RCBS mold LEE handle ?

[Uncle Grizz]

Hello,

Would like to know if a Lee mold Handle will fit a RCBS mold ?

Thanks by advance.

 

[123.DieselBenz]

The 6 cavity handles are a tad thick, I just filed off a tiny bit, and they work fine!

 

[Uncle Grizz]

Thanks for the trick.

Do you know if lyman handles will fit too ?

 

[bwhoffman]

I have a set of RCBS blocks ina pair of Lyman handles and they work fine.

I also have a set of lyman blocks in rcbs handles.
Never thoufgt to change them, they all came as they are!

 

[Zonie]

That would depend on what kind of LEE handles you have.

The LEE handles that come with the aluminum molds have the molds pinned to the handles with non-removable pins. These wouldn't work with other companies loose mold blocks.

I have a set of LEE "COMMERCIAL HANDLES" that came without any mold attached and are made for use with the molds made by other companies.
I currently have a set of LYMAN blocks attached to them for casting Parker-Hale Minie' bullets.

 

[Uncle Grizz]

Thanks to all of you guys for these information.

 

[Josh Smith]

To add to Zonie's info - and he is quite correct - I had an old Lee mould (dual cavity, 230gn LRN) that I don't use any longer.

I had a set of mould blocks for my Kentucky in .440" that needed mould handles.

I took the pins out. It was easy enough - just had to pick a bit of aluminum out of the way.

The problem came when I went to fit it up. I had to drill out the holes in the handles one size.

If I ever want to return the .45acp mould to its original state, all I will have to do is put the handles back in the blocks, insert the pins and us a punch to move some aluminum over to hold the pins in. I've had to do that before to factory pins that wanted to fall out - they were not staked well from the factory.

It boils down to "how much work do you want to go through?"

Josh