Favorite bullet moulds?

[BillinOregon]

Thought I would throw this out for those of you who are casting for your 10mms. Just curious which moulds you favor for plinking/all around and which for serious hunting loads. I was looking at the Lee 175s for plinking just because I have had such good luck with Lee over the years.  On the fence on a gas-checked hunting bullet, but 200 grains is indicated, and not sure of the best alloy. I know a lot of guys like water-quenched wheel weights, but I am not sure I want to try to chase down a decent wheel weight source. I have some of the Montana Bullet Works 200-grain GC WFNs inbound to play with.

[TXCOONDOG]

Favorite range/plinking is the Lee .401-175 TC mold. I've been pushing them out of a RIA HC with 6" barrel at 1200fps using Longshot.

I have a custom accurate 200gr mold, other than casting and powder coating, I haven't done any load development yet.

[BillinOregon]

Thanks, TX. I was looking at their TL401-175 SWC tumble-lube mold, just because I have had good luck with Liquid Alox.

[TXCOONDOG]

I use several TL molds for my  .357 but get better accuracy with the standard lube groove.

The Lee Alox works fine with the lube groove, but since I push majority of my loads over 1200fps, I favor the 45-45-10 mix (cleaner, dries faster, and less smoke).

[sqlbullet]

I have shot thousands of Lee 401-175 SWC TL as well.  Great mold for the price.  Cuts nice clean holes in paper, feeds well, easy to cast and lube.

Right next to it is my NOE 403-200 WFN RG five cavity.  It has interchangeable nose pins and casts either a 200 gr WFN or a 180 grain HP.  Great mold, but a bit more money than the Lee mold.

[The_Shadow]

These are the 10mm bullets I cast and shoot, my first mold was the RCBS 175 TC SWC two cavity and they were very accurate even out to 130 yards, then wanting a full Truncated Cone I purchased the Lyman 175 TC with 4 cavities, that made for a bucket full real fast.  There was a special on the RCBS 200 gr TC SWC also two cavity and they are heavy hitters.  Then I was introduced to the Lyman Devastator 156 gr cast HP based on the 175 gr bullet with the hollow point.  That mold was discontinued at the time.  I searched all over and bid on a few on GB but was out bid several times.  Then a forum member on Handloads.com offered me one for purchase at a good price so we made that deal happen.  I use a STAR sizer lubricator for these with a 0.4015" sizer.  The bullets are pushed through nose first which makes for no touch marks on the noses.  While all of these are bevel base bullets that help them load easier and also provides some heat absortion to prevent flame cutting, a flat base would add more weight and seal good as well.



There are many very good mold makers these days and various ways and combination molds to satisfy the needs.
At 10mm velocities with the heavy 200's I don't thing it is necessary for gas checks in pistol length barrels. 

[BillinOregon]

Thanks for the replies, fellas. Shadow, have you used any of those bullets for hunting big game? SQL-- how about you and your NOE 200 WFN?

[The_Shadow]

Although I carry some of them out in the field, opportunity hasn't presented itself yet!   

[sqlbullet]

Nope.  They are for mountain defense, but I don't hunt.