Saeco moulds

[mag44uk]

Guys I am just about to buy 3 saeco 4 cavity moulds.
Will I need saeco handles or do the Lee commercial ones fit?
Thanks,
Tony

[mag44uk]

Bump....................

[Buckshot]

.............The Lee 6 cav handles will fit and work fine. I don't recall if you have to drill the holes in the legs of the handle a tad larger or not. If so, it ain't much!

............Buckshot

[mag44uk]

Thanks Buckshot.
Tony

[Le Loup Solitaire]

While Saeco handles are definitely top shelf quality, so are the Lee. The difference in price though, will pop one of your fuses. Saeco runs about $32+ in the Midsouth catalog while the Lee handles are around $13! I've been adapting the Lee whenever/wherever necessary and they are doing fine. Drilling holes and filing are easy to do. Good shootin. LLS

[jameslovesjammie]

I just tried seeing if the pin from my Saeco 397 4 cavity would fit in my Lee 6 banger handles. They wouldn't go. It looks like they will work, but you'll have to open them up a little. Doesn't look like it'll have to be much, but for 1/3 the price I can live with drilling them out. The slots on the side of the mould where the handle goes are PERFECT.

[jameslovesjammie]

There you go! 1 Elcheapo Lee mould handle and 1 Elexpensivo Saeco mould! All it took was a 3/16 bit and about 10 seconds.

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[mag44uk]

Thats great info fellers. Just what I,and probably a few other folk,needed to know!
Regards,
Tony

[Red River Rick]

Jameslovesjammie:

If you have a set of calipers, perhaps you can take a few moments and give me some measurements from that Saeco 4 cavity mould. There's a sticky at the top of this section, "Lyman 4 Cavity Handles", with a few drawings. If you could fill in the blanks with the appropriatte dimensions, it would be most appreciatted.

RRR

[OKIE]

had the same issue, just drilled them out a size larger and the Lee handles worked fine. As above, it's a lot cheaper and takes about two minutes.