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sportster73hp
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Lee molds are worth more than their cost . They are available in many sizes ( except .570) and can be ordered in sizes not listed in many catalogs.
Um....I've got a .570 Lee mold right here.....
Ill take it. PM me for shipping. Thanks
hanshi
Cannon
My only .58 was a Zouave I owned nearly 55 years ago. I cast .562" ball from a Lyman mold, can't recall the patch or powder charge, but lubed with Crisco. Shot very well.
Tasbay
40 Cal
Yep the CVA Mountain Rifle. Have recently found another I`m thinking of adding to the collection, just trying to decide why I need another!!!.
Are you talking to me ?
Because you can ! Lol.
Only thing I dont like about mine is the weight
Well done Tasbay, I always regretted selling the one I had at a weak broke-ish moment years ago. it was a great hunting rifle. Red deer and pigs were no problem at all with a canvas patched .562 roundball.
Ballshooter
50 Cal.
Like my wife says you don't need another you want another...life is short do what makes you happy and enjoy. Now go get that mountain rifle...
By all means get another rifle. You can’t have too many. 
I have been using Lee products for years and find that the only thing they are less on is price. I have read complaints as to the aluminum blocks wearing out, but I have some Lee moulds that I've owned and used for 40 years.
Same here, I have never had any issues with Lee molds in both modern bullets and muzzle loading balls or Minnie’s. I have a few Lyman and couple of RCBS and I always go for my Lee’s when I start casting. Have been for 30+ years. 
Tasbay
40 Cal
They are lighter that the Lyman GPR and with the recoil a bit more weight can be a good thing.
Absolutely. I have several Lee moulds in different calibers. Just remember to blacken the cavity with a candle or a butane lighter before first use. It doesn't hurt to occasionally re-blacken the moulds.
I can handle a lot more recoil than this one will give me....
....I just don't like carrying a barrel heavy gun everywhere. I'll quite possibly shorten mine to match my other hawken style rifles
Lots of cheerleading for Lee molds, but in reality, they're built to a price point. There's not much in the way of choice in size or style and the molds are built cheap. They overheat easily and the flimsy sheet metal that locates the base plug is easily warped or bent. There's a reason you won't see Lee in the winner's circle or much of anywhere above the 50% break in competitions involving minies. But hey, choose your comfort level. That said, I do have precisely 3 Lee molds and they're all the .575 "target" minie and sadly, it's a mold they have discontinued. I bought the first one off a junk table for $5 at Nationals as an experiment with my musketoon. The bullet worked very well so I bought 2 more off fleebay that were "new old stock". When the three I have are used up, I'll replace with one from Moose.
Further comments on minies. Not all minies are alike nor will all guns shoot every style of minies equally. You will have to experiment and there's only one source commercially I trust for minies to experiment with and that's-
Lodgewood
Pat Kaboskey
S80 W30650 Meadowlark Circle
Mukwonago WI 53149
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(262) 363-4625
You can buy a sampler to experiment with before deciding on a mold for the long term.
Further comments on minies. Not all minies are alike nor will all guns shoot every style of minies equally. You will have to experiment and there's only one source commercially I trust for minies to experiment with and that's-
Lodgewood
Pat Kaboskey
S80 W30650 Meadowlark Circle
Mukwonago WI 53149
[email protected]
(262) 363-4625
You can buy a sampler to experiment with before deciding on a mold for the long term.
I agree with you up to a point, but I think the original question was to do with Lee round ball molds, even though it got side tracked (myself included). The only round ball mold I've ever had a problem with was a "bag mold" that actually case oblong bullets. My .58 and .69 minie molds are Lyman, and I have a few others in various calibers as well that are Lyman or RCBS, but 75% of everything else I have are Lee. I have a 40 year old Lee 340 grain .458 diameter for an Unmentionable that will shoot sub-2 inch groups at 50 yards all day long.
I don't know....I've got RCBS and Lyman and CBE and Lee molds....and I much rather use the Lee molds out of the lot. And they ALL can be overheated. And the most accurate bullets I've made were using a Lee mold ( .458 405gn for a 45/70 ) with minimum fuss and shot inch to 1½" groups at 100m ( using a scope ). Maybe a top level shooter might see a difference with the more expensive molds but I truly don't think they're worth 4x as much as a Lee ( in most cases ).
I have Lee 45/70 in 340,405 and 500 must to the same results as yourself. I also have the newer 405 with the semi-hollow base. If you don't have that one, I would recommend picking it up.
