BZimm
12-09-2017, 06:57 PM
I want you folks to know that I have looked and looked for a reference to SAECO mould numbers and I have come here as a rookie because I don't want to lose an opportunity to buy an older four cavity mould. The seller and I are having a conversation and they have placed all the appropriate qualifiers on the sale and I'm right there want to pull the trigger......but now I have to ask:
The mould in question is a four cavity unit that will come with handles. There are few (almost none) indentifying marks or numbers on it except "050", and the seller seems to know that it is a SAECO mould. The Redding site references a 052 and 053 mould as slightly different wadcutters, but does not reference a 050. I did find one old obscure posting on a Pensylvannia firearms site that was selling bullets produced from a SAECO 050. Other than that.....nuthin'.
The seller says that a very similar Ohaus 2 cavity mould throws a 148gr pill, but we're not sure of the weight that this 050 mould will cast. So....
Can someone help this rookie out a little? Maybe shove me toward some old SAECO mould numbers that I can't seem to find? Or maybe even someone has a SAECO 050 in their casting inventory and can supply me with empirical data.
What I want to do is cast 38cal. projectiles to load and shoot in my S&W Model 28 4"bbl. (and other 38/357 treasures) And I think a good solid wadcutter style would be a good mould to have. :???:
Please and Thank You,
BZimm
The mould in question is a four cavity unit that will come with handles. There are few (almost none) indentifying marks or numbers on it except "050", and the seller seems to know that it is a SAECO mould. The Redding site references a 052 and 053 mould as slightly different wadcutters, but does not reference a 050. I did find one old obscure posting on a Pensylvannia firearms site that was selling bullets produced from a SAECO 050. Other than that.....nuthin'.
The seller says that a very similar Ohaus 2 cavity mould throws a 148gr pill, but we're not sure of the weight that this 050 mould will cast. So....
Can someone help this rookie out a little? Maybe shove me toward some old SAECO mould numbers that I can't seem to find? Or maybe even someone has a SAECO 050 in their casting inventory and can supply me with empirical data.
What I want to do is cast 38cal. projectiles to load and shoot in my S&W Model 28 4"bbl. (and other 38/357 treasures) And I think a good solid wadcutter style would be a good mould to have. :???:
Please and Thank You,
BZimm