TOW bag mould

[Donny]

I have had good service from TOW in the past,
but they should advertise these bag moulds
"for demonstration only".
"Not for actual bullet making".
The Dixie scissors mould I have casts a good ball, works well for me.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Didn't you read the product description...

The mold cavity casts a round ball, with a "cherry" shaped stem, called a "sprue". This mold features a sprue nipper, to trim away the sprue from each ball, after the ball has cooled. Due to the hand made design of this ball mold, the inside cavity casts a lead ball that is nearly perfectly round. Like all original hand cut molds, the ball is not absolutely perfectly round, when measured with precision digital calipers, but every ball is cast exactly the same, from the same cavity. Load the sprue at top center, for best accuracy.

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[coloradoclyde]

Spence, Your mold appears to simply be out of alignment...
It's fixable..

For hunting purposes a ball does not need to be exactly round.
Most people deform their balls upon loading anyway.
Have you ever shot them?

 

[Enfield1]

I have purchased and used three bag molds from track of the wolf and have had no problems. I carry and use a small file to file of the sprue. The balls i cast are round enough to be very accurate for my needs. I own two bag molds from smiling fox forge and they two have been good tools for me. Yeah, they heat up fast. I can only cast about ten balls at a time before they are too hot to handle, but after I let them cool for a while, its back to work. :idunno:

 

[tenngun]

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I have had good service from TOW in the past,
but they should advertise these bag moulds
"for demonstration only".
"Not for actual bullet making".
The Dixie scissors mould I have casts a good ball, works well for me.

I get my from Larry Callahan would highly recommend them, I can't tell the ball from my lee mold. Run them at a camp fire.

 

[Donny]

Didn't you read the product description...



Apparently, you didn't you understand my initial post. I said "I have to pry out the ball from one side". I had to use the pliers to grasp the ball and PULL out the ball, making real nice imprints on the soft lead. A ball not exactly round is not a problem with me.
A ball with big teeth marks is.

 

[coloradoclyde]

It's not uncommon for a new mold to stick....have you tried smoking the mold?

 

[Donny]

Yes, a heavy layer of carbon. I have cast thousands of ball and boolits, so casting ain't new to me . As I stated in my first post, there are indention rings around the inside that hold the ball in. It is just poorly made.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Well, even the best tree drops a few bad apples...
Guess I would either send it back or fix it. :v

 

[roadgrader]

If it was mine I would try lapping it. Stacey

 

[PaulTBarton]

A Bag Mold looks a lot like pliers.

BartSr

 

[54ball]

This deer was taken with a bag mold ball and Spanish Moss wadding.
My track mold has done me well. Polishing the inside may help a lot. Mine drops balls pretty easily and you can always pop it out with a knife point by the sprue.
If you want precision you need a Lee, Lyman or a very high end bag mold.

 

[coloradoclyde]

I've always been of the mind that; The more precise I am the less precise my gear needs to be....Regarding hunting and shooting....

 

[Donny]

I guess if I was just making ball for hunting the thing would be okay. But I do a lot of target shooting so make a lot of balls.

 

[texcl]

Yup, I got one from TOW a while back and it was HORRIBLE!