Hi My name is Frank and I have a Problem

[fivegunner]

I just got the 4 cavity H&G copy #68HP. from MiHec , great looking mold . I put the hp pins in it and put it in the cabint where I keep my molds that aren`t H&G (I had a cabnit maker bulid a nice cabnit just for my H&G molds, lets just say a few more than 50. Well I thought I had two or three MiHec molds , I counted them and I have 13, 4cavity and 5, 2 cavity molds. and I`am in on a few more group buys !! Well all this got me to thinking ? I have more than the $100.00 invested in bullet molds!! (that`s what I told my wife) when will this stop ?, how many do I need? I know every body here has a bunch , well could you all count your molds and post the score?? I sure hope my grandson gets into casting boolets. I`ll post some pictures when I get a new camera, but I been spending the extra money on molds. its a sickness!!:Fire:

[**oneshot**]

I'm somewhat on a binge right now. I've only owned 2 molds: I then inherited one, bought one, traded for one, bought another, and just ordered 2 more. I'm pretty sure when all said and done, I will have 8. That only leaves one caliber that I own that I won't cast for.

Buy a gun, buy the mold, buy the assorted stuff is the usual order
I almost bought a mold before I bought the gun but figured I better get chamber dimensions first.

[41 mag fan]

I'm somewhat on a binge right now. I've only owned 2 molds: I then inherited one, bought one, traded for one, bought another, and just ordered 2 more. I'm pretty sure when all said and done, I will have 8. That only leaves one caliber that I own that I won't cast for.

Buy a gun, buy the mold, buy the assorted stuff is the usual order
I almost bought a mold before I bought the gun but figured I better get chamber dimensions first.

I buy holsters that are too big or too small for the pistol I just bought. I tell my wife, I got this holster below discount prices and no pistol to fit in it....and it's off a shopping i go.

I buy extra scope rings for rifles......
Always an excuse...but it works!!

[midnight]

I just went down an counted them & I received #79 today. I'm in enough buys to put the count over 100 next year. It all started back in the early 90s when Gander Mountain sold off their mail order business to Cabelas and started to scale back. The Gander store in Brookfield, WI had a whole table full of Lyman molds the were getting rid of for $15 ea. I bought all I could carry, most for guns I didn't even own yet. The mold I got today is a Hoch nose pour
360285 for $45. I posted a thread (Hoch 360285) and included some pics. Yeah, I got it bad.

Bob

[DukeInFlorida]

I spent over $1500 on molds in the past two years.

Gotta make a LOT of boolits!

But... I don't have any problems or afflictions....

[skimmerhead]

just counted, have 50. i'm on 5 group buys right now and counting. that will make 55 and there are a few more i'd like to get. half of these are custom molds the rest are lyman, rcbs, lee. is there a cure for this addiction? perhaps we need to form something like A A and start going to meetings. just a thought! :veryconfu

skimmerhead:target_smiley:

[Rhoa4396]

I feel bad, I only have 6 and have been waiting for #7 from Miha for over a year now. I also dropped out of one buy when the honco did a bit of a switch. I will only buy one at a time, to try and keep the costs down a bit... Of course when this one I'm waiting on comes through, theres a 4 hole crammer thats being talked about I would like to get.... and one for my .300 ... and one for my 7.7... oh my. call it '6 & 1/2' and counting...

Ken
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[southpaw]

Lets see, I have 12 lee molds, 9 lyman, 2 rapine, 1 nei, 12 noe, 6 miha and 1 brp. Like everyone else I am in a bunch of group buys. As if the groups buy section wasn't costing me enough money I went and poked my nose into the swaging section. I think I need a second job!

Jerry Jr.

[Springfield]

This used to be how many moulds I have but I have bought and sold a few since this pic was taken.

[DragoonDrake]

I have 90 molds. Lee, NOE, LBT, MM, Lyman, RCBS, and HG and Saeco.

I think that is all.

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

83 for centerfire and slug
(5 Ideal, 14 Lee w/ 3 of the being custom group buy's, 35 Lyman, 7 MiHec, 1 NOE, 2 Ohaus, 3 Ranch Dog, 1 Rapine, 9 RCBS, 4 Saeco, and 2 Winchester)

Also 31 for muzzleloaders (Lee, Lyman/Ideal, and RCBS), and 7 for buckshot (Sharp Shooters).

Oh, I have several more custom molds on order via group buys here at CastBoolits.

I'm severely addicted.

[rbertalotto]

I thought "MMS" stood for "Multiple Motorcycle Syndrome" but I was mistaken................

You boys are sick.............sick I tell ya! You need to divest of this affliction. Send these horrible, additive , molds to me.............

[stubshaft]

At last count I was pushing over 118 molds.

[Rhoa4396]

As if the groups buy section wasn't costing me enough money I went and poked my nose into the swaging section. I think I need a second job!

Jerry Jr.

Oh yeah,... I forgot about the swaging. I'm only set up to swage 7mm and .22. Now THAT can get expensive when you start buying dies for that.

