Lee Six-Cavity Special Run Clearance Sale $25.00

[462]

FYI: Lee has a gaggle of special run six-cavity moulds on clearance sale for $25.00. According to their web-site, the moulds are in as-is condition and returns are not allowed.

Beyond that, I know nothing.

 

[Brad]

I would wonder if they are custom moulds that didn’t make specs for the customer. Lee has made a ton of out to spec group buy moulds over the years.
Good thing is that it spurred NOE and MP into existence.

 

[462]

No doubt about it. Even so, there are those among us who have the ability to adapt them to our particular needs.

A 462-430 plain base caught my eye, but the rolling block's grooves are right at .457" and I'm not keen on taking that fat of a bullet down to .459".

But wait! -- what if the mould is so out of spec that bullets drop at .459"?

 

[Brad]

Could be? I believe Lee tended to err on the fat side on many custom moulds but I could be wrong?

 

[fiver]

I recall them flubbing a couple into almost unrecognizable blobs.

still I wouldn't mind some smaller cavity screw-ups, they could always be drilled into Paper patch or slick sided P/C cores.

 

[Pistolero]

430 240 RF catches my eye. Anyone know anything about this one?

Says "coming soon", can't order.

Bill

 

[Brad]

Looks a bit like a longer, skinnier version of the 452 255 rnfp.

If, and that is a big if, it casts to size it should be a decent shooter in 44 mag lever guns. Has more bullet in case than I might prefer?

 

[Pistolero]

Hmmm. How did you get the pic? OK, mine finally popped in. It was
super slow. Looks interesting if it will cast a bit larger than that. I have
two .44 Mag leverguns, a M94 and M92. They won't feed Keith bullets,
and the 92 needs pretty short LOA, too. May be worth the $25 for a lottery
ticket.

The 430-200 RF is interesting. Super Keith lube groove with RF front end....for
feeding in a levergun, my bet.

Wonder where they are coming from? Cast Boolits has totally stopped using Lee
for custom molds, mostly Mihec nowdays.

Bill

 

[Brad]

Yep, for 25 bucks it is worth a shot.
Some of those are pretty old. The C460 420 is a gas check version of the bullet I use in 45-70 and I have had that mould for somewhere around 10 years?

 

[Pistolero]

Still says 'coming soon' for quantity, so you can't order. I may get both of
those 44 cal molds.

Bill

 

[freebullet]

They do show a quantity for the available molds. Sadly, the 454-424 I was interested in also shows comin soon.

Thanks for telling us though, will check back.

 

[Pistolero]

I ordered the 430-200 RF with the Keith big lube groove.

 

[Spindrift]

Thank you for the heads up! I ordered the 309-109-2R, will be interesting to see what I can make of it.
«Coming soon» in their webshop probably means «sorry, to late»

 

[Ben]

I looked at the link.
Anything that I was interested in had the «Coming soon» displayed .

Ben

 

[Ben]

I attempted to buy one of these moulds.
Looks like they are making their money on shipping.
I backed out of the deal ! !

Ben

 

[Bret4207]

I couldn't get any pics of the actual design to come up. ???

 

[Brad]

They only have photos of mould cavities Bret and they aren’t always easy to get on screen.

Ben, that is a massive ripoff for shipping. A flat rate box is cheaper than that. Too bad the Lee boxes won’t fit in one

 

[GRMPS]

I HATE vendors (like flea-bay) that list low prices and exorbitant shipping/ shipping&handling prices

They will fit in a padded envelope, I use those a lot for shipping. You can get them for free at -----
https://store.usps.com/store/produc...ority-mail-padded-flat-rate-envelope-P_EP14PE

You can fit 1000 pcs 223/556 in one then stuff it in another. I ship most things (that aren't fragile) this way

 

[Ben]

GRMPS :

Of course, the difference here is you're interested in shipping the least expensive way. Lee is interested in inflated shipping prices ( they keep the balance after the shipping fee is paid ).

 

[Freischütz]

Didn't Cast Boolits have a lot of trouble with Lee molds when they used Lee for group buys? Don't believe I'd trust Lee in a no return situation.