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Accurate will charge $147 so that is probably the best option. If you do not provide the drawing, he will guess at what you want. I don't know what his lag time is but you cannot place the order until he adds the design to his catalog.
I know a little bit more about NOE, to include tooling and setup costs. He is going to need a commitment of 10 buyers I believe, but he does have a forum that you could ask.
In that you mentioned the TLC380, I'm not sure which Accurate design would be the closest as he has many and no dimensions on them. NOE has all my designs.
I also know what Lee's setup is like and what it takes to stop the line and do one mold or a small run so I don't have a problem with the charges. I always my myself two molds so right off the bat the money is a little be less than what Accurate charges. If you are going to shoot that rifle a thousand rounds, you are talking about 14¢ to 15¢ a round for a custom bullet.
Just thinking you guys are looking at this a bit wrong.
I understand why they're charging what they are, and I don't blame them. When I bought the rifle, I also bought enough jacketed bullets to last me at least a year. So my need just hasn't risen to their dollar amount....yet!
I have a 32 Rem that shoots a plain based boolit as hard as the books list jacketed. Straight or nearly straight wall cases are very easy to shoot cast in . The 38-55 was a BP cartridge the 375 I suspect was tweeked just enough to either keep them out or original 38 55 s or to drop the pressures far enough to make them "safe". This is a link to the 379 moulds . http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php? ... c67r47t0u1
Bullets out here run around $30/100 I figure 1st that the 401st bullet is free and 2 nd with the mould in hand it no longer matters if my local guy doesn't have them in stock since the next shops are 78 and 120-140 miles away so it's a big deal for me.
Just a Red neck,White boy, Blue blood American.....