30-06 6 cavity mould

[Jamesconn]

Is there a commercially available one?

[Doby45]

I would say, not in your price range. Rifle molds of more than 2-3 cavities are going to be specialty molds and therefore kinda spendy.

I would start with this:

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=574963

I have it and use it for my 308 and 30-06

[Love Life]

You'd be surprised at how many boolits you can crank out with a properly functioning 2 cavity mould. I don't have any rifle mooulds hanging around, and I have seen your other threads trying to put together a reloading and casting set up. What do you still need to get you started?

[miestro_jerry]

I like the Ranch Dog 311 165 garin mold for the 30-30 and 308 bullets. It is the TLC311-165-RF 6 cavity mold, I have used then in many rifles witha great deal of success.

http://www.ranchdogoutdoors.com/

Plus Michael gives you some loading data for his deisgns, as well as casting techniques.

Jerry

[runfiverun]

i would love to see some good 4 cavity rifle steel molds.
i have three good 4 cav ones, two nei's.
and one night owl that i wish were a regular lube groove, but it was the best fit i could find for that rifle.
i'd pay 150.00 or so for a properly sized rcbs 150-180 fn/gc, rcbs 165 silhouette, a 311041, rcbs 55gr 22 cal boolit,saeco 352, and quite a few others.

[Plinkster]

Not sure what BRP has for 30 cal selection but he can make you up a 5 cavity for less than $150 shipped if I remember the price list correctly. I recently bought a 4 cav for my 35 Whelen, nice thing is he lets you mix boolit designs in the same mold so mine drops 2 225gr and 2 180gr with each pour.

[MT Gianni]

I know you are just starting out but I would get set up for 1 caliber and use one 2 cavity mold until you find out what the quirks are and if this is really for you right now. IMO casting and shooting cast are College level courses, and reloading advance HS courses as a comparison.

[btroj]

MT Gianni is dead on. Start with a 1 or 2 cav. Much easier to control quality and to see what is going on. Learn to cast GOOD bullets first, quantity can come later.
You will also find far more moulds available in 1 or 2 cav configurations.

Brad

[462]

" IMO casting and shooting cast are College level courses, and reloading advance HS courses as a comparison."

So true. I would, however, qualify college to be that at the state level, not at the level of the local community college. (Anymore, community college is about the equilivant of the not-so-long-ago sophomore-year in high school.)

Initially, casting boolits and shooting them seemed like it would be an elementary process. The reality of it all quickly became all too apparant. The old adage of walking before running applies very much to cast boolits.

Start with a two-cavity.

[1Shirt]

Am not sure that there is such a thing as a 06 cast boolit. Have loaded everything from 90 grain Luger and single round ball on up to 225gr. cast in 06's sucessfully.

However to answer the original question the 6 Cav. 165gr. RD is about as close to being a Cat's A-- perfect blt for not only 06, 308,30-30, 7.62x54R, 303Brit. etc as I can think of for general use inclusive of hunting and plinking. To me blt weights of between 150-180 are about ideal for most 30's. I have the RD 6 cav, in both the original (W/Gascheck), and the new one without check, plain base (171 gr. with my alloy sized and lubed). They shoot well in all of my 30's, and I can empty a 20 lb pot with either in not much over 45 minutes. Just my opinion!
1Shirt!:coffee:

[Three44s]

I'd go with a 1 or 2 cav mold for starters as well.

It's finnished product that counts ........ not the size of the boolit pile before you start weeding out the re-runs.


Three 44s