Master Caster.....should I?

[tbobbo]

Let me start by saying I'm a competition shooter, that needs more practice. So I need to shoot more. I have tried casting with limited results. I don't have much time to spare so I am looking to make as many boolits as possible in a short amount of time. Powder coating is also what I like vs other lubes. I sell tires and can get as much wheel weight lead as I want. I must have 1500 lbs in my garage right now.
It seems there is not much info on the master caster, here people rave about them......but the search function only gives me about 10 threads. Half are about automation.
I want to increase the amount of good boolits, I don't trust my hand casting enough yet to not weigh and measure each boolit yet.
If I get a master caster, can I use straight clip on wheel weight lead? I read many people even report stick on lead works with powder coating. That would be real nice for me as my shop uses stick on weight 3 to1 clip on.
I guess the main questions about the machine are
Is it alloy sensitive?
Does it make consistent boolits?
Does it take more of the human factor out?
I would of course get the electronic temp control to take that out of the equation. I shoot 9mm right now, but will also get .40 for when I move to limited division and shoot major power factor.
Any help would be appreciated as this is not a easy amount of money for me to spend......but it will be more cost effective than buying bullets after 2-3 years.

[762 shooter]

Just an idea. I bet these people would answer some of those questions.

http://www.magmaengineering.com/master-caster/

I'm sure you have already contacted them.

762

[nun2kute]

I don't have any experience with a master caster, (probably would be very nice for me though, maybe I should look into it) and have no idea how much one costs, but I just bought 1K 115g 9 mm ARMSCOR projectiles from Surplusammo for less than 75$.(and I bet you could do better if you look around) Seems pretty cheap to me. I got into casting to be able to shoot more too. somewhere along the line I got into swaging. I could of saved Boat Loads of money just buying components for reloading. But I wouldn't have had near as much FUN.

[razorfish]

I’m in a similar situation as you. I’m a competition shooter and I cast all my bullets on the Master Caster.

First thing to know is that the Master Caster is exactly what you think it is. After warming up the mold the a Master Caster drops perfect bullets for as long as you care to pull the handle. Basically turns a pretty interesting process into a boring task but each bullet is perfect.

I’m assuming you’re coating your bullets and if that’s the case, wheel weight lead is a perfect alloy for 9mm and 40SW although you might want to add a pinch of tin to each batch of lead.

If you shoot like me, the Master Caster will easily pay for itself in the first year but you’ll lose a lot of free time you could be using to practice. (Smelting lead into Ingots, Casting, Coating and Sizing is time consuming).

I’m always tempted to just buy a case a bullets when I start running low but inevitably I put the money back in my pocket and cast, coat and size yet another few thousand bullets to get me through the month. On the plus side, you’ll never feel guilty about blasting a thousand rounds down range over a busy weekend, your ammo is basically free.



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[6bg6ga]

I have a ballisti-cast Mark IV that has the ability to hold several molds the Mark X holds 4 molds. The magma is much simpler to run. You need to know that casting takes time, sizing takes time also. If you don't have the time you have two options. You can purchase your bullets or you can automate the caster. The Magma's are a natural to automate and certainly worth the money to do so. Having said that there is a individual here on castboolits that sells a product to make automation a simple process. everything comes with a price however and you must weigh the costs of buying a caster, automation of the caster, or buying your bullets pre-made.

[tbobbo]

Just an idea. I bet these people would answer some of those questions.

http://www.magmaengineering.com/master-caster/

I'm sure you have already contacted them.

762

I did call them a couple days ago. They basically said yup just buy it.......typical sales answers. They were nice......and I tend to believe them, but asking here before selling a couple guns to fund this.

[6bg6ga]

If I had it to do all over again I would purchase the Magma and automate it.

[tbobbo]

I’m in a similar situation as you. I’m a competition shooter and I cast all my bullets on the Master Caster.

First thing to know is that the Master Caster is exactly what you think it is. After warming up the mold the a Master Caster drops perfect bullets for as long as you care to pull the handle. Basically turns a pretty interesting process into a boring task but each bullet is perfect.

I’m assuming you’re coating your bullets and if that’s the case, wheel weight lead is a perfect alloy for 9mm and 40SW although you might want to add a pinch of tin to each batch of lead.

If you shoot like me, the Master Caster will easily pay for itself in the first year but you’ll lose a lot of free time you could be using to practice. (Smelting lead into Ingots, Casting, Coating and Sizing is time consuming).

