Ed Harris
posted this
11 November 2015
I have found a GREAT improvement in modern lathe-bored molds from Accurate, LBT and HM2, over the cherry cut mehanite molds from Saeco, RCBS, H&G et al.
Swede at NOE cuts with a cherry, but using modern computerized equipment is able to orbit the tool and cut custom diameters with precision which approached the lathe bore molds.
With the moderate cost, high quality and multiple sources of excellent quality lathe-bored molds, I can't understand why anyone would take their chances with a production cherry-cut mold such as RCBS, Lyman or Saeco in hopes of getting one which might “fit."
I own over a dozen Accurate molds, and probably four each of LBT, HM2 and NOE which came exact to size specified, wioth alloy specified.
I cannot say that for RCBS, Saeco or Lyman.
Also, like Giorgio, I cast outdoors on my screened porch, and molds are stored in a locked steel cabinet, with nothing more than a coat of Kroil on the steel sprue plates, and there is NO RUST.
Iron molds are heavier, wear an old man out sooner, when you are trying to cast 100 pounds of bullets over a weekend, and they will rust to ruin over a season if stored outdoors and neglected.
The few iron molds I have left I store in an ammo can of Ed's Red, and clean them in the sink with hot water and Dawn dishwashing detergent before pre-heating on an electric hotplate.
73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia