Only one mold ??

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2frogs posted this 28 December 2022

Ok let's be honest about this. If you only had one bullet mold for 38/357 cal. For revolver or lever gun, for plinking, hunting,etc. What would it be. With gas checks or plain base. ?? I think mine would be the Lyman 358156....

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delmarskid posted this 28 December 2022

Lee 6 cavity 125 flat round nose. I don’t like that it’s that light but it’s accurate, makes a lot of bullets, and works in the 9mm as well as the others.

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Rich/WIS posted this 28 December 2022

Same as above but the 158 gr.

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99 Strajght posted this 28 December 2022

I second delmarskid. My most used mould for 38/357.

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Duane Mellenbruch posted this 28 December 2022

Only one bullet mold? Boy, are you preaching to the wrong choir. :-)

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2frogs posted this 28 December 2022

Doubt it. Not everyone needs several molds for only one caliber. I have 6 different 38 molds. But I only use one. No doubt be getting rid of the others..

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Bill2728 posted this 28 December 2022

358429 hollow pointed by Eric. I like his inset bar system.

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Idahocaster posted this 29 December 2022

My favorite 38/357 mold that I have is a Lee 358-158-RF that was covered to hollowpoint by Erik Ohlen. It casts well and is accurate in all my 38/357 revolvers. If I could add a second mold it would be a 148 grain wadcutter.

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Ross Smith posted this 29 December 2022

My favorite is the keith style 158 gr. But really, I thought it was mandatory that we go thru 6-7 molds per firearm to find the right one, even if the right one was the first one.

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gard72977 posted this 29 December 2022

If my only mold was a Lee , I would quit casting.....

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2frogs posted this 29 December 2022

I'm going back to only two molds. Only one of I find a 170 gr 38/357 mold. Got one to sell?

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Qc Pistolero posted this 31 December 2022

358156

That ought to please Skeeter!

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RicinYakima posted this 31 December 2022

No GC in 38 and add one in 357!

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longhunter posted this 31 December 2022

Its going to be a long winter!!!!

Jon

Jon Welda CW5 USA Ret.

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RicinYakima posted this 31 December 2022

Its already been long!

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358156hp posted this 01 January 2023

A late production Lyman 357446.

Just to be different. I have a handful of them with the big front driving band, plus I'd like to avoid gas checks if at all possible.

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pisco posted this 04 January 2023

I’ve lost count how many 303 moulds I have

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lotech posted this 04 January 2023

H&G #51.

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jtcarm posted this 25 April 2023

Who’s Eric?

I’d love to have mine HPed.

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Boschloper posted this 26 April 2023

Mine is the 358156. I powder coat them and don’t use a gas check….. But then I have a very nice 358429 that I would like to send to Eric for the hollow point treatment.

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Boschloper posted this 26 April 2023

Eric is hollowpointmold.com

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David Reiss posted this 26 April 2023

Just looked at my spreadsheet of molds and I have 64 different .357"-.359". Yes I am a collector, some may say hoarder, but what do they know.

I've never met a mold I didn't like.

The best thing is that when I find a new mold I've got to find a gun to go along with it. Sounds good to me.

Choose one, you've got to be kidding.

David Reiss - NRA Life Member & PSC Range Member Retired Police Firearms Instructor/Armorer
-Services: Wars Fought, Uprisings Quelled, Bars Emptied, Revolutions Started, Tigers Tamed, Assassinations Plotted, Women Seduced, Governments Run, Gun Appraisals, Lost Treasure Found.
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bullshop posted this 30 April 2023

RCBS 35-200

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shootingblanks00 posted this 05 August 2023

Man does not live on one Mmold alone! lol

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Bud Hyett posted this 05 August 2023

These I already own, I'm soon selling the rest:

.38 Special: Lachmiller 38-148-WC (Plain base)
.38 Special: RCBS 38-150-SWC (Plain base)
.357 Magnum: RCBS 38-162-SWC (gascheck)

Farm boy from Illinois, living in the magical Pacific Northwest

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Pigslayer posted this 09 May 2024

Hmmmmmmm. Either the Lyman 358495 wadcutter or . . . the Lyman 358156.

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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Pigslayer posted this 09 May 2024

Lyman 358495, 148 gr. wadcutter or Lyman 358156, 155 grain semi wadcutter for me!

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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Ed Harris posted this 10 May 2024

I designed my own for this. large meplat, speed loader friendly. Heavy enough. Use in .38 S&W, 9mm, .38 Special, .357. Accurate 36-159H.

73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia

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linoww posted this 10 May 2024

That's very similar to my favorite 38 design,an LBT 140 WFN.

"if it was easy we'd let women do it" don't tell my wife I said that!

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9.3X62AL posted this 12 May 2024

ONLY---ONE---MOULD!!?? And in 38/357?

My choice would be a clone of the Lyman/Ray Thompson #358156, with 4-6 cavities a la NOE or Accurate, half of the cavities having the gas check shank machined into a Keith-esque base-end drive band. 2nd choice would be a 180 grain round flatnose in same 4-6 cavity arrangement and half the cavities in plain base as above.

Only one mold ??

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