I’m always tempted to just buy a case a bullets when I start running low but inevitably I put the money back in my pocket and cast, coat and size yet another few thousand bullets to get me through the month. On the plus side, you’ll never feel guilty about blasting a thousand rounds down range over a busy weekend, your ammo is basically free.



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This is the type of stuff I'm looking for! Thank you!

[tbobbo]

I have a ballisti-cast Mark IV that has the ability to hold several molds the Mark X holds 4 molds. The magma is much simpler to run. You need to know that casting takes time, sizing takes time also. If you don't have the time you have two options. You can purchase your bullets or you can automate the caster. The Magma's are a natural to automate and certainly worth the money to do so. Having said that there is a individual here on castboolits that sells a product to make automation a simple process. everything comes with a price however and you must weigh the costs of buying a caster, automation of the caster, or buying your bullets pre-made.
I already break my lead into ingots to clean it. I already size and coat my boolits. Im just making sure this will give me more consistent results. I would like it if I could take a day to cast and get a bunch of boolits in one shot. Thing is......I don't really like loading or casting......but I just need too to get better at shooting. I don't hate it......and I like it when someone asks....oh shooting acme bullets?
I do feel a bit of pride when I say...nope made em myself.

[dverna]

As an ex-competition shooter here is my experience.

When I was poor, I used a 10 cavity mold and hand cast. Even though I was poor, I bought a Star lubri-sizer. GET THE STAR...nothing is faster if time is important to you.

When I was not poor, I bought cast bullets or swaged bullets. Swaged were the 148 gr Remington HBWC....the most accurate bullet I ever tested for Bullseye.

Now I have a Master Caster. Figure about 500 bullets an hour with the Master Caster. It works well and can be automated if you get tired of pulling the handle. Automating it will not increase production rate...that is dictated by bullet size (cooling), but you can operate it without fatigue so you produce more.

It will produce bullets as good as any cast bullet you can purchase. I like to use one alloy to keep things consistent. If you want to run for long periods of time, have a second pot (like a cheap Lee) going to add hot lead. I like to keep the pot at 2/3 full as I believe keeping a more constant head pressure is beneficial to consistency.

[6bg6ga]

If you want to produce more bullets per hour you either purchase a used Ballisti-cast or purchase from the company that bought them out. A faster machine. The merits of the Magma is its simple to use simple to adjust and its like a Timex watch it just keeps going. The beauty of automation is the machine can be making bullets while the operator is powder coating or sizing and lubing or reloading. Sure, 500 bullets an hour isn't much but when you figure the machine is running and you are doing other tasks then its Godsend. Unfortunately I have found no way to automate mine so I'm stuck with it.

[ioon44]

I'm a competition shooter also and use Accurate 5 cav molds, these can really put out a lot of bullets. I use the Hi-Tek coating which is much faster than powder coating and Yes I did try powder coating.

"Thing is......I don't really like loading or casting" with this attitude you most likely won't like any casting system or loading system.

[jdfoxinc]

Bought a used one and never looked back. Changed my alloy to 92,6,2 and reduced my culls. I still inspect and weigh each bullet. I have a pile of cooling bullets, a pile of bullets I inspect while the pour cools in the mold, and a catch pan for the fresh out of the mold bullets.

I reluctantly break out the Lee pot to use my multi cavity molds. I think I can mount my Lyman 4 cavity molds on the MC. I would just have to tap the sprue plate by hand.

Emptying the pot to change alloys takes a while.

[kens]

adding a little bit of tin to the mix helps a lot for better boolits, and dropping out of the mold.
my favorite handgun boolits for casting is bevel base, they fall out of the mold faster

[Burnt Fingers]

If you want to produce more bullets per hour you either purchase a used Ballisti-cast or purchase from the company that bought them out. A faster machine. The merits of the Magma is its simple to use simple to adjust and its like a Timex watch it just keeps going. The beauty of automation is the machine can be making bullets while the operator is powder coating or sizing and lubing or reloading. Sure, 500 bullets an hour isn't much but when you figure the machine is running and you are doing other tasks then its Godsend. Unfortunately I have found no way to automate mine so I'm stuck with it.

500 an hour? I can do 350 .45 ACP 200 gr SWC an hour with a 2 cavity mold and bottom pour pot. With a 4 cavity mold I can get that to around 650 per hour. With my 6 cavity brass MP 9mm mold I'm north of 1000 bullets an hour.

