I love my Lee six's, but I can't get my head around why Lee doesn't offer more?
I'd like to see some in 30 cal seriously the small bullets would work.
They make the 35-200 and molds for the 7.62X39. Why not others?!
Lee six cavity molds
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Re: Lee six cavity molds
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Not sure why. Lee has made a number of custom six-cavity molds for me between .22 and .32.
Not sure why. Lee has made a number of custom six-cavity molds for me between .22 and .32.
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That would be fantastic if they cut all of the designs that would fit in 6C and the rest in 3-4Cs .
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I have a love/hate relationship with the 6 cavity molds. I love them when they are new, but hate them after about 6 months. After few thousand bullets, I get scoring between the mold and sprue cutter plate at the bolt. This makes enough of a gap to cause flash at the edges of the castings.
I lubricate mine every time I pour, with a rag soaked with 2 cycle oil.
I fix them by taking them apart, and flat surface wet sanding the top of the mold and sprue plate, and then spend a little time getting them to mate properly.
I lubricate mine every time I pour, with a rag soaked with 2 cycle oil.
I fix them by taking them apart, and flat surface wet sanding the top of the mold and sprue plate, and then spend a little time getting them to mate properly.
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PB there is a guy on the Castboolits forum that makes steel sprue handles and plates for the 6C moulds . I can't remember his name now Rock or Red river maybe it was Randy Rat .....
He donated a few several years the the Nevada cast bullet shoot , NCBS , for prizes . I claimed 1 each to have for spares and installed them just a short time later when I broke a handle .
I've taken to breaking the bottom of the sprue holes so I think they will turn up instead of down into the mould top . I haven't experienced the gouging on the 6C moulds like the 2 C's that don't get leemented . Maybe I haven't used them enough yet .
He donated a few several years the the Nevada cast bullet shoot , NCBS , for prizes . I claimed 1 each to have for spares and installed them just a short time later when I broke a handle .
I've taken to breaking the bottom of the sprue holes so I think they will turn up instead of down into the mould top . I haven't experienced the gouging on the 6C moulds like the 2 C's that don't get leemented . Maybe I haven't used them enough yet .
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Thanks for the idea.
I could probably make a steel sprue plate for my 6 Cavity mould, as I do a lot of metal work. I'd like to replace the screw with a bearing, but a normal ball bearing probably wouldn't hold up to the heat. I know an Oilite bearing would cook.
I could probably make a steel sprue plate for my 6 Cavity mould, as I do a lot of metal work. I'd like to replace the screw with a bearing, but a normal ball bearing probably wouldn't hold up to the heat. I know an Oilite bearing would cook.