54 caliber lyman mold won't fir lyman handles

[884savage]

I bought a 54 caliber mold for Great Plains bullets recently. It is in nice shape. I then ordered a pair of handles for a lyman single cavity mold. The mold won't come close to shutting, so it's pretty obvious I ordered the wrong handles. Any guess as to which ones I needed?

[fryboy]

the lee's should work fine and modify easy enough and are cheap enough that if you umm bubba them up not much is lost

[Mk42gunner]

excess650 nailed the answer. Lyman hasn't made molds that take the small handles for decades, although I am not sure just when they quit using the small mold blocks.

Robert

[Changeling]

Your first mistake, buying Lyman anything!

[725]

But a Lee six cavity handle. Will work just fine.

[884savage]

I had an extra pair in the barn that work fine. They too were lyman. I personally don't think another company holds a candle to them quality wise.