.590 ball mold

[wayne1967]

Who makes a .590 round ball mold?

 

Wayne,
Good question, I need one also.
Mark :idunno:

 

[wayne1967]

Looked at Lee, Lyman and Rapine. With a Rapine search all I can find is through Buffalo Bullets and I don't see that size. Found a .592 at NEI tooling but it's like $145 for just the block.

 

[BrownBear]

Jeff Tanner will make whatever you want.

 

[wayne1967]

Thanks, just emailed him.

 

[wayne1967]

Ordered a mold from Mr. Tanner and he said his molds take Lee handles. I've got a Lee mold mounted on the block. Looks like it just has a pin ran through it from one side. Has anyone just drilled another hole from the other side to tap the pin out to change the block?

 

[mazo kid]

I'm sure that Mr. Tanner is referring to the Lee
6 cavity mould handles as those blocks are attached with screws. I have always just used Lyman handles for my Tanner moulds except those that are over ~.68 caliber. The handles are kind of wide when attached to those blocks and might not be usable if you have smaller hands. Lee handles are quite reasonable and work on several makes of mould blocks.

 

[Maven]

Wayne, I too recently ordered a RB mold from Jeff Tanner (.595" in theory, but .597" in practice). Mine and the supplied bolts fit the RCBS handles perfectly. If you have them, why not give 'em a try?