How many cavities for a GC mold?

[Blacktail 8541]

Getting ready to order a new mold for my 45 colt addiction. I have plenty of molds and want one more to fill a perceived need. I have a 255 RNFP SAECO mold that does great service but want a LBT Long Flat Nose mold for my soon to arrive Freedom Arms 97. The 97 has short cylinders, so I can not use my other molds with out crimping over the front drive band.

Mold will be a 260 grn LFNGC with a short nose of .325 to fit the FA97. It might see limited duty in a Marlin 1894 also.

How many holes should I get? 2 or 4.

[Outpost75]

Get as many cavities as Veral will cut!

[dragon813gt]

The more you shoot it the more cavities you want. Most of my molds are four cavity.

[Blacktail 8541]

This particular mold will not get used or shot a lot as the RNFP will be my main plinker. It is the only mold with a short enough nose length and is a 4 cavity. it sees considerable use in my other 45's also.

I have a LBT 4 hole 285 LFN GC, as well as a RCBS 250 KT 2 hole in addition to the 4 hole Saeco 255 RNFP.
For a light weight I have a LBT 225 LNFP 4 hole.

I am leaning 2 cavity because of price and the limited amount this boolit will be shot.

[bhn22]

You can always cast fewer bullets in a sitting, but it's a lot more effort to cast a lot more in a sitting because you've discovered you like a bullet design better than you thought you would.

[Blammer]

I'd go with the 2 C.

[Bigslug]

4 cavity, no question. The sprue is going to take the same time to cool, and is the bottleneck in the process. I'd rather wait on 4 slugs than 2.