New RCBS Bullet Mold

It has been my experience that most of the rumors of poor product, Lee-menting, and other foul-mouthing of molds, has been the result of inexperience and/or poor casting technique, and mostly, lack of knowledge of the craft. Go to YouTube and watch the videos of these "experts" plying the craft. Heart wrenching. I just want to rescue the molds that haven't been deformed or otherwise ruined by the abuser.

I am very fond of ALL of my molds, be they RCBS, Lee, Lyman, NOE, Old West, Accurate, or NEI. New molds or old molds of mine all perform well. Bad casts have ALWAYS been the result of my input variables like too fast a cadence, too slow a cadence, incorrect alloy, improper prep of the mold, incorrect alloy temperature, loose cutoff plate, improper feed method, or some other such physical variable.

Every now and then, the casting gods are just messing with me, and nothing I can do for that casting session will appease them. I have learned that on those days, simply turning off the pot and walking away is the best thing I can do. Come back at it a day later and wonder of wonders, everything rolls just fine.

There is that "relative humidity" debate roiling around. To the point however, the mold is not the problem. I was the problem. That's not to say a batch of new molds may be on the fine edge of the QA spectrum. I just have not had any of them.