Lee bullet mold question

[45man]

I have many Lee molds and love them. If you cast right, you will have no rejects and there will never be a need to weigh any.

 

[Clint Meier]

You guys are grrrreat! Thanks so much for all the helpful replies. I'm being a worry-wort, worrying about what to worry about next. You guys have made my day!

 

[Johnny Tremain]

He who dies with the most molds.......wins.

Then I will lose. The Lee RB mold I bought in 1994 is still working great. The other round ball mold is for the 1860 Army, have not had a need to use it yet.
The rest of the molds I have are for 45/70. 6 gang Ranch Dogs molds by Lee did not come with handles. I use one set of handles for all the 6 gang molds.
My fav two molds are the 1998 Ideal FBI mold that Elmer Keith made famous for the 357 mag.
and the Paper Patch mold that makes 360-540gr postel, hollow base, smooth sided pills.

 

[Little Brother]

They should have handles already attached so, why do you feel the need to change them?

They should have handles already attached so, why do you feel the need to change them?

Yes,mine came in yesterday and aeem to be complete.

 

[Coolhand]

I have removed the handle pins on a old Lee two cavity RB mold before. Had no reason to I just did to see. The threads are really steep. It seemed to take only a half of a turn and it was out. Went back in easier than it came out. I have wonders the reason they have a removable pin instead of a roll pin or some sort of rivet instead.

 

[Clint Meier]

Hey Coolhand, thanks for your reply! I tried to turn the pins out of one of my newer sets of mold blocks before posting the OP, but had a heck of a time trying to even get the Allen wrench into the hex hole in the ends of the pins. The holes were distorted at the upper heads of the pins. Once I finally did get the wrench into the holes, I thought I was going to ruin my wrench, turning it so hard that the whole wrench body twisted under the torque stress. Nothing gave way, so I quit trying and posted my question. I am surprised that you could turn yours out.

 

[Greg_E]

That tension thing has got to be a scam. You will get more variation from the temperature than from even casual grip on the handles. Its either shut, or you get flashing. Toss the ones with flashing.