Lee .270 mold?????

[leadhead]

Hi guys,
Anyone know where I can get a Lee .270 mold? I heard they made them
awhile back but discontinued them. Any body have one they would like to
sell?
Thanks
Denny

[swheeler]

LH; check Ebay they come up for auction every now and again. I just saw a 110 grain that sold couple weeks ago.

[jameslovesjammie]

I have both of the Lee designs in for the .270 (not for sale). The exact mould numbers you want to search for are the C270-110-R and the C277-125-R. They are nothing special to look at. They look just like every boolit Lee has ever made in the -R series.

[BCB]

leadhead,

I know you are lookin’ for Lee molds, but if you can’t find one, a Lyman 280642 is a good mold. 150 grains. That boolit shoots very well from a Model 700 that I won years ago. One word of caution—if the Lee molds are gas check design or you find a 280642, be sure you can find .277” gas checks. I see that they are not listed in some catalogs of the major shooting industry suppliers. Don’t know if that caliber is all that popular with cast boolit shooters. I see some of them for sale on this website from time to time…

Another option is to purchase the Lyman 287346 which is a 7mm mold. It can be sized down to .278” easily and the 7mm check might be more available. 135 grains…

Good-luck…BCB

[leadhead]

Thanks guys, what I really want to do is to size it down to .270 for my carcano's.
I never thought about the gas checks. Thats a good point. I think your right
about the popularity of the .270 cal, it's just about unheard of anymore.
Thanks for the info,
Denny

[jameslovesjammie]

You're right about popularity of the .270 in cast. There are only two commercial moulds available anymore for the .277 cal. The RCBS 270-150 SP and the Saeco 270 (140 grain truncated cone).

RCBS does have the 270-130 FN available as a custom order mould...but it is hard to justify the $$$. For roughly the same money, you could go to www.mountainmolds.com and have him cut a mould to your exact chamber in the design YOU want and have a mould that drops exactly on the money, every time.

[HORNET]

If you check around down in the Cast Boolits/Military Rifles Forum there's a few threads on the Midsouth Oldfeller 6.5 Cruise Missile in the Carcano. It usually seems to cast about .270 diameter. You might find them interesting.

[GabbyM]

https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=000066.5SWED


Their is the cruise missile but it says it's for 6.5 Swede. Carcano rifles have a gain twist barrel. Whether they'd handle a 170 grain cast bullet I have no idea. Surely someone has tried the cruse missile in a Carcano

[leadhead]

I have 2 of the cruise missile molds, and they shoot very well in the carcano's
but one of them only casts at .267 dia, so it is pretty much worthless for the
carcano. I would just like to have a lesser weight bullet to try in them, plus I
have a real nice type I in 6.5 jap that doesn't handel the heavy one that well.
Saw where someone cut one of the missile molds down and made it shorter.
I could try that, but I would have to buy another one first.
Denny

[HORNET]

BRP has one a little lighter and shorter than the Cruise Missle. Looks like a duplicate of the 6.5 Kurtz Group Buy that I missed. For more info: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=74848 or PM BABore . They cost more than the Lee's (A 2 cav. cost about MSRP for a Lyman 2 cav.) but they're made MUCH better.

[Al_sway]

I have had my .270 125 grain Lee mould for a number of years. It has worked very well for me, so it is not for sale. I don't need any more variety, as it does everything I want for practice.

[Mechael4]

I have both of the Lee designs in for the .270 (not for sale). The exact mould numbers you want to search for are the C270-110-R and the C277-125-R. They are nothing special to look at. They look just like every boolit Lee has ever made in the -R series.

Related to LEE , C270-110-R is it .277" in diameter .?

[sigep1764]

Lee also has currently a 277 135RF mold. I use it for 270 and also the rcbs 150 grainer. I'm at work but I'll check to see if I have any upsized ones for you.

[gwpercle]

I just received the new Lee 2020 catalog , on page 36 I'm looking at a Lee 270 mould it's
C277-135-RF cat.no. 90454 , double cavity . Unless this is an error then Lee still makes one 270 (.277) mould . You may have to order it from Lee but they are still listed in the catalog .
Not sure of the availability at dealers , checked two sites and both were out of stock but they would back order .
Gary