How about a 6 cavity .454" round ball mold...?

[Blair]

The alloy of your lead, as well as the temperature can cause a fluctuation in bullet dia. Alloy can also cause a fluctuation in the weight of the bullet.
I hope this info helps.
My best,
Blair

[Lucky R. K.]

The alloy of your lead, as well as the temperature can cause a fluctuation in bullet dia. Alloy can also cause a fluctuation in the weight of the bullet.
I hope this info helps.
My best,
Blair

That is the point I was trying to make Blair. With so many variables in the casting process it is impossible to hold such a close tolerence. I have been casting rifle bullets with custom molds made by Paul Jones, Fred Leeth  and others for years and cannot achieve the results DD claims with his molds.  I am not trying to give him a hard time but the results he is talking about is just not practicle in the real world.

In my opinion it is silly to talk about such close tolerences for bullets used in cap guns.    You will shaves many more thousands in lead  than the  .1000 he talks about when you seat the bullet in the cylinder.

As far as being so secretive with his current mold supplier, WHO CARES?

Lucky

[Rebel Dave]

 I was having trouble casting pure lead Lyman Minnies for my muskets, and bullets for my C & B revolvers out of pure lead, with Lee  molds.  What I found was my pot was not getting up to proper temp. So I sent my pot back to Lyman for repair. I started using a new Lee 20lber. I keep a thermometer in the pot, and cast at 850*, I now have real nice minnies, and conical  bullets for my revolvers. My .69 cal round balls for my smooth bore, cast nice also. Just my two cents worth.

Rebel Dave

[Dick Dastardly]

Ho JB,

So, six at $25.00 each would cost $150.00, be harder to handle and way slower to use than Big Lube®LLC molds that run $99 ea and do six at a time with ease.

Lucky, you're absolutely right.  Even though the molds may be ±1 thousandth, there's probably going to be more deviation than that due to alloy, temp and techneque.  I was talkin' about the mold cavities only, not the bullets.  Casting variables are the reason I batch my more critical bullets, weigh and grade them.  I have an iron Fred Leeth DD 45-70 500 mold that's no more consistant than my aluminum molds.  Fred Leeth makes good molds.  This two cavity mold weighs more than a Six cavity aluminum mold and it's a LOT slower to produce bullets with.  More than three times as slow.

DD-MDA