Was watching this one, but way too much for me!
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Was watching this one, but way too much for me!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...253D&viewitem=
Yeah, but it only had $5 shipping!!!
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I seriously don't get people on ebay.You can buy a brand new HP mold for less than that. Pat
Somebody wanted this bad!!!
Someone somewhere thinks this is worth the money.
God Bless them that they have it to spend!
I think that is the only forty-four hollow base mold I've ever seen . Maybe the guys a collector and having one modified to that just wouldn't do . We all know it's pretty unlikely that Lyman would make any more for the customers out there .
Jack
Last edited by Jack Stanley; 11-01-2010 at 09:59 PM. Reason: punctuation
That or the seller had a proxy bidder boosting the price for him.Originally Posted by HeavyMetal
I was shocked by that one as well. For 300 bucks I could have a couple of custom molds made and feel much more secure about whether or not they will drop a bullet that is useable. I guess that is the practical side of me since I don't quite understand the need of the collector to buy molds and not use them.
I could swear I saw one of the same molds go for around 55 bucks a few months back.
This is no more ridiculous than a S&W or Colt collector spending a zillion dollars on some desirable revolver or autopistol--then staring at it in a display case or sealing it up in a safe. Bizarre.
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.
I don't know much about it, but I think the "Hollow Base" is the part that caused the price to go so high...
I think I would like to try a few boolits from it, but I wouldn't spend that much money...
I guess the uniqueness of it demanded the price?...
BCB
Unbelievable.
I should not be astounded anymore about e-bay, but I am. What mtmman 31 said, one could get a couple of custom molds made for that.
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That's a ridiculous price no matter what. I have a couple of 429422s and they just don't shoot that great. Maybe it's the nostalgia of owning a hard to find Keith design. But, if you got deep pockets and want one, why not./beagle
diplomacy is being able to say, "nice doggie" until you find a big rock.....
I've never understood that either.But I can't complain about ebay,for me it has been the single best thing once I started to cast as casting is not that big here.I have bought some real bargains,one a week ago. Pat
Yeah, but it's an Ideal mold - not Lyman - and that makes it more desirable to a collector. Sure, one could but a couple of new custom dies for that money - but I'm looking at a 1959 Jag coupe that would cost more than a new Buick...
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If you went with the Buick, how many custom molds could you buy with the difference?
Shiloh
Je suis Charlie
"A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves."
Bertrand de Jouvenel
Any government that does not trust its citizens with firearms is either a tyranny, or planning to become one. Joseph P. Martino
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert , in five years there would be a shortage of sand. Milton Friedman
"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns; why should we let them have ideas?" - J. Stalin
I have refused to buy anything from e-bay. The bidding is rigged on so many auctions. You bid on a shooting product and here comes first time bidders raising your every bid. If you stop bidding which I do they bid against each other until the price is the same as new then you add shipping.
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Well, the only way it would be worth $297 to me would be if Elmer himself had Ideal make it and he used this mold himself! But in my limited knowledge a hollow base at .44 magnum velocities/pressures would prolly lead to some problems...
My Anchor is holding fast!
I know there's a guy at work that set up a new fleabay account on his work station just to bid things up!
Still someone paid $ for that mold. I wish I was born rich instead of so darn good lookin! LOL
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Rare old design with some history to the design. Kinda like the prices you are seeing for
M1 carbines. Turned one down years ago for $17, can't quite figure what I would do with
one now for $800. BUT, some folks like them a lot and are willing to pay that price.
Same for that rare old mold.
Bill
If it was easy, anybody could do it.
I wish more people hated ebay,I'd get even more bargains. Pat
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