One mold - hollow point optional?

[Naphtali]

Is it possible to have a mold made that offers the alternative of dropping bullets as a solid or as a hollow point?

Anyone who has had such a mold created: Does the mold drop consistent and accurate bullets from both modes?

And lastly from those who have such molds: Who made the mold?

[Blammer]

Yep, NOE made it.

[MiHec]

I do HP molds with reversible pins. You can cast both - solid or HP.

http://www.mp-molds.com/images/reversible_pins.jpg

[RG_86]

I do HP molds with reversible pins. You can cast both - solid or HP.

http://www.mp-molds.com/images/reversible_pins.jpg


I am new to the cast hollow point molds but does your mold not require a pin thing that has to be removed every time like on my Lyman devastator molds? If so how do I get some?

[btroj]

No removable pin like a Lyman on the Mihec HP moulds. His pins slide in and put of the blocks on pins. Quite a slick arrangement and must faster than a Lyman.

[StratsMan]

There's a link at the bottom of post #3 from MiHec... that shows how the pins work, and has a link to videos of molding in action... Go there!!!

I haven't used my Lyman Devastator (45acp) since buying a 4-cavity mold with HP's from MP-Molds... why make 'em one at a time when I can drop 4????

[MT Gianni]

Buckshot's modifications include a reversible pin conventional style. NOE has a RG design with multiple cavity pins or a conventional pin. MiHec has shown you his. Eric @ hollowpoint molds also uses a Cramer system of multicavity pins.

[Naphtali]

"NOE," what company is this?

[scb]

"NOE," what company is this?

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=56593
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=119487

[stubshaft]

Mihec's pins are a Cramer design and held captive.

[Grandpas50AE]

Naphtali, I just got my first HP molds Friday, and spent yesterday and today casting with them. They ar MP-Molds in brass, 4 cavity. One mold is the H&G #68 clone with HP pins, and the other is the 452-200 RNFP with HP pins. They are a real breeze to use, and I can say that for my first HP mold experience, they were easy to get use to as well. The Cramer-style mechanism is ingenious in my books. The nice thing is you can do as MP showed in his images above, make some HP and some FN at the same time. These molds make really beautiful boolits. I have seen similar experiences related by others using the NOE molds too, but I have no experience with them.

[koehlerrk]

I am fortunate enough to say I own an original Cramer #26 - two cavity 0.358 - 158gr semi-wadcutter and one of the cavities has the reversible HP pin. I fire that boolit from my Marlin 1894C in 357 and I cannot tell you any difference in accuracy with either HP or solid. Both shoot wonderfully, and with the same load.

[Hurricane]

NOE runs a lot of group buy molds. Check the group buy area to see what is available currently and check the vendor sales area for available left over molds from completed group buys. Their work is extremely good. Also, anyone who converts molds to hollow point could include a reversible or an additional pin to make solid point bullets. Request it when you order the HP job. The solid point pin will be either cheap or free.

[beagle]

I have a Lyman 457122 that my machinist friend made a plug for that attaches to the mould blocks by one of the handle screws. It give a bullet basically like a 457192 Lyman.

Once sized, you can't tell that it was made in a HP mould.

I also have a 225107 made the same way./beagle

[Dale53]

In addition to having multiple cavities, Mihec Cramer style moulds keep the pins hot. The biggest problem with the Lyman single cavity hollow point moulds is keeping the pin hot so that you get good fill out. It is doable but quite slow and it helps greatly if you have had significant experience casting.

Mihec's Cramer style moulds require a bit of extra effort but it is easily learned and the video on his web site is well worth a look:

http://www.mp-molds.com/index.php?nShow=27

Dale53