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oughtsix Global Moderator ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1362 Location: Columbus Joined: May 31^st, 2009	Bullet mold ponderings Jan 18^th, 2022 at 5:30pm	Print Post
	As my mind wandered while casting yesterday, I got to wondering if there we should compile a list of Mold makers who catered to our genre. Outside of the big 3 (RCBS, Ideal/Lyman, Lee) who makes/made a mold the we use for schuetzen and are they still making molds? I'll start: Steve Brooks - yes Borton- Borton Darr- Darr no Paul Jones no(?) Hoch yes Barnett (?) Vietz(?) Zika no Moss yes Rapine (?)

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SBoomer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1021 Location: Michigan's Frozen North (U.P.) Joined: Jan 28^th, 2010	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #1 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 5:35pm	Print Post
	Accurate


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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3799 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #2 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 5:45pm	Print Post
	Saeco -yes NOE - yes

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Schuetzendave Frequent Elocutionist Offline Retired Ex-Shooter Posts: 4234 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Joined: Jan 28^th, 2005	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #3 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 6:36pm	Print Post
	BACO - yes - but more for the BP Schuetzen


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Jeff_Schultz ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1661 Location: Ransomville, NY Joined: Apr 25^th, 2004	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #4 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 6:59pm	Print Post
	Rapine-no

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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #5 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 7:21pm	Print Post
	Most mentioned are actually really good. But why anyone would buy a double cavity mould for competitive use is abit hard to believe. Once owned one to try myself and the bullets were in no way the same from one cavity to the next.. Any sort of consistency was just not obtainable for serious Benchrest work but that is also only being based on my own bad experience. I also shoot my bullets in the order as cast so unfortunately it was also absolutely worthless for my own use.

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bohemianway Oldtimer Offline Posts: 706 Location: Andover, MN Joined: Apr 16^th, 2004	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #6 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 7:34pm	Print Post
	Long? I have a couple for breech seated scheutzen which served me well.


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #7 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 7:41pm	Print Post
	Darr, Jerry Barnett and some of the others who are no longer with us were some of the best moulds being made. Is Ron Long still with us I cannot keep up with all of those who have now left the range?

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MT Chambers Full Member Offline Posts: 141 Location: Foam Lake, Saskatchewan Joined: Oct 3^rd, 2011	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #8 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 8:11pm	Print Post
	While he's long gone, Don Eagan was the best, if you can snag one of his molds....do it!


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yamoon Frequent Elocutionist Offline NRA Life, ASSRA , GGCA, MCA Posts: 1006 Location: Junction City Kansas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2012	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #9 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 8:21pm	Print Post
	Sold 3 Barnett molds Sunday. Probably should have kept them, but I won’t use them, so off to a new owner. Mike


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #10 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 8:37pm	Print Post
	For those who were shooting the Production and the CBA Heavy classes. Egan's MX bullet moulds were indeed the very best and not only have won allot of matches. They still hold CBA National records in those two classes.. If he made a Plainbase bullet mould it was an unknown to me or I would have surely purchased one for myself.

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gnoahhh Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1067 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #11 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 9:18pm	Print Post
	I've become a fanboy of Accurate molds of late. And yes, I like two cavity ones- it's a simple matter of putting a small mark in one of the cavities to differentiate between the two bullets.


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craigd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2058 Location: midwest Joined: Feb 22^nd, 2009	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #12 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 10:19pm	Print Post
	Maybe not just for Schuetzen, but? NEI for a past bigger maker LBT an odd hit or miss T. Ballard


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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1404 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #13 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 10:24pm	Print Post
	I believe Tom Ballard is dead. His adjustable paper-patch moulds were very basic but also very good. Bill Lawrence


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SBoomer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1021 Location: Michigan's Frozen North (U.P.) Joined: Jan 28^th, 2010	Re: Bullet mold ponderings Reply #14 - Jan 19^th, 2022 at 7:46am	Print Post
	I just received my 7th Accurate mold yesterday. I almost always have two cavities cut in a single brass mold, each being different or with subtle changes in diameter or length. Every cavity that Tom has made for me casts within .0005” or better of intended alloy. For those not familiar with Accurate Molds, you have the ability to modify any design or completely design one of your own. For example, I ordered a double cavity 31-156C with the 2nd cavity being a 31-156CB. On the “CB” version I added a .020” bevel base. Both designs were modified to be tapered to fit my particular bore/groove/throat. In my Stevens Tip-Up, the bevel base shoots decidedly tighter groups.


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