Wanted: A .44 Spl. Mold "My Way"

[Bat Guano]

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.

[Ben]

Dan at Mountain Molds is " Top Notch " ! !

[longbow]

There are several options. I have recently bought moulds from:

- Mihec
- NOE
- Accurate Molds

All are very well made and cast to spec.

Depending on what you are looking for Mihec or NOE may have some stock from previous group buys ~ take a look:

http://noe.castpics.net/
http://www.mp-molds.com/

If not then Accurate will cut existing designs to the diameter you want or create the mould that you want at the diameter you want:

- http://accuratemolds.com/

I just bought an Accurate mold and it is terrific. Very good service, fast delivery and beautiful mould.

There is also BRP and again, Bruce will cut what you want. I don't have one of Bruce's moulds yet but I hear all good things about them:

- http://www.brp.castpics.net/

I don't think you would be disappointed with a mould from any one of these outfits.

Not trying to talk you out of a new mould as a guy just can't have too many moulds but you might try a light lapping of your Ballisticast mould before you give up on it. There may be machine marks or some some small burrs causing imperfections or holding onto the boolits.

Longbow

[bhn22]

LBT is the gold standard. If you can communicate what you want, Veral can build it.

[MtGun44]

Mihec 503 in proper diam will work great, quality is outstanding.

Bill

[cabezaverde]

PM sent about an LBT I have for sale.

[captaint]

Bat - Sounds like you're going to need a lathe bored mold, due to size dimensions. That may leave out MP. At any rate, Accurate Molds lathe bores their molds and so does Veral at LBT. enjoy Mike

[MtGun44]

MP uses undersized cherries, can cut any diam, but usually limits it to a couple in a
particular design. You use a substantially smaller cherry in a NC mill and run it in a little circle,
different circles give different ODs.

Bill

[white eagle]

want a mold cut to Yourspecs
one guy I know for sure can do it
Tom @ Accurate Moldswill get it done
for ya your way
no standard cherry's for him