For what an automated Master Caster costs......wow.

The basic Master Caster at $1100 and manually operated is still a two cavity mold. To increase production use 4, 6, or 8 cavity molds.

At least that's my thoughts.

[tbobbo]

500 an hour? I can do 350 .45 ACP 200 gr SWC an hour with a 2 cavity mold and bottom pour pot. With a 4 cavity mold I can get that to around 650 per hour. With my 6 cavity brass MP 9mm mold I'm north of 1000 bullets an hour.

For what an automated Master Caster costs......wow.

The basic Master Caster at $1100 and manually operated is still a two cavity mold. To increase production use 4, 6, or 8 cavity molds.

At least that's my thoughts.

I have some lee 6 cavity, and a Lyman 4 cavity. I have a hard time dropping consistent boolits. I can drop plenty. Getting good ones to maximize my time is what I'm looking for. I think what my biggest problem in the past is temp. If I get the master caster with the digital temp.......sounds like that might be what I'm looking for.

[hunter74]

If you want speed and even boolits, save up to a Magma Bullet Master. Then its no hassle to crank out 10 - 15 000 boolits a day, but with that volume you'll need a Lube Master to size..... and by then you can buy a lot of boolits from a comercial caster for the same amount of money!

So..... What it all comes down to is, what speed do you need, and what are you willing to pay for that?

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[tbobbo]

If you want speed and even boolits, save up to a Magma Bullet Master. Then its no hassle to crank out 10 - 15 000 boolits a day, but with that volume you'll need a Lube Master to size..... and by then you can buy a lot of boolits from a comercial caster for the same amount of money!

So..... What it all comes down to is, what speed do you need, and what are you willing to pay for that?

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The master caster will be fast enough. At least I'm not willing to put more than 2000 into this thing. It looks like it has an acceptable production rate for me.

[dverna]

tbobbo,

The Master Caster will do a good job for you, and even if you decide to sell it you will lose very little on it. The other thing to consider is that you can always automate it for about $1200-1500 and produce a lot of bullets with little effort if you need to produce more bullets. It can run "in the background" as you do other things, just set a timer so you fill it with alloy as needed.

[Burnt Fingers]

I have some lee 6 cavity, and a Lyman 4 cavity. I have a hard time dropping consistent boolits. I can drop plenty. Getting good ones to maximize my time is what I'm looking for. I think what my biggest problem in the past is temp. If I get the master caster with the digital temp.......sounds like that might be what I'm looking for.

I was thinking about this today as I was doing some casting.

1. What shooting sport are you involved in?
2. What do you consider "consistent" bullets?

With a bottom pour pot I can cast boolits with my molds and have a less than 2% reject rate. For example, my six cavity brass MP mold. The cavities cast within a grain spread. From start to finish in a session I'm no more than =/- 1 grain across all my boolits. With that mold I'll do ~1000 at a sitting (pot full). I've had sessions with no rejects. Now I don't weigh every boolit, nor do I need to. I shoot my club's defensive pistol matches. We use IPDA targets. I'm losing very little in score due to misses, however my scores will never be good due to mobility limitations. As long as I'm going 0 down on my targets I'm one happy duck.

I use two pistols. A 1911 or a Canik TP9SFx with a red dot. My scores are a bit higher with the Canik due to fewer reloads and 9mm vs .45 ACP.

During practice with the Canik I've put 100 rounds into an index card at 10 yards. Groups with the 1911 are just a hair bigger.

This is all with bullets I cast and ammo I load. I don't sort my bullets by weight, I don't sort brass, and once the powder measure is set up I don't check powder charges. I use a Dillon 650 to do my loading and the powder measure is accurate to 0.1 gr with the powders I use.

Note that with the 9mm I'm using a 150 gr MP slick sided boolit with Ramshot Competition powder. The load data goes form 2.6 gr to 2.9 gr. I load at 2.7. This means out of any batch I'll have loads at 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8 gr of powder. I've been unable to detect a difference in where they shoot.

Many of our stages require a head shot. I have no problem getting those. We also use a lot of clay target holders. I can hit those with no problem.

I'm not now, nor have I ever been a Bullseye shooter. The sport fascinates me but I know that it's not for me. I don't require that level of accuracy in my choice of shooting sport.

[dansedgli]

I shoot my own bullets made from a master caster.

