Lee mould question

[Johnch]

Did Lee ever make a 2 cavity mould to take removable handles ?

Reason I ask
This AM I was looking through a bunch of stuff a freinds dad is going to sell
As he is moving to Florida and into a much smaller house

And I may buy all his reloading / casting stuff if we can work out a price

I found a old box that said LEE on it , nothing else
No markings on the mould that I could see
With a AL 2 cavity mould that sort of looked like a Lee 452-228-1R ( 230 gr ball type design )
But with a single larger grease grove
But it didn't have the standard current LEE type of alinement setup

The mould was designed to take some type of removable handles , didn't see them
As I didn't get to look at 80% of what he had , they are probely there someplace

John

[MT Gianni]

All of Lee's handles are removable. They are not screwed on but pinned and staked. If one mold is bad and another has handle issues they can be swapped by drilling or scraping the staked part out and dropping the pin. I'm guessing that's what you have here.

[Doughty]

I have an early 70s single cavity .45 ACP mold. The handles are screwed to the blocks. Don't know exactly when they went to the staked pin system.

[azrednek]

The older Lee Molds I have are also screwed rather than pinned in.

[Johnch]

I have an early 70s single cavity .45 ACP mold. The handles are screwed to the blocks. Don't know exactly when they went to the staked pin system.

Dose it have the current allinement sustem ?

John

[mooman76]

Quite interesting post. I have some old Lee moulds but they must not be as old as I thought. I would have bet they didn't make anything like that. I guess they've been around longer than I thought.