My new MIMEK nose pour mold (215gn .358 TC)

[Whistler]

Yes, the company is called MIMEK. I did not misspell "Mihec".

I do not know the particulars, but from what I've read they were made here in Sweden and sold by three or four different shops in Sweden and Norway.

I have long been craving the 215gn .358 with gas check shank. During a competition last december I personally saw a fellow shooter repeatedly shoot this bullet into 4-5" groups at 330 yards. Yes, you read that correct. 330 yards at a rifle range (300 meters). He was using a Freedom Arms 353 in .357 Magnum in a creedmore (silhouette) position.

It arrived today covered in grease and has never been used.
Somewhat of a rarity, as these are no longer made.

But enough with the ranting... Here is my .358 215gn truncated cone mold:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/105884d77ebcb5e7f6.jpg
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/105884d77ebcb9e754.jpg
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/105884d77ebcbdc777.jpg
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/105884d77ebe5506bf.jpg
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/105884d77ebe5911d6.jpg

Note the single sided venting as well as the multiple handle style options.

The only store I know of that is stilling carrying these is Gun-Trans in Swedish town of Trollhättan. It is run by an elderly married couple who were robbed and severely physically assaulted about a year ago by some foreign mob guys who stole about a hundred of their shop's guns, so they are very wary about unknown customers. If you are clear about what you want and show interest in their products I have found them to be very friendly. I am not sure about their English capabilites, but you can try e-mailing them at gun-trans@tele2.se

I found the entire mold list here: http://hem.passagen.se/vargon40/mimek/MIMEK.pdf
It is in Swedish, but pretty self explanatory.
"Bottenfyllda" = bottom filled / traditional
"Toppfyllda" = top filled / nose pour

[white eagle]

very interesting
how would you order ?

[Whistler]

I just dropped Gun-Trans an e-mail. I got a response after about a day.
I do not know if they do international orders, but you can try.

[white eagle]

tried the e-mail no luck

[Whistler]

It is in the middle of the night here in Sweden. Wait a day or so and they will get back to you. Make sure you type the adress correctly, it is gun-trans@tele2.se

[Mikael]

Way to go Whistler! :)
They are really great molds!
The weight was a surprise to me having only used aluminum ones. Would really like some more of them but unfortunatley the one I'd like, 105 SWC is sold out :(
I've got the "304" .358 125gr mold. Drops good looking boolits. Missed some burrs when inspected it so had some trouble with sticky ones first try. After a little TLC they drop nicely :)

Havent fired the boolit yet, but looking forward to compare it to the LEE's 120gr TC I use.

[Whistler]

I just love it!

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/3303/20110423153321.jpg

And with the FreeChex III gas checks...
(the .008" aluminum sits like a glove!)
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5064/20110425213609.jpg

The right hand side boolits are the LEE C358-158-SWC.

[Whistler]

Tried some loads today.

I had to trim the .357 Magnum cases so the boolit would fit my cylinder.
Here is the best load at 100 meters (109 yards) shot from a S&W Model 28 .357Mag with an 11.5" Lothar-Walther custom barrel.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2145/219gntc91gnn110100m.jpg

The load is 9.1gn of VihtaVuori N110 with Federal Small Pistol Magnum primers.
Quickload estimates the pressure to 22 000 PSI and the velocity to about 1085 fps.

The gaschecks are the aluminum ones made with FreeChex III shown above.
Some recovered boolits from the berth showed the GC still sitting on the deformed boolit.

[deltaenterprizes]

WOW! What a beautiful mold, and nice shooting too!

[OuchHot!]

Nice shooting! The molds are beautiful, are they bronze?

[white eagle]

sure wish I could buy one

[white eagle]

will trimming the brass (shorter I assume)
have any adverse effect on the cartridge as far as pressure ?

[Whistler]

It is hard to trim brass longer! Kind of like cutting your hair longer...
But hey, I don't know how you do it over there on the other side of the pond. ;)

But to answer your question... If you would have had the same cartridge overall length with the longer case the pressure would be the same, and would do fine for something like a taper crimp target .38 Special load. But for this project I want to use a long boolit with lots of bore riding surface and a heavy crimp (I use the Redding Profile Crimp), which means I have to shorten the case a bit.

I don't really like to speak in terms of "increasing pressure", because I have not had a load with this boolit in its full OAL with full length brass. When I designed this load I knew that I would have to trim the brass and in such a case I worked up a load ladder that would keep me in safe pressure ranges according to comparative factors like CIP pressure standards, the build quality and pure metal thickness of the gun. QuickLoad has been an invaluable tool when comparing different load manuals and developing my own load.