I find they are way more consistent than the hand molds i was using. It is slower than using a 4 or 6 cavity mold but it's also easier and I get less rejects. I watch TV while I cast and can sit there all day when I get time. It's very boring.

I plan to automate it, I have most of the parts but no time to install.

Also get a star lube sizer without the lube bit. They save a tonne of time hooked up to a Mr bullet feeder compared to a single stage press.

I wouldn't have bought more than 2000 projectiles in the last 2 years so my casting equipment has likely paid for itself by now. I shoot approx 20,000 a year.

[kevin c]

Like burnt fingers and a couple others here, I shoot one caliber in volume in an Action Pistol sport where Bullseye type accuracy isn't needed. Like them, I can produce 800 to 1000 good casts an hour using an eight cavity gang mold and the right technique and alloy in my bottom pour with feeder pot and have virtually zero rejects.

If the Master Caster is hand operated, I wouldn't be saving time or making better boolits. If it were an automated unit, I might not be comfortable walking away from it, but at least I could make productive use of the time doing a another reloading related task nearby.

I'm retired, with substantially less income than I used to have, so my decision to manually cast, based on time and expense, might be very different from somebody else's. But those are the considerations that I would use personally. YMMV

[Ausglock]

I shoot IPSC and use a Balliti-cast Mark X with 4 molds.
These will make 2500 per hour, manual operation. Far easier to run than a Mastercaster, and quicker.
I normally can sit and work it for 3 hours before needing to have a break. The Ballisti Mark IV autocaster is running in the background pumping out the common sizes.
I size on a Magma Sizemaster with no lube components as I HITEK coat everything I make.
The NVB version of the Mark X looks similar, but I feel their pour lever system is slower. I have fitted a solenoid to the pour lever on the Mark X with a press button to pour. Really speeds up the operation.

[tbobbo]

Out of my last casting session, I did 1500 rounds. Not many made it. They looked good enough while dropping, but they were about 20 grains light and oblong. After finding 5 good out of the first 250......I stopped looking. I found myold handle was not closing the mold all the way. I modified lee handles to fit a Lyman 4 hole. Took me awhile to find that one. I am also hating my lee drip o matic 10 lbs pot. So I need a pot, better temp control.......so I am thinking the master caster might kill 1 and 1/2 birds with one stone.

[tbobbo]

I shoot IPSC and use a Balliti-cast Mark X with 4 molds.
These will make 2500 per hour, manual operation. Far easier to run than a Mastercaster, and quicker.
I normally can sit and work it for 3 hours before needing to have a break. The Ballisti Mark IV autocaster is running in the background pumping out the common sizes.
I size on a Magma Sizemaster with no lube components as I HITEK coat everything I make.
The NVB version of the Mark X looks similar, but I feel their pour lever system is slower. I have fitted a solenoid to the pour lever on the Mark X with a press button to pour. Really speeds up the operation.

That machine really looks good from the video I watched. That might just be worth it. I would love to cast that many, now I think some more research is in order. I never ran across that machine before in my searching. Thank you!

[dbosman]

Here's an idea. I enjoy casting but do lament the fact that a Master Caster can probably be more accurate than I am.

I wish I knew a local with a Master Caster. I'd volunteer to run bullets for you for several hours in exchange for running some quantity of my alloy through your machine for, say, an hour.

[kevin c]

That machine really looks good from the video I watched. That might just be worth it. I would love to cast that many, now I think some more research is in order. I never ran across that machine before in my searching. Thank you!

Is the BallistiCast company or its successors still around making and selling casters?

[Ausglock]

Is the BallistiCast company or its successors still around making and selling casters?

NVB (Northern Valley Ballistics) supply parts for the Ballist-cast equipment. Their molds are excellent too.

[hunter74]

I also have a NVM Mark-X. When it works it's very fast as long as you are able to work the handle by hand.

In my opinion the mechanical sollutions are great on this machine, but the electronics are cr@$p! They are made out of cheap components and they are all showed into a small control box with no ventilation or fan. I suspect this is the reason that I had to shange 2 PIDs and one SSR in the machines first year. I've now moved the SSR out into a separate control box with venting, and a heatsink installed, so I hope this helps, but this is in my mind something that should have been done from the factory.

There's no big cost to replace the components with the same Chinese electrinics that's already in there, if need to bee.

