I know Lee makes a 102 round nose, but only in a 2 cavity. Are there any good, light ish, round nose 4 or 6 cavity moulds? Maybe I'll hop in the group buy section to see if there's one.
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I know Lee makes a 102 round nose, but only in a 2 cavity. Are there any good, light ish, round nose 4 or 6 cavity moulds? Maybe I'll hop in the group buy section to see if there's one.
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Check the catalog, I'd be surprised if RCBS didn't offer one in 4 cavity.
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Check the Accurate Molds catalog page 5 about halfway down. 35-090A and 35-090AT. Not quite round nose but close.
http://www.accuratemolds.com/catalog.php?page=5
"Good" is a subjective question. I cast, load, and shoot two light-ish round nose bullets -- both from 4-cavity moulds. They are, to wit, the Lyman 356-632, a .380ACP 100 gr. 4-cavity mould (RNFP) bullet which uses a#402 top punch; and, a tad lighter, a RCBS 38-090 .380ACP mould which casts bullets sized with a #311 top punch. I NEVER respond to .380acp queries without a glance at the scar on my left forefinger, adding a cautionary "be careful!" to all when loading this diminutive cartridge! At the time I was using a Lyman All American turret, and -- with a bullet between thumb and said forefinger, lowered the handle -- seating a bit of skin (ow!!!), my having been just a wee bit off where the cast bullet should have been...
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Sorry to hear about you getting hurt. Unfortunately i to have fingers that look a lot like sausages. 380 has never given me a problem. I have been pinched a few times loading the 32 sw( short) and 25 acp. I load a lot of both and they get me once in a while. Usually when i try to hurry sizing them. But have never been hurt bad.
I have one of these from NOE
TL358-100-RF-BE2 RG2 cavity PB Brass
You can get it in a 4 cavity I believe. It shoots well in my 380's.
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Luckily, I haven't hurt myself, YET. I saw one too many pictures(only took one) of decapping pins though fingers before I started actually loading. Ever since I've been very mindful of where my fingers are while anything is moving
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I have a 4 cavity Lyman 356-242 that casts nominal 92 grain RN boolits, but I have to confess it gets little use these days. My go to 380 boolit is the Ranch Dog 356-100 RF. It is a 6 cavity, and, IME, casts better than the general run of LEE molds.
Loaded with 3.0 grains of WW-231, it is functions perfectly from my PPK/s, Colt Mustang, Beretta 84F, and 7 out of 8 from an old LLama (which FTF's the last round every time, no matter what ammo is used.)
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You are correct RCBS only does 1 & 2 cavity. For handgun that is just not the production I would want.
You are correct about production.
I have to say that RCBS makes very nice quality moulds, but how much can you do with a 2 cavity? I shoot a fair amount of full auto and two cavities just doesn't do it.
I have a 380 subgun and use the H&G S55 for that bullet. I would encourage the original poster to watch for a H&G S55, hopefully 4 cavities or better, depending on how much you shoot. Two cavities can still do a fair number of bullets if you want to put in the time. My recollection is that you can do 200 or so in an evening with a 2 cavity. Not bad, but not if you shoot a LOT.
My S55? A a TEN cavity. Once that beast gets up to temperature you can drain a 20 lb pot very quickly and put out a LOT of bullets.....PRODUCTION!
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I can consistently drop 30 bullets a minute from my old H&G S55 10 cavity. I do have to continually preheat ingots to keep up as 20 pounds goes fast. In an evening I cast several thousand. I too like the S55. I PC 6 pounds of bullets at a time and cook about 5K at a time so I would come close to keeping up. BTW: The 25 yard Ransom Rest group posted was shot from my 9mm S&W 1911 at 1300+ fps. A good shooting bullet and at 100 grains, a lot out of bullets from a pound of lead.
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