Has anyone ordered a set of molds from Accuratemolds.com? They offer a few air rifle specific molds that look interesting. They also respond to size needs for our guns.
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I have several Accurate Molds. Quality tools, make nice castings, very fair prices IMHO, and always good delivery.
Anything you looking at in particular?
The other option is NOE Moulds. Again with some air gun specific molds, quality tools, nice castings, fair prices and great service and delivery.
Anything you looking at in particular?
The other option is NOE Moulds. Again with some air gun specific molds, quality tools, nice castings, fair prices and great service and delivery.
I already have lead and experience casting for black powder use. I have both 357 and 45 air guns and because of high prices on those bullets I was looking to be both economical and self sufficient. I am definitely going to get into casting my own as soon as possible.
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One plus for NOE is they do produce hollow point molds. Accurate has a far superior collection BUT they do NOT produce any HP molds leaving as the only option to send them to Eric at Hollow Point Mold Services and spending $50 per cavity to have them modified.
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@Bullfrog casts 59 grain .30 pellets (not bullets) with an NOE mould. They are deadly accurate in the .308 Texan. Definitely an eye opener!
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Noe offers some molds with hp option but you will get fed up with there design real quick! And end up sending to Erik anyway hopefully before noe pins do to much damage
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I have six Accurate molds, three of them of my own custom designs and every one is top notch quality. All hollowpointed by Erik Ohlen.
Note not all airgun bullets in Accurate's catalog are marked "air gun", my .45 (332gr as a HP) is but my .35 (154gr HP) is not
http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=46-364B-D.png
http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=36-168J-D.png
I also have five NOE molds, three of which have been sent to Erik instead of the RG pin HP used by NOE. The RG pins work but are finicky and you can't slam the mold closed all the time and expect them to last. What I don't like is the bullets seem harder to drop off with the RG pins than other styles like the Kramer or Ohlen.
FYI - Erik's website is http://www.hollowpointmold.com/
Note I also have some nice molds from https://www.mountainmolds.com/ and he has an online design program but not a catalog ( I've cheated and designed bullets on his site then sent the specs to Accurate to make but I have also asked him to look at an Accurate bullet and make it for me too with tweaks so it evens out)
Note not all airgun bullets in Accurate's catalog are marked "air gun", my .45 (332gr as a HP) is but my .35 (154gr HP) is not
http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=46-364B-D.png
http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=36-168J-D.png
I also have five NOE molds, three of which have been sent to Erik instead of the RG pin HP used by NOE. The RG pins work but are finicky and you can't slam the mold closed all the time and expect them to last. What I don't like is the bullets seem harder to drop off with the RG pins than other styles like the Kramer or Ohlen.
FYI - Erik's website is http://www.hollowpointmold.com/
Note I also have some nice molds from https://www.mountainmolds.com/ and he has an online design program but not a catalog ( I've cheated and designed bullets on his site then sent the specs to Accurate to make but I have also asked him to look at an Accurate bullet and make it for me too with tweaks so it evens out)
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I shoot 5 NOE molds. I only have 4 of them cast at the moment as seen below:
My Long Flex likes the .300 Boattails. The .308 Texan SS likes the 97gn HPs and the 59gn pellets. The big .457s boattails are for my .45 Texan SS.
Not pictured are my 65 grain boattails in .25 (actual weight with my current alloy is 60 gns). All of them but the .25s use the pin system to either make the hollow point or the inside of the pellet skirt. How easy the pins are to use depends on the individual mold (or design of that mold). The .300 boattails give me the most trouble to drop the bullet easily, while the .457s and pellets are the easiest. The issue is basically the bullet wanting to stick to the end of the pin when you open them up. Heating up the mold and alloy to a very hot temperature, putting a little spru lube on the end of the pin with a qtip, and having something rubber on hand to lightly tap the pins with, all help.
The .25 is unique in that it uses a pin you pull out from the top before opening the mold. The bullets fall right out of it.
The .300 boattails shoot decently out of both my Flexes, even though they have different twist rates. The Short Flex has a standard 1:24 TJ .300 barrel. The Long Flex has a special 1:16 TJ barrel. Definitely hunting accurate at 50 yards. My .308 Texan SS hates them, which is to be expected because they come out of the mold undersized for it.
My .308 Texan shoots the .300/.308 pellets acceptably well and the 97-99 grain HPs like lasers at 50 yards, as good as the 99 Nielsens they seem to be identical to.
The .457 boattails are so so. Sometimes touching holes at 50 yards, sometimes with flyers. Worth about 815fps out of my Texan SS.
My Long Flex likes the .300 Boattails. The .308 Texan SS likes the 97gn HPs and the 59gn pellets. The big .457s boattails are for my .45 Texan SS.
Not pictured are my 65 grain boattails in .25 (actual weight with my current alloy is 60 gns). All of them but the .25s use the pin system to either make the hollow point or the inside of the pellet skirt. How easy the pins are to use depends on the individual mold (or design of that mold). The .300 boattails give me the most trouble to drop the bullet easily, while the .457s and pellets are the easiest. The issue is basically the bullet wanting to stick to the end of the pin when you open them up. Heating up the mold and alloy to a very hot temperature, putting a little spru lube on the end of the pin with a qtip, and having something rubber on hand to lightly tap the pins with, all help.
The .25 is unique in that it uses a pin you pull out from the top before opening the mold. The bullets fall right out of it.
The .300 boattails shoot decently out of both my Flexes, even though they have different twist rates. The Short Flex has a standard 1:24 TJ .300 barrel. The Long Flex has a special 1:16 TJ barrel. Definitely hunting accurate at 50 yards. My .308 Texan SS hates them, which is to be expected because they come out of the mold undersized for it.
My .308 Texan shoots the .300/.308 pellets acceptably well and the 97-99 grain HPs like lasers at 50 yards, as good as the 99 Nielsens they seem to be identical to.
The .457 boattails are so so. Sometimes touching holes at 50 yards, sometimes with flyers. Worth about 815fps out of my Texan SS.
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Here's an NOE mold bullet next to a Nielsen in the same mold. The Nielsen is the bullet on the right.
These are my first 2 shots with the cast NOE molds (.308 Texan SS). The one dark splat in the middle are the 2 shots in the same hole at 50 yards. This was fresh out of the mold at a size of .309.
I just got a .308 sizer in and the .308 sized bullets performs the same in terms of accuracy but they load all the way in the breech, as where the .309s do not.
These are my first 2 shots with the cast NOE molds (.308 Texan SS). The one dark splat in the middle are the 2 shots in the same hole at 50 yards. This was fresh out of the mold at a size of .309.
I just got a .308 sizer in and the .308 sized bullets performs the same in terms of accuracy but they load all the way in the breech, as where the .309s do not.
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