Bat Guano
05-31-2011, 10:50 PM
A couple of years ago I picked up a couple of grail guns; a M24-3 4" and a Ruger .44 Spl. Unfortunately neither liked my .429 Keith bullets from my old H&G mold and leaded badly. The solution turned out to be a .436 Keith bullet sized to .433 from a Ballisticast mold. Unfortunately either I forgot how to run a mold after almost 50 years or the mold is not up to par, because after a year of fighting this one off and on I still cannot get it to throw good bullets or run smoothly. [smilie=b: I see where Ballisticast is in the process of shutting down so I do not think they are going to be my solution here.
When fall comes I think I will be wanting a nice 2 cavity mold for this bullet in this diameter. Rotator cuff surgeries on each arm make the smaller molds easier to use and with long winters time is not an issue. I just got done running a good batch of .38 and .45 bullets with older Lymans; and if I can get a .44 mold to my specs that performs as well I will be a happy man.
I know there are some custom mold makers out there--more than there used to be! Everything I have is older Lyman or H&G and I am not current on who's who. I would be interested in some references from satisfied customers of these folks.
Thanks.
When fall comes I think I will be wanting a nice 2 cavity mold for this bullet in this diameter. Rotator cuff surgeries on each arm make the smaller molds easier to use and with long winters time is not an issue. I just got done running a good batch of .38 and .45 bullets with older Lymans; and if I can get a .44 mold to my specs that performs as well I will be a happy man.
I know there are some custom mold makers out there--more than there used to be! Everything I have is older Lyman or H&G and I am not current on who's who. I would be interested in some references from satisfied customers of these folks.
Thanks.