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Uberti Hawken mold?
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brawny man
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I was unable to find the mold I wanted but I did find 4 boxes of Hornady .520 balls at local shops to tide me over. I have heard good things about Jeff Tanner molds. Dixie Gun Works sells a sissors type mold made to whatever calibur you want. Rapine would be one choice for a "bag" style mold.
I have owned two of these rifles in the past and bought the off-the-shelf .520" round ball, but I may have a chance at another, and would prefer to have a mold. I guess I can give Ray at Rapine a call. I have a couple of his molds, and they are about as good as they get...although I have heard great things about Jeff Tanner's work as well. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Lee used to catalog a .520" RB mold?
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You probably will need to have Jeff Tanner make you one. When I got mine, 20 years ago, I could not find a mould so picked up a Lyman .515 single cavity. Before the rifle was finished I found a .520 double mould from Palmento Arms. I know the Lyman mould is not available anymore and pretty sure the one from Palmento Arms is also not available. I have never seen one from Lee.
brawny man
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I have never seen a .520 Lee mould, but have only looked around a short while. I am sure there are probably some Lyman moulds gathering dust out there. I know those were made, unfortunately I have had no success finding any when I called local gun shops.
Would have been much easier, if they had just done the bore, in 54 instead!
I know I got one too!
I know I got one too!
brawny man
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I did another search and found that Buffalo Arms Co. sells a RCBS .520 double cavity. The Gun Works also listed a couple of "used" .520 moulds.
brawny man
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Mossy
You will find it buried a bit in the Buffalo Arms web site. Its under bullet molds, then click on RCBS molds, then at the bottom of that list you will see RCBS round ball moulds. Click on that and you will find the .520 mould.
You will find it buried a bit in the Buffalo Arms web site. Its under bullet molds, then click on RCBS molds, then at the bottom of that list you will see RCBS round ball moulds. Click on that and you will find the .520 mould.
brawny man
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Mossy
I am thinking that I may have to put that mold on my wish list and find out if I am on the naughty or nice list.
I am thinking that I may have to put that mold on my wish list and find out if I am on the naughty or nice list.
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Mossyrock,
Other than Tanner in the UK, I haven't seen a .520 mold. I can come close, I have a .510 RB mold that I don't use anymore. It's an old Dixie mold that I planed down and put a sprue cutter on. If you can use it, I'd ship it for $50.
Mark
Other than Tanner in the UK, I haven't seen a .520 mold. I can come close, I have a .510 RB mold that I don't use anymore. It's an old Dixie mold that I planed down and put a sprue cutter on. If you can use it, I'd ship it for $50.
Mark
