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    Dare I ask!

    How many molds do you have?

    I have 3. yea a rookie.

    a .490 RB for my BP gun
    50 cal 333gr T/C Maxi Hunter
    50 cal 230 Lee REAL

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    I'm just starting to get into molds for my 35's, 38's, 45's and 54...

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    If this is any indication, my answer is "I DON'T KNOW". 75-100 maybe, and I bet there are more than a few on here who will laugh at my "small stash".

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    I only have six, but, do have two group buys on the way. I have a habit of getting comfortable with one and not changing.

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    six so far but will be ordering a 58 cal roundball mold soon.

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    According to my Mold List Software, I now have 85 molds in the collection and one more on the way.
    If you have more than a few molds, this is a neat way to keep track of them.

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    I have Seven and can only think of two more I really want or is that Two Hundred?

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    I have 40 or so , maybe 50
    If I counted them , I would start figuring out how much $$ I had wraped up in them

    I just consider myself their current owner

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    After a year into casting I probably have eight and think I only need a couple more. Of course I said the same thing when I only had eight guns.


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    I stopped counting them a long time ago..... It's not how many moulds you own that's important, it's what you can do with them.
    Glen

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    Not a clue! A drawer full, plus overflow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glen View Post
    I stopped counting them a long time ago..... It's not how many moulds you own that's important, it's what you can do with them.
    Absolutley, and I might add, what you can do with the product of each mould.

    How many? I dunno but given the many thousands of different moulds out there I can only say . . . not nearly enough!

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    I had a house fire in 1986, the count at that time was about 180. I've gotten more than that since and have not counted them since that time. I also can't keep track of where some of them are, except for borrowed molds (those I keep strict track of).

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    I had to go count, found 25, and I think there are two or three in a drawer somewhere. I may have overlooked some as I have not got my gun building finished (work gets in the way) and my wife kicked me out of the third bedroom when all the kids came at Thanksgiving, so there are piles in the garage that have mysteries in them. Dale

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    Wow, I feel like a beginner as well, 32 now and one in the group buy...Ray
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    About 50 or so. That software looks cool, Tom--but organization is not a high priority at present, and after 27+ years of fervent documentation--I'm pretty slack in that department as well. I didn't mow/trim the back yard today, either--so I'm a pretty flagrant layabout.

    I did reload 140 30-06 cases with #311284 boolits today, though--and got the emptied cases from Tuesday's Burrito Shoot tumbled in a timely fashion, and readied for refill on the benchtop. This borders on exemplary performance, considering my usual casual manner of re-stuffing/re-packing ammunition.
    I don't paint bullets. I like Black Rifle Coffee. Sacred cows are always fair game. California is to the United States what Syria is to Russia and North Korea is to China/South Korea/Japan--a Hermit Kingdom detached from the real world and led by delusional maniacs, an economic and social basket case sustained by "foreign" aid so as to not lose military bases.

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    somewhere up around a 100

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    I still have the first few single cavity Lyman moulds I bought 36 years ago. I think they were $8 each at the time, handles about $5.

    As with guns, they are one of the few things you can buy, enjoy for years, and sell them for more than you paid.
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    None, but I've got one on order. After reading the answers to this post I can see I'm gonna' spend more on this hobby than first projected.

    Oh Well, I've got money I ain't made yet.

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    I have 3 different molds. 2 different Lyman molds for .45 (452460 & 452630) and 1 FOR .38 (358477).
    All excellent molds that work great.
    My firearms review site. http://rangehot.com/

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
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