollow point conversion is far and away a better system. You can cast hollow points just as fast as you can plain bullets. It is that much smoother to cast with. Just heat it up and start casting.

[spur0701]

Ahhhh, that might do the trick......thanks....but will look at the NOE ones too........

Is this what you’re looking for?

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...eith-SWC-RERUN

[Forrest r]

The cramer #26 molds come up for sale every now and then. 158gr keith hp.
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Mine casts a 156gr/157gr .359" hp swc using 8bhn/9bhn range scrap

Don't know if matters to you or not but not all bullet designs are created equal. In a 4"bbl or longer the difference becomes less due to the higher velocities of the longer bbl.'s. A couple of years ago I did some testing with these bullets plus a couple not shown (10 bullets in all) using 5 different powders in a 2" bbl'd snubnosed revolver (38spl).
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These 4 bullets consistently outperformed the other 6 bullets velocity wise with all 5 powders.
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Those 4 bullets pictured above were getting as much a 70fps more velocity than other bullets with the same load. What they have in common is either a huge bullet base/bottom drive band, a gas check or a long body. Any of those things are more efficient/seal the pressure's quicker creating higher velocities. While 70fps more velocity doesn't sound like much, it's huge in short bbl'd revolvers. The difference between a 800fps and 870fps load using the same powder. While the 70fps was the extreme end of the differences 30fps or 40fps more velocity is a real eye opener also.

Anyway just putting it out there that you may see huge differences between you swaged hpswc bullet and a cast hpswc simply because the swaged bullet seals extremely well & quickly with it's soft alloy and long bearing surface/bullet body. That cramer#26 is the red bullet (far left) of the 4 high performance bullets. It's also the 4th from left top row in the picture of the 8 bullets.

The cast swc hp's in the picture with the 8 bullets are the:
lyman 358439
lyman 358477
h&g #51
cramer #26