Ken
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[crawfobj]

WHEW! Thanks guys. I thought I had a problem, but I only have 6 of Miha's and 3 of Swede's, and some Lee's to go with them, but who's counting? I'm in on at least 3 GBs that I can name though, one of which will be the second mold of the same design (another 5 cavity 311247 from Swede).

Now that I think about it, I keep coming up with different counts that keep getting bigger. They must multiplying like clothes hangers...

[stubshaft]

Now that I think about it, I keep coming up with different counts that keep getting bigger. They must multiplying like clothes hangers...


NOW Grasshopper you have reached enlightenment!

[StratsMan]

Wow... this is a sickness.... I only have 10 hanging on the wall in my Reloading Room at the moment, but I just bought a collection of 70 molds... wish they had been blowout prices like Midnight paid for his....

[skimmerhead]

At last count I was pushing over 118 molds.

stubshaft ! your my IDOL!! :-)

skimmerhead :lovebooli

[wv109323]

Calm Down I don't see any problem at all. To me it is normal behavior. If you need to justify it to the wife use this approach.
I bought a 6 cavity H&G mold in or around 1982. IIRC ,I paid about $80.00 for the mold and handles. Today I am sure that on E-bay the going price is at least $225.00 or about 3 times the price I paid for it.
On the contrary with my 401K the money that I have had invested has not done nearly as well. I am not the WALL SREET type but my 401K has not been that favorable to me.
Think of it as an investment.

[shooter1059]

I only have seven but then I am some what new to casting.

[captaint]

Anymore I have a pretty good collection of little bottles of sprue plate lube. Certainly, I'll never have to buy any of that. One thing I haven't done yet is buy a mold for a gun I don't have. Funny.... Not yet anyway.. enjoy Mike

[Grandpas50AE]

Let's see, 2 RCBS's, 4 Lyman's, 1 Accurate brass, 1 Mihec Brass on hand, 1 Mihec enroute, 2 Mihecs on order in group buys....that will bring me to 11. I don't have very many calibers of guns to cast for any more, just a lot of different models of those few calibers.

[Reload3006]

I have I think about 10 Lyman molds some for calibers I dont even have anymore. I have 6 Lee molds and one custom Lee on order. I have 1 MP mold and am on a group buy waiting list. I have 3 RCBS molds and then Core molds. I have a Walnut Hill swaging press and .224 swage dies with 2 point form dies and a lead tip die, same with .308 except I have 3 point form dies for that set, Larry Blackmon Swage set up for my rockchucker in .44 cal. I have .357 9mm 44 Lead bullet dies for my Walnut hill. I have a 357 jacketed set for my Rockchucker on order..... Just bought a Dillon XL650 .... Yep I got a problem and I am loving every piece of it. If the good lord wills more to come. .....

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

I sure hope my grandson gets into casting boolets.

Granddad, I already have gotten involved in casting boolits, but have recently moved to Montana, Please PM me for a current mailing address to update your will
:kidding:

[Texantothecore]

I have but two Lee molds but yesterday I narrowly avoided sending the old credit card number to a supplier for a 535 grn Postell mold.

My wish list is pretty extensive with several distributors and sometimes it's all I can do to avoid moving everything to the carts and hitting "order".

I am about to start casting for friends and I suspect that the dam will break at that point.

[SlippShodd]

I don't get it. What's Frank's problem? [smilie=1:

[youngda9]

I think some people cast to cast...and some cast to shoot.

[onesonek]

Problem? hmmmm,,,,,,more like the begining of the all common addition with cast boolits. If it ain't molds, there will be other things it seems. I'm mostly on the lead and alloy's of such scrounge now in my addiction. Still have needs for more molds however. And Tom at Accurate Molds will be getting orders soon from me.

[SlippShodd]

Is this a 12-round... er, step program? :-?

[runfiverun]

i'm somewhere in the 60 mold area, i have way more reloading dies than that.
i still don't have molds to cover all the guns i have.
unfortunately i have multiple molds in several calibers.
if noe wasn't constantly sold out of his molds that i need, the mold count would be waaay up.

[dbarnhart]

I don't have a problem, I can stop whenever I want.

[30cal]

Never too many of anything gun or loading related!!

[Blammer]

I've ALMOST got all the 44 cal moulds I want.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g81/blammer8mm/Cast%20boolits/44list-1.jpg

then it's on to the next caliber.

[dromia]

Last count 142 and I've a few GBs to come in.

[Sonnypie]

Well, Bust my Buttons!
I've got 4.

But they are all I need. :popcorn:

[ShooterAZ]

Eight for me...still wet behind the ears.

[Cherokee]

About 50, after selling off some I don't use any more.

[chboats]

Sonnypie - When did NEED ever have anything to do with it.

Carl

[rintinglen]

If you know how many you have, you haven't got enough!

[olafhardt]

DUIM- Driving under the influence of molds. That must be a crime in California? New Yook City? Chicago?

[Casper29]

I have 25 molds, but I will be selling some soon around 13 that I do not need anymore.

[jdgabbard]

I've got about 12 if I were guessing... Not home to count.

[10x]

When your hobby becomes buying molds and you buy them just to have them and no longer cast - then you have a problem....