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rtyler8140
11-16-2020, 09:38 AM
I got an older Lee 6 cavity mold in a lot of molds I bough recently. I can't find any markings on it, but it looks very similar to the 356-124-2r. Below is a picture of a 124 on the left, and one cast from the new mold on the right. As you can see, the nose is a little different and the Boolit is shorter. The 124 weighs 127.5 after PC and alloy is COWW. The unknown weighs 119.5 after PC and alloy is COWW. I tried searching google to see if maybe it's a discontinued mold, but didn't come up with much. Any ideas?

https://i.ibb.co/J33DwFj/IMG-20201115-184312300.jpg (https://ibb.co/2ZZG1Y3)
Dusty Bannister
11-16-2020, 11:37 AM
Are you looking for a mold number engraved on the top of a mold block, or are you looking for a lightly stamped 5 digit number on one end of the mold blocks? Different production runs result in different weights and profiles.
rtyler8140
11-16-2020, 10:04 PM
That's the odd part, there are no markings on the top or the end. They are definitely older, so I would have expected the 5 digit on the end. Most of my Lee molds drop boolits heavier than advertised, that's why I was stumped on this one. I reckon it could be the 124 that just came out a little light.
kywoodwrkr
12-02-2020, 12:22 PM
Were early 6 cavity group buys even marked in any way?
I have some I have no idea what they are with out casting with them.
Well, with out accurate measuring'
rtyler8140
12-02-2020, 12:24 PM
Were early 6 cavity group buys even marked in any way?
I have some I have no idea what they are with out casting with them.
Well, with out accurate measuring'
Yeah, I'm not sure. Either way it drops nice boolits. I powder coated and sized to .358 and they ran nicely through my 9mm when doing some testing last week.
gwpercle
12-02-2020, 07:49 PM
I would call it a 120 grain RN , load some up and see how they shoot ...
Might be just the ticket for 380 acp or 9mm Luger !

It casts a nice looking boolit .
Gary
rtyler8140
12-02-2020, 09:44 PM
I would call it a 120 grain RN , load some up and see how they shoot ...
Might be just the ticket for 380 acp or 9mm Luger !

It casts a nice looking boolit .
Gary

That's actually exactly what I did! I labeled the tub they go in as 356-120-RN. They shoot great in my 9mm.