abqcaster
08-27-2012, 01:37 AM
I got myself a super duper sweet 4-cavity MiHec 359-125 mold. Its everything it was supposed to be, shiny, well made and it casts freaking awesome hollowpoints.
My conundrum is, do I really need "freaking awesome!!!" hollowpoints? I don't go varminting (maybe I will now), and as I understand it loading your own defense ammo just adds more complexity to an already complex SD sitiayshun. So, I'm wondering if I might have better spent my money on something else.
I'm finding that I really love just ladling the molten silvery mother of boolits into a nice light 2-cavity mold. It's kinda Zen-ish. I could have bought several Lee molds for the price of the MiHec. I love my 2 cav .40/10mm TC from LEE. It's a real joy. comes up to temp real fast and its light. That Mihec, beautiful as it is, is really heavy. I'm definitely getting rid of the 6-cave Lee .358 I bought. Just dunno 'bout the Mihec.
Yeah I know If I get a bottom dribbling furnace I'd make better use of the MiHec or the 6-cav Lee. But, I started casting to SAVE money. It's starting to look like a slippery slope. Decisions, decisions. . .
Thanks for letting me chew y'all's ears.
ABQcaster
My conundrum is, do I really need "freaking awesome!!!" hollowpoints? I don't go varminting (maybe I will now), and as I understand it loading your own defense ammo just adds more complexity to an already complex SD sitiayshun. So, I'm wondering if I might have better spent my money on something else.
I'm finding that I really love just ladling the molten silvery mother of boolits into a nice light 2-cavity mold. It's kinda Zen-ish. I could have bought several Lee molds for the price of the MiHec. I love my 2 cav .40/10mm TC from LEE. It's a real joy. comes up to temp real fast and its light. That Mihec, beautiful as it is, is really heavy. I'm definitely getting rid of the 6-cave Lee .358 I bought. Just dunno 'bout the Mihec.
Yeah I know If I get a bottom dribbling furnace I'd make better use of the MiHec or the 6-cav Lee. But, I started casting to SAVE money. It's starting to look like a slippery slope. Decisions, decisions. . .
Thanks for letting me chew y'all's ears.
ABQcaster