In my first 2 years of service I had to change out

2 PIDS
1 SSR
2 heating elements. Both of them cracked and I replaced it with one open style element sticking into the pot, wich after a while burnt the wires through, but after replacing them it now works again.

With all this said NVM have always been helpful on mail and every time contributed to solve the problems.


I use mine for big boolits from 350-405 gr. For everything else I run the Bullet Master and it runs like a clock. Beeing used to both of these I can't stand the idea of the one double cavity mould of the Master Caster, but it's my opinion that the Magma products are very well made and they just work with no hassles, like they are supposed to do! They are great to do business with and they have an outstanding customer support!

My 5 cent, beeing a comercial caster for 5 years.

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[andre3k]

Im selling my Mark 8 master caster to a gentleman today and hate to see it go but It makes enough bullets in an afternoon to last me a year and its just sitting in my garage the majority of the time. That, along with the lubemaster has about 21k of casting machinery sitting in my garage most of the year unused. It's not the most efficient use of my funds.

So Im either going to go the master caster or Master pot route and see how that can sustain me. At about 1500 rounds per month I think I should be ok with the Master Caster. I have plenty of 6 cavity molds but they can get tiresome after a few hours of casting.

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[Ausglock]

I also have a NVM Mark-X. When it works it's very fast as long as you are able to work the handle by hand.

In my opinion the mechanical sollutions are great on this machine, but the electronics are cr@$p! They are made out of cheap components and they are all showed into a small control box with no ventilation or fan. I suspect this is the reason that I had to shange 2 PIDs and one SSR in the machines first year. I've now moved the SSR out into a separate control box with venting, and a heatsink installed, so I hope this helps, but this is in my mind something that should have been done from the factory.

There's no big cost to replace the components with the same Chinese electrinics that's already in there, if need to bee.

In my first 2 years of service I had to change out

2 PIDS
1 SSR
2 heating elements. Both of them cracked and I replaced it with one open style element sticking into the pot, wich after a while burnt the wires through, but after replacing them it now works again.

With all this said NVM have always been helpful on mail and every time contributed to solve the problems.


I use mine for big boolits from 350-405 gr. For everything else I run the Bullet Master and it runs like a clock. Beeing used to both of these I can't stand the idea of the one double cavity mould of the Master Caster, but it's my opinion that the Magma products are very well made and they just work with no hassles, like they are supposed to do! They are great to do business with and they have an outstanding customer support!

My 5 cent, beeing a comercial caster for 5 years.

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Really??? I have 2 Mark X machines and Zero problems with them for the last 4 years. Everything has been working 100%.
Only thing to be replaced were the springs on the mold carrier arms. They lost some tension.

[tbobbo]

Its good to hear they are still in production, some of the searching I've been doing has turned up quite a bit of negatives. That was the old company though. I do like the thought of the master caster just working with no problems though.

[JimB..]

I’m not surprised that nobody has suggested the obvious solution, this is a group of bullet casters after all.

You get loads of free lead, so sell it and buy the bullets you want. You can probably buy close to 15k 9mm coated bullets with your current 1500lb pile.

[jmorris]

I didn’t get into casting until I started to shoot competitively, for the same reasons you have. I didn’t want to spend the money or the time running it either so I built my machines.

Once you get going you can make a bunch without a lot of effort. For lead I just pick up bullets at the berm, after the match everyone is picking up brass but no one gets the bullets. Best time to get them is after a rain. Once I melt them down I cast a bullet from a mold I use as a standard, often they are a little heavy so I just mix in lynotype until they drop the right weight.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8tWaN5PrTY

[DeputyDuke]

I obtained a well used manual Master Caster years ago. The previous owner had a small bullet company and owned several plus the 8 mould automated machine. He ran nothing but wheel weight lead. He made ingots to clean the lead and ran the MC hot! All of his had tape on the thermostat switch so they did not inadvertently get turned down. The thing is very useful. You can make 500 bullets an hour, most importantly, without a lot of fatigue. You will quickly develop a rhythm. I have old style aluminum ice cube trays I use as bullet catch basins. I line them with old terry cloth towel pads. I hang a 3 lb metal coffee can I put a bail on to catch the sprues. I'm glad I own mine.
Duke

[shootinfox2]

Two bullets every 10-12 seconds all day long.Reload on a 650 and keep an eye on the caster. 1 gr variation over 12 hours. Automated with the Hatch system.See VS section and ask the if you have questions. Had one, sold it to get a Ballisticast. Nevervshowed up. Bought a second master caster and did notblook back.

