Dixie mould

[whitetrash078]

Don't know if this post goes here but... any of you have experience with these things? They look like a pair of scissors with a half mold on either side and are avilable up to like a 82 cal round ball. For 34.00 instead of Lymans 60.00 .735 mould. It sounds like a good deal, oh it has no sprue cutter is this a problem or I can just use side cutters or something like it to get rid of the sprue?

It is for a brown bess so maybe it does go here ::

 

[Magnumjh]

I just got one about a week ago. It seem to be well make. Mine is in .650 calber. It takes a while to heat up but then it casts well, there is a lot of metal to heat. I am happy with it . It is a bargin for the $34.00. Jim

 

I have one of DGW .600 scissor molds, and if anyone needs it the price is $25.00 and I pay ship'n.

Only reason it's fer sale, is 'cause I have anuther .600 mold, and don't need 2 of'em!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[TwoShadows]

Back in the days when Turner Kirkland was a traveling salesman and was trading muzzleloaders out of the trunk of his car he came upon the idea of using hair straightening irons for bullet moulds. He rounded off the corners a bit and then cherried them for whatever caliber was needed. They were one of the foundations of the business he developed into Dixie Gun Works. The irons were a popular item with folks who didn't care for their curly hair. Turner provided a needed product where very few existed in the late 50's and early 60's.
Yep, sidecutters will work just fine to cut the sprues off, or leave them on and wreak havoc when they hit and a horrendous noise as they pass through the air.....

 

[albert]

I have used several of the Dixie molds,and have had good luck with them,however if you want a very accurate mold,and don't want to put out the expense of a Lyman, Jeff Tanner makes one fine set of blocks that will work with Lyman or Lee handles. I got one of his in .535 and it cast a better ball that any of the other (Lyman,Lee,Dixie,and others) that I have. http://www.jt-bullet-moulds.co.uk/

 

Track sells Lyman molds for less than $60.00. Seems to me they're around $45.00.
Daryl