Back in the early 1960's, Lyman would send you 2-4 sample boolits from a mold you had asked about... as a young man I am sure that I bothered them more than a couple of times asking for samples! The very first gun I reloaded for was for a $17 DCM M-1 carbine and I well recall getting several samples of candidates for that cartridge. And, yes, that $17 was the right from US Sam the correct price, plus $3 for shipping. 1911's were as I recall, $11 but for some reason I didn't get one.