[dverna]

I didn’t get into casting until I started to shoot competitively, for the same reasons you have. I didn’t want to spend the money or the time running it either so I built my machines.

Once you get going you can make a bunch without a lot of effort. For lead I just pick up bullets at the berm, after the match everyone is picking up brass but no one gets the bullets. Best time to get them is after a rain. Once I melt them down I cast a bullet from a mold I use as a standard, often they are a little heavy so I just mix in lynotype until they drop the right weight.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8tWaN5PrTY

Amazing.

Are you using a gearmotor on the Master Caster?

[rcslotcar]

WoW that is sweet!

[tbobbo]

I’m not surprised that nobody has suggested the obvious solution, this is a group of bullet casters after all.

You get loads of free lead, so sell it and buy the bullets you want. You can probably buy close to 15k 9mm coated bullets with your current 1500lb pile.

I can't bring myself to do that. I don't hate casting and reloading......but I don't love it either. I have a bit of hoarder in me.

[tbobbo]

That truly is an awesome set up. I'm not sure I'm capable of making that. I am also getting quite restricted with room.

[jmorris]

Are you using a gearmotor on the Master Caster?

It’s not a real master caster but a 1” box tube copy of one I made and yes it’s a gear motor that runs it.

There are two timers and switches. One switch activates a timer & relay that when energized opens the circuit, stopping the gear motor while at the same time energizing the coil on the solenoid pouring the lead. When it times out, lead is stopped and power is returned to the gear motor.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2U1ujg_nzo

The other switch/timer is to allow for cool down if needed.

[SODAPOPMG]

Just ran my new Master caster for the second time, I am a long time caster using 4 cavity molds with a bottom pour pot here is what I found with the master caster
For 9mm the time to make 1000 bullets with their 2 cavity mold
is the same, about 2 hours but the physical effort was less than 1/4,
way less tiring I could sit up straight didn't have to hold a heavy mold, didn't have to hammer the spue cutter just keep pumping the handle
After the mold warms up just 2 good bullets after another
The machine sorts the bullets from the spue so you set up 2 catch boxes one for each, I water quench so the bullets get directed into a water filled bucket

For sizing i lube them using a Star nothing's better
But if you powder coat the Lee push through size die will be just as fast

[tbobbo]

I am leaning towards the master caster still. I also have decided I need to get an upside down single stage to size. Since my reloading area is small I will also get a quick change mount/base from in line Fab. Mount a classic lee upside down.......that will speed up sizing and buldge busting. The buldge buster cured all of my reloading woes. So much that it's now a permanent part of my reloading.

[jmorris]

This is how the Lee in the previous video is fed and driven, minus the collator and flipper.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01zbImsdkbg

All of the forces are isolated to the small 1/4” plate, just need a flat place to set it.

[TonyN]

I have one. I'm looking to buy a fully automatic casting machine. If I get one mine will be up for sell.

[tbobbo]

I have one. I'm looking to buy a fully automatic casting machine. If I get one mine will be up for sell.

When you do let me know. I am still saving for a new one.......only about halfway there right now. So you may have time.

[quas]

Guys, is there any alternative machine on the market to Master Caster and Ballisti Cast Mark?
I have been trying for a while to get hold of a second hand one due to relatively high cost of Master Caster.
Any pointers?
It doesn't help I'm based in Europe but I can get US domestic shipping arranged if required.

[Tazza]

Sadly, there are no cheap alternatives unless you can build one yourself, Jmorris has shown they aren't impossible to make. I have been fiddling on building my own take on a bullet master, it just hasn't been completed yet..... Life keeps getting in my way.

[Roundball]

I wanted a Master Caster. I have many four cavity molds of various makes plus a few Lee six cavity molds. I just wanted Master Caster. I'm setting here looking at the first bullet I cast on the machine. It's a $2000.00 projectile. It it worth it. Yes, every cent of it. There is a bunch of hand work in that machine. It came after having been tested with one of my molds installed. Seven mold were concerted for the machine. Would I do it again. In an instant. What's the difference between a toggling mold handle and a Master Caster? On the level of putting lead into the mold is there a difference? Looks like I can cast in my old molds in the 40 lb pot. Can you tell I'm a happy customer?

[Ausglock]

The Ballisti-cast Mark X machines are still being made by Northern Valley Machine.