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Thread: .50 b.p. Mold ???

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    .50 b.p. Mold ???

    Who else besides Lee sells a .50 caliber HOLLOW BASE bullet mold? i looked at the lyman website, and the one they list looks like it is a solid base. i would like to get away from shooting sabots ALL of the time. the Hornady great plins boolits are fine, but it seems pretty sensless to buy lead boolits, when i have everything except the mold here already.
    Silver and Gold are for rich men. Lead and Brass is MY silver and gold! And when push comes to shove, one of my silver and gold pieces will be more valuable than a big pile of actual silver and gold.

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    This doesn't exactly answer your question, but I bought a lee REAL mold used from someone here to try it out. It does pretty good from my old knight mk. 85. I intend to try some from the .50 AE later this year.

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    I think Lyman sells a "Great Plains" mould.

    if not lyman, then someone else, but it is plain based I think. I think it is multiple diameter for easy seating.

    I picked up a reamer to make a "PAS" type relief in my muzzle. I want to try full diameter boolits that engrave upon loading. (a R.E.A.L. boolit from any 50cal mould!)

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    You do not need a hollow base, just fit the rifling. Use pure lead.

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    I have excellent results with my REAL 320 gr boolit in my .50
    Behind 100 Gr of black, it has the energy of a 7MM Mag at the muzzle and is accurate beyond 100 yards. That's bout all I need.

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    A Paper Patched Lee C-501-440-RF is an incredible bullet both for accuracy and deadly on game. Do a search in the muzzleloader section on some of the threads I have written. Ron

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    Look for used TC MAxi ball molds or even a round ball and patch. Why would anyone intentionally foul their bore with plastic?
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
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HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
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