How Many Molds Do You Have?

[Chicken Thief]

That's odd... most of us have molds that we have no rifles for... yet...

I'm at 50+ molds and working on reducing my inventory...

One is a French Gras 11x59R that i hate, so i have no brass or boolits for it.
The other is a Mauser small ring that was converted to single shot 8.15x46R after WWI. I have moulds for it ant it shoots but when money cones at the first an Accurate mould is on it's way.

[XWrench3]

NEVER, ever, enough! there is no such thing as to many molds.

[Trapperscott]

I have a few to many molds. I have some that I have aquired in trades that I dont even have guns for. I'm thinking of selling some of them pretty soon here. I want to fund a star sizer.

Scott

I forgot to add that I have about 25 molds. And only mold for 4 calibers so far.

[HDS]

1. Mihec #503
2. Mihec H&G #68
3. Mihec 9mm 147gr BB
4. Mihec HBWC .44 cal
5. Mihec 22 Nato

A bit of a tendency there....


edit:
I think my next mold is going to be something other than a Mihec, since it's a very specialized design, called the Snakebite grease wagon. A .38spl bullet with an extra large lube groove for black powder shooting and a bit longer/heavier to reach .357mag length out of a 38spl case. That's going to be my main round for the two new guns I plan on acquiring this spring (1873 lever & revolver). Which will be mainly a BP platform.

[dudits]

i dont have as many as i need

[dancingbear41]

I have 120+ and have used nearly all of them. I recently bought a Lyman 452488 that I have not used yet. It has been too cold to cast. I have a couple that are duplicates or that have never been used. I also have a number that are no longer used thanks to the pistol ban in the UK. However there are some moulds I no longer use that I would be loathe to part with because the have now developed sentimental value. Can that happen?
I am beginning to think I should thin down my numbers. I have recently discovered custom mould makers and I can see there will be more moulds I have to have.
You can never have too many.

Simon.

[millsa2]

I have to many. Getting ready to pass some down to my Son and Son in Law.

[Combat Diver]

Got exactly 10. Had 9 out on the table yesterday. Need more....................


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[midnight]

I didn't count the half dozen jig molds or the decoy anchor molds includng one cast iron Herters mold that drops four strap type anchors. Then there's the decoy keel weights. I hate to think of all the linotype in a hundred or more decoy keels. Back in the early 70s a guy used to give me those 22lb bars of linotype. I still have an old plaster of paris mold for a decoy anchor I designed. Line winds on the anchor and it still fits over the head of the decoy but I didn't count any of the above.

Bob

[dragon813gt]

Two more molds were delivered to me last week. So I'm now two molds closer to having enough. Still waiting on about six group buys. And if I keep forgetting to email Accurate molds about one in their catalog.

[Bullshop]

A pleasent youg fellow brought me three just day before yesterday. An old Lyman with handles for the 38/40, I believe a Shiloh .533" hollow base, and a very nice 45/70 complete loading tool. The 45/70 tool just says--- 45 Gov. 500--- with no makers name but its a nice clean tool. I cast it and it looks much like the Lyman 457125.
OK lets see that comes to 240 something or something. Rats I dont want to count again.

[jdam169]

My mould count made it to 7. Not many compared to other people but I am sure I will be getting more.

[midnight]

I know this is the wrong place to do this but I promised a fellow I would send a PM with pics of a decoy anchor mold. Couldn't figure out how to attach pics to a PM so I put them here. Indulge me a little bit. Thanks

Bob

[wyattjames]

well i have enough but not enough to quit looking for more !!

[kir_kenix]

I chose 26-50 because my wife was looking over my shoulder at the time....

[JSAND]

I have 12 now and honestly could see tripling that number for just the weapons I reload for now. I almost couldn't believe some of the numbers I read on some of these post, but then got to thinking, I have only been doing this for 3 years and need 36 to cast the boolits I would like to cast, so yeah I could see owning a hundred or two. I don't think you can have to many moulds.

[Iowa Fox]

OK, I'll take a best guess on this at 60-75 as I don't feel like digging them out. My very first mold was a Lyman 12 slug my wife gave me for Christman about the second year we were married. Then my next was a 358429 DC. Back in the old days it was easy to pick up nice old Ideal and Lymans for $5 to $25 and sometimes a 4 cav with handles for that price. What has really killed my wallet is the group buys from this bunch. But I'm glad I got in on the ones I have. Currently have a Balisticast coming and down for one more Noe. That Noe has to be my last one.

[khmer6]

I just started casting this year and I'm already up to 8 or 9 pistol molds and 1 rifle. This hobby is addicting like reloading. It is getting expensive for me because I find myself buying new guns just because I picked up a lot of brass in a specific caliber. I suppose I could sell of those pieces of brass to fund other things but I'm a hoarder and everyone around me shames me because they say I have 8 of everything. It was like this when I was buying cars randomly as well

[khmer6]

make that 3 more i keep buying them as they come in stock. eventually i want to play with all kinds of different loads and sizes instead of plinking with the same ol loads

[grubbylabs]

I have 8 molds, so I would say not enough. I just bought my first rifle mold and have a few more to go.