Its My Birthday!!! the wife said i could buy a mold....

[43PU]

its my 29th Birthday (i know old man right)....

My wife said that i could get what i wanted for my birthday...SO i want my Very first Custom Mold...well not custom just not a LEE lol.

So here it is, what would you get and why?

I Hunt with a Super Black Hawk New Model 44 mag with a 7.5 inch barrel, it shoots the lee 310s great!

i shoot ALOT of 9mm, 38 spl, 380, and 357 mag

I shoot a Ton of 45 ACP and 460 Rowland, i also have a 45 colt, i use all of these for hunting as well

Im looking for a Hollow point design in at least a 4 cavity,

What would you do to help this old man?

PS we just had twin boys on June 15th so money is tight...... i would like to keep it to under 130$

Thank you!!!
43PU

[kenyerian]

http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=1972. On sale now at NOE.

[Jupiter7]

Sounds like you need a mold suitable for your .35's. Honestly, NOE has a great selection at working mans prices.

The little .380 needs it's own mold. The others could share a mold in the 120-150grn range. For keeping things thrifty, I'd skip a HP. I really like his version of the 356-242. Weighs around 122grs and there is published data in lyman 49 and #4 cast bullet manual. I shoot it in all 3 calibers. The 135grn Flat nose or 124TC would work well also.

http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=34&products_id=333&osCsid=659h23nsku93v2a7h9gnk9tor0

http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=34&products_id=325


http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=34&products_id=1046

[kenyerian]

Group buy on this one going on now. http://noebulletmolds.com/smf/index.php/topic,920.0.html. I just signed up for one,

[RobS]

A person may want to reconsider on the 4 cavity part. I say this because most do not shoot high volume of HP's and solids are typical for practice etc. If you are able to stretch a bit on the $$$ you could go with a two, double cavity HP molds, one for the 35 caliber and one for the 45 caliber. NOE is going to be your least expensive route for HP'd molds I believe and he will supply you with both HP pins, Solid pins and possibly Cup pins IIRC so you would be getting 4-6 different designs.

Just a thought.

[43PU]

I guess im looking for personal experience on NOE molds, does anyone have any before and after pictures?

of any 35-38 cal, and 45 cal boolits?

[seawolf]

Check out erik@hollowpiontmolds.com (erik@hollowpiontmolds.com) he has some molds of various types that might get you going. Fast service to sent paypal Sunday mold arrived Wednesday.
Mark

[pjames32]

I've bought 3 NOE molds in the past year. I'm happy with them!
PJ

[Bzcraig]

The 135grn Flat nose or 124TC would work well also.

The NOE 135, 358 135 RF RG2, is a great mold that you can get hollow point pins with and runs $133 for the 4 cavity and $103 for a two cavity. I shoot this in my 9 and 357 but I don't hunt with it so can't comment on its suitability for that purpose.

[Handloader109]

I bought a NOE mold last year. Hp 9mm, 2cavity. A bit of an issue getting it to fill and drop, was running too cold and not getting pins to drop in place. Heat and techniques took care of the problems. Bought a second thru group buy, 148gr hp and also a 223 38gr for my 22TCM's. The 4 cavity 223 mold drops all four easy and perfect. The hp molds drop good also. I will buy more.

[Ben]

Check out erik@hollowpiontmolds.com (erik@hollowpiontmolds.com) he has some molds of various types that might get you going. Fast service to sent paypal Sunday mold arrived Wednesday.
Mark

Mark,

You've provided Erik's Email address, if someone wants to visit his web site, they need to go here :

http://www.hollowpointmold.com/

[country gent]

Some of the custom makers will cut 1 or 2 cvities of one bullet and then 1 or 2 cavities of another style in the 4 cavity blocks also for a small extra fee. Some thing to think about

[LUCKYDAWG13]

I Hunt with a Super Black Hawk New Model 44 mag with a 7.5 inch barrel,

i have and hunt with the same for a H/P mold the MP 434-640 shoots real good
but i like my Accurate 433-260 k just a little bit more and i got my Accurate mold
in about a week the MP mold took about 12 weeks

[bigboredad]

If you haven't already,check out accuratemolds.com if Tom doesn't have what you want he will make it for you and in my experience he is more than willing to take the time to make sure you get what you want. Part of that is knowing what you want. Money is tight and half the fun of buying is looking at all your options. So take your time and don't over look a mold. Good luck have fun

[rintinglen]

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I guess im looking for personal experience on NOE molds, does anyone have any before and after pictures?

of any 35-38 cal, and 45 cal boolits?
Here are a couple of photos. On the left, there is a 9mm loaded with an NOE 358-135-rf hp, next over is a 38 Special loaded with the same boolit, then an NOE 358-135-rf HP boolit, then a 452-200 RF HP boolit, then a 45 acp loaded with the NOE HP boolit and a 22 short placed in the hollow point to show how big the hollow point is. The 22 is engulfed up past the crimp, viewed from the side, you can't see the 22's bullet at all.

On the right is a photo of the 148 grain hollow base and its parent mold. If you want a great, accurate 38 bullet for mid-range use, this is it.

I have four Louverin style NOE molds for my 30 cal shooting, an RG-2 88 grain 380 HP MOLD, a 312-440 brass mold, a 432-230 WC mold, all in addition to the two in the pictures above. In my view, the NOE molds are unexcelled.

[LongRangeAir]

Al at NOE couldn't do an HP for my .257 RD mold, so I sent the 5 ganger to Eric at HollowPoint Mold Service for the Mod's.

Yep, For my B'Day too! LOL!!! Which was the 11th. Hope it gets here soon. Looking forward to trying her out!

Knife