High priced Lyman molds!

[TexasGrunt]

While doing my morning eBay jaunt I came across these two molds.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lyman-35793-Reloading-Double-Cavity-SP-357-Bullet-Mold-/152437371493?hash=item237df9b265:g:ArUAAOSw~AVYo37 G $319.99

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lyman-429303-Reloading-Double-Cavity-44-44-40-Bullet-Mold-IN-Original-Box-/172532010450?hash=item282bb58dd2:g:tBgAAOSw2gxYo36- $319.99

I don't have enough knowledge to know if they are worth that or not. But perhaps there is someone out there that just HAS to have them.

[oger]

They have been out of production for quite a while but I don't need them that bad.

[Yodogsandman]

They might have special status for collectors.

[Valley-Shooter]

The pointed ones always go for high prices, but those prices are just crazy.
I'm glad I got mine when used stuff on eBay had low prices.

[Skunk1]

A 358 like that sold for $263 last week. I was watching as I'd like to try one but wouldn't pay anything near that.

[tazman]

The molds for that style of boolit have been getting more and more expensive. Not certain why that boolit would be so popular. I don't see it's utility.
NOE makes molds for that style of boolit at a much lower price point.

[TexasGrunt]

The molds for that style of boolit have been getting more and more expensive. Not certain why that boolit would be so popular. I don't see it's utility.
NOE makes molds for that style of boolit at a much lower price point.

That was my first thought. Why pay $320 for a SC when you can get a DC for ~$80. Of course you are comparing an aluminum mold to a steel mold.

[rda72927]

This one just sold last night, I was watching it but never thought it would sell...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/152428338465?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

[ascast]

pot smokers ! you could have several made from raw ore for that kinda money

[Nueces]

Lyman devoted a page in their original Handbook of Cast Bullets to these designs, by Carl Hudson, the designer. He was after a slug that would pierce steel plate. They never interested me, but I guess a modern purpose would be for getting through body armor or car bodies. Dunno.

[dbosman]

I expect Nueces is correct about the demand for body armor piercing. I asked on one forum why people were paying a high premium for steel core .223 bullets. The answer was to pierce blue armor and no one disputed that answer. I can only guess that some folks haven't heard of drones.

Anyone know how we could manage a pointed hollow point? ;-)

[GRUMPA]

I sold both of those pointy Lyman moulds on this site not to long ago, went quick too at no where at those prices. There's other makers of moulds out there and I just decided to let them go and get a 4 cavity mould.

The performance of those pointy moulds is something else on hard targets, quite impressive to say the least.

[Chill Wills]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/172520814158?ul_noapp=true

not close to the very high price of the pointed but this one is about 3X the going rate, unless it is collectable. Never heard of them marked Centennial

[trapper9260]

The molds for that style of boolit have been getting more and more expensive. Not certain why that boolit would be so popular. I don't see it's utility.
NOE makes molds for that style of boolit at a much lower price point.I was thinking that one of the mold makers would have some like that. you beat me to it.

[longbow]

I thought I read that Lyman had re-introduced the 429303 but a search certainly didn't find it. Maybe I am thinking of the .457 collar button which I did find.

NOE has clones of the 429303 style in several calibers for normal prices if anyone is looking for one to try.

Longbow