But for the short answer... Yes, pushing a bullet deeper in the case increases the load if the powder charge is the same.

[HDS]

How much does these molds run?

[Whistler]

I've been doing more tests with .38 Special cases which seems to work fine. The real problem is that you have to use pretty fast powders (N105) because there's no room for the slow ones. That pretty much puts a cap on how fast you can push these in an N-frame.

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

one of those moulds in a 190gr weight would be just the cat's ass* for N-frame S&W's.

Rich

*try as you might, YOU just can't lick it!

[Hardcast416taylor]

Have you found out about shipping of these moulds to the U.S.? In terms of U.S. currency what do these moulds cost? I`m interested in the rifle .416 mould, big surprise!Robert

[Aunegl]

That's a fine looking mold. I like nose-pours. I currently have three Hoch molds.

[buyobuyo]

Here is the link to the manufactures website translated to english by Google. Link (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://hem.passagen.se/vargon40/mimek/mimek.htm&ei=ArvmTq_WFIGziQL85pn3Bg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CD4Q7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmimek%2Bmould%26hl%3Den%26nord%3D1%26 biw%3D1920%26bih%3D955%26site%3Dwebhp%26prmd%3Dimv nsfdb)

Towards the bottom of the page, it lists the price as 800 euros, which is roughly $1055. :holysheep

[Ben]

roughly $1055

Are you missing a decimal in that price ?
Is this price for 1 mold ? ? ?

[btroj]

For thR much they better cast by themselves! And bring the lead with them.

I sure hope that is a typo.

[Ben]

btroj:

I'm like you, a " K Note " for a mold.....Uuuummm, I don't think so.

Ben

[badgeredd]

roughly $1055

Are you missing a decimal in that price ?
Is this price for 1 mold ? ? ?

Nope...no missing decimal and it is for ONE mold. Guess it is a bit pricey for my budget.

Edd

[Ben]

WOW, if that is true, you won't have to worry about too many of those ending up in my mold cabinet.

[94Doug]

I do like the looks of that design, isn't that possible to do with one of our mould-makers?

Doug

[gandydancer]

roughly $1055

Are you missing a decimal in that price ?
Is this price for 1 mold ? ? ?
I hope they are made of GOLD GOLD LOTS OF GOLD. DANG. $1055 i DON'T NEED ONE.

[357maximum]

Now I get WHY some greedpay molds go for so much more than they are worth.





OUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Ugluk]

It's not a typo, but google translates SEK to Euro wich is completely wrong.
800SEK would equal $114 and change +shipping.

I've got a 5-cav 358swc one that cast amazingly even weights and shoot really small groups, but the boolits tend to cling a bit more to the mold than a nose first mold do.

[Piedmont]

This reminds me of a story. I was reading an old Harvey Donaldson article from a Handloader magazine from around 1970 and he was recounting one of his meetings with Harry Pope. I think it was sometime in the early 30s but don't remember exactly. Donaldson knew Pope would be there and so took a bullet he had cast out a Pope mould he had bought from an estate of a well known Scheutzen shooter (guy named Kelley, I believe). Donaldson pulled the bullet from his pocket and showed it to Pope who asked where he got it. Pope had only made two moulds like that and commented "one day that mould will be worth $1,000".

I'm betting that day is today.

[btroj]

Ok, 114 dollars plus shipping isn't bad at all for a well made multiple cavity mould. I could justify that.

Thanks for pointing out that not everything from Google is true! Of all people we should know that not all on the web is true.

[Whistler]

Today I landed a basically unused Contender single shot pistol with a 14" .357 Maximum barrel. This bullet was designed for the Maximum (AKA Super Magnum) so it will be a thrill to put it to test for what it is really meant for!

[alamogunr]

I had not seen this thread before this morning. I know I'm a bit slow, but what is the second picture?
No one else commented on it so I'm probably the only one that doesn't know what I'm looking at.

[Mk42gunner]

Note the single sided venting as well as the multiple handle style options.

Whistler did in the first line of text below the pictures. I was wondering what the extra holes were, myself. I had to scroll up and down a few times to grasp the concept.

I also missed this thread until today. I like the looks of the mold and the boolits it drops; it seems to me it should be a decent target boolit for most of the .35 caliber rifles too.

Robert

[Whistler]

it seems to me it should be a decent target boolit for most of the .35 caliber rifles too.
I believe so too! Tonight I made my first loads for my new .35 Remington barrel for the Contender pistol. A 9x19mm is up front for comparison.

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6228/20120330193313.jpg