Originally Posted by
jdgabbard
So I skimmed through that thread, and while I do agree he left you guys hanging, there are a couple of observations I had.
First, it looks like there were questions about what the specs of the design were. It's totally possible that whoever designed that particular mold requested a shank with a +/- tolerance that left you on the high end with an essentially unusable mold. Uncommon, but it does happen from time to time. And in that case, seems like the blame should be on whoever designed it.
Second, I don't think you mentioned this in the thread, but what alloy are you using? MP molds are designed tolerance wise to use specifically with straight WW alloy. So if you're using a mix that adds Sn (+1% or +2%), you're obviously going to end up with a larger diameter than what the mold was specified to cast at. I have this problem with several of my molds, as I use 50/50+2%. I have a 358429 mold that drops at .364" with my alloy, and has to be sized down in two steps, otherwise it is basically unusable for me.
Another way of looking at it could be that the mold was both on the larger end of tolerance, and the alloy is one that would naturally cast larger. That's just speculation, this is your mold and not mine. And I do not wish to minimize your experience. I'm just offering up possible explanations...
Now, that obviously doesn't excuse the fact that he fat-chick'd you, and never responded to your inquiries. But, I don't necessarily think he did that with malintent. I myself have reached out to him back last year to inquire about a design and I still haven't receive a response. And to note, I had the same experience with NOE, Arsenal, and Accurate. I didn't get a response from any of them. These inquiries were about a design I am interested in bringing forth - one that there is no analog of at this time... So with that said, in my own experience I chalked this up to the makers being too busy running the machines to respond. Not an excuse from a customer service standpoint. Just my own observations.
Either way, I can say this, what happened to you guys is unfortunate. But I don't think it is a good representation for the vast majority of people who have purchased molds from Mihec. He came into this scene when we were getting MUCH MUCH worse service from Lee than you received on your end. We'd get molds from them that were literally egg shaped, wouldn't cast to size, were sometimes not cut level in the blocks, etc, etc. When he and Al got started offering molds, it was a shocking experience at the quality of the molds and the bullets they produced for the price. I'm not saying you guy's didn't get burned, you did. But I will say that in the nearly 15 years that the guy has been doing this, that is the very first example I have heard of. And definitely isn't the norm....