What's the largest Lee 6 cavity mold?

[crabo]

I am thinking about melting about 50 pounds of solder that I have and casting it into boolits so I can easily drop it into my pot.

Any idea what is the largest cheap mold I can buy?

[Harter66]

There's a Lee 12 C .490 RB , 6 2x balls like the 00B 18 C.

[MarkP]

The 452-300 or 430-310 (6) cavity mold.

A mini muffin pan may be quicker and less expensive than using a mold. Mine are 0.40 lbs.

Are you wanting to alloy the melt with the smaller bullets that are high in tin content?

[fryboy]

the 310 grain 44 is just a wee bit larger than the 300 grain 45 caliber .... other than that thier largest mold is a 2 cavity @ 500 grains in either 50/70 or 45/70 , you could of course buy a 6 cav blank ( Or any 6 cav ) and ream it to larger if desired

[wistlepig1]

What about getting a Blank Lee 6 c mold and drill it yourself to max size. Would that work for what you need?

[TXGunNut]

I have a Lee/Ranch Dog mould that drops 460-350 boolits. If I can keep it cool it'll empty a pot pronto. There's a 460-425 as well.

[geargnasher]

Whip up an angle-iron ingot mould at the shop, figure the weight-per-inch of the ingot, and dunk the ingot in until the desired amount is melted off. Takes a couple seconds. I do this with my 1-lb (lead) angle-iron ingot mould and never found the need to cast tin slugs.

Gear

[another gsxr 1k]

I've used the walmart stainless condiment cups with pretty good results. They're cheap, easily available, and in my experience are right at 1 lb when filled with COWW. I just fill the cups part way when pouring solder joints.

[carbine]

lee makes a 6 cavity .515 mould for the Smith/Maynard Carbines. About 385 Grains

[Springfield]

www.biglube.com sells a 400 grain 45-70 bullet mould.

[fredj338]

The Lee ingot mold has 1# & 1/2#, you could use the 1.2# for solder. Me, leave it as is & just weigh it if it's scrap pieces. The Lee 12ga slug mold would be a cheapo option but not 6cav.

[dverna]

I like gear's idea. Pretty simple.

I wonder if aluminum angle would work?

Don Verna

[crabo]

I like gear's idea. Pretty simple.

Don Verna
I think I will probably go that way. Wouldn't take long to build it, or I might just bore out one of my Lee 6 cavity molds I don't care about.

[zuke]

I had a Ranch Dog that is a 45-70, 450gr