MP 38/357 , 4 cav. Brass W/C Mould

[Ben]

I bought this one used.
The mould came with all pins to make solids or hollow base.

Seems to be a very nice mould.
Pouring down rain here today.
Next week is blue sky, I'll be casting with the new mould then.

Ben

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Love them MP molds!

CW

 

[JWFilips]

Ben,
That looks like a great mould! My Buddy Ed would be drooling at the sight of that!

 

[Ben]

When you buy one new, they get into your pocket book.
I found what I thought was a pretty good deal on this one.

Ben

 

[JWFilips]

I got rid of my MP moulds! Because I Was new to casting and could not figure out how to cast well with brass moulds!
Sure wish I gave myself time to get to where I'm at now!

 

[Ben]

Finally got around to casting with the MP mould.
It cast some great bullets.

Ben

Looks like they drop from the mould at .3592 "

These are sized .3575" with one ring lubed, then rolled in BLL . These will dry overnight.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

That will work!

 

[dannyd]

I was looking at one of the MP moulds in brass; are they easier or harder to use than Aluminum?

 

[Ben]

They cast great bullets, the brass moulds are just heavy.

Ben

 

[Wasalmonslayer]

That looks very effective Ben!
Eating popcorn and waiting for the shooting report very curious to see how it shoots stacked up against the hg50, lee, lyman 358495.

 

[dannyd]

The NOE HBWC does the best of all the above mentioned, for me. I was looking at MP's HG#50 with hollow base because the pins look like they may work better than the NOE's.

That MP Ben is using looks like NOE's HBWC, but it looks easier to cast because of the pin position coming out from the side.

Ben is definitely right about the price; if I go with that mould in 4 cavity it will be the most expensive mould I have purchased.

 

[Ben]

That looks very effective Ben!
Eating popcorn and waiting for the shooting report very curious to see how it shoots stacked up against the hg50, lee, lyman 358495.

This one will really have to do well to beat the 3 you've just named.

Ben

 

[dannyd]

Your hollow base; if like the NOE will have more consistency over the number of rounds shot at one time.

 

[Ben]

Not certain if I understand that one ??????????

 

[dannyd]

Not certain if I understand that one ??????????

In 50 shot groups the NOE HBWC gave me the best precision of all the WC's I have shot. So, far I have shot 4894 NOE HBWC out 15,876 of all types of Wadcutters. (Arsenal, Hornady, Lee, Lyman, RCBS, Summers and Zero)

 

[dannyd]

Ben, if you decide you don't need that mould anymore please let me know because I would be to take off your hands.

 

[Ben]

OK

Thanks,
Ben

 

[Ben]

My friend wants to try a few of these in his S&W 2" snub , 38 Spec.

 

[Ben]

Today, I took out the hollow base pins and replaced them with solid base pins.
This one is a " Heavy Weight " now.

Ben

 

[dannyd]

The NOE mould does the same 148 with pins 170 without pins. Recoil is different too. But the NOE is much easier to cast without pins.