217-20-RF-CE6

[Spacebus]

Mine is brass, I bought it used it is beat up but she runs still. I would order a 4 cavity in aluminum when ever available.

I have a four cavity .45 cal mold, and I like casting with two cavity much better. It's slower for sure, but much lighter and less fatiguing. I'm retired, so no worries about using up some time.

So far I've only cast with aluminum, and only three different molds so far. Do you have aluminum molds to compare to?

[Insanity]

Yes I have the hunter mold in aluminum also. Also all my new molds are aluminum 4 cavity they feel about the same in hand vs the 2 cavity brass. I am still young so I can still run it for a while before I get tired or sore.

[Spacebus]

Yes I have the hunter mold in aluminum also. Also all my new molds are aluminum 4 cavity they feel about the same in hand vs the 2 cavity brass. I am still young so I can still run it for a while before I get tired or sore.

From what I've read on the internet on casting forums brass might be a better option for small cavity molds with pins, like pellet molds. I'm thinking about trying the 217-20 in brass and getting the 250-34 in aluminum four cavity. Might as well get a variety of mold sizes and materials! I want to get an extra pair of handles or two, but $42/pair is steep!

[Insanity]

I do know that the NOE handles are FAR nicer than my Lee.

[Spacebus]

I do know that the NOE handles are FAR nicer than my Lee.

I also read that Lee handles don't work as well with the NOE molds. This order I'll just get one pair now and next time I get a mold I'll get another pair of handles.

[Spacebus]

Thanks for enabling me, I indeed placed an order for a pair of handles, the 217-20 in brass two cav, and the 250-34 in alum four cav.

[Insanity]

Let us know how the 250-34 mold works others have not had luck with it I got mine in today so it will be awhile before I even cast with it. I may have a gun that loves it who knows till you try. Also my requirements are fare less strict than others so there is that. Now that 217 in brass you will find the visual appearance to be better over aluminum.

You will really appreciate the quality of the NOE handles they are BEEF. They look like plate steel that was C&C plasma cut and the handles are pinned. While Lee look like sintered metal which isn't bad but feel chincy I ended up pinning the handles myself because I got tired of resetting the grips. The notion of sintered was affirmed when I drilled through them I got powder vs chips.

[Spacebus]

Let us know how the 250-34 mold works others have not had luck with it I got mine in today so it will be awhile before I even cast with it. I may have a gun that loves it who knows till you try. Also my requirements are fare less strict than others so there is that. Now that 217 in brass you will find the visual appearance to be better over aluminum.

You will really appreciate the quality of the NOE handles they are BEEF. They look like plate steel that was C&C plasma cut and the handles are pinned. While Lee look like sintered metal which isn't bad but feel chincy I ended up pinning the handles myself because I got tired of resetting the grips. The notion of sintered was affirmed when I drilled through them I got powder vs chips.

I'm hoping the brass helps those little pellets fill out completely. I bought a pair of NOE handles with my first mold, but have nothing to compare them too.

If the .25 cal mold doesn't work out, oh well, worse things have happened. I think it will work out after all the feedback Nelson got over the last run of .25 pellet molds. My Eagle Claw also isn't pellet picky, just waiting on some o-rings for it so might be a while till I cast any either.

[Firewalker]

Let us know how the 250-34 mold works others have not had luck with it I got mine in today so it will be awhile before I even cast with it. I may have a gun that loves it who knows till you try. Also my requirements are fare less strict than others so there is that. Now that 217 in brass you will find the visual appearance to be better over aluminum.

You will really appreciate the quality of the NOE handles they are BEEF. They look like plate steel that was C&C plasma cut and the handles are pinned. While Lee look like sintered metal which isn't bad but feel chincy I ended up pinning the handles myself because I got tired of resetting the grips. The notion of sintered was affirmed when I drilled through them I got powder vs chips.

I'm hoping the brass helps those little pellets fill out completely. I bought a pair of NOE handles with my first mold, but have nothing to compare them too.

If the .25 cal mold doesn't work out, oh well, worse things have happened. I think it will work out after all the feedback Nelson got over the last run of .25 pellet molds. My Eagle Claw also isn't pellet picky, just waiting on some o-rings for it so might be a while till I cast any either.

Just a heads up, brass, steel, aluminum, none are 'better' at fillout, they all need to be clean and up to temp to fill out. I have perhaps 100 molds, brass, steel and aluminum and there is no 'silver bullet' with them.

Steel and brass are slow to heat up and hold the heat a long time, they are also easy to warp but steel is the last to take on a warp. Brass will suprise you if you use it over a fire, it HAS to have even heat.

[Spacebus]

Let us know how the 250-34 mold works others have not had luck with it I got mine in today so it will be awhile before I even cast with it. I may have a gun that loves it who knows till you try. Also my requirements are fare less strict than others so there is that. Now that 217 in brass you will find the visual appearance to be better over aluminum.

You will really appreciate the quality of the NOE handles they are BEEF. They look like plate steel that was C&C plasma cut and the handles are pinned. While Lee look like sintered metal which isn't bad but feel chincy I ended up pinning the handles myself because I got tired of resetting the grips. The notion of sintered was affirmed when I drilled through them I got powder vs chips.

I'm hoping the brass helps those little pellets fill out completely. I bought a pair of NOE handles with my first mold, but have nothing to compare them too.

If the .25 cal mold doesn't work out, oh well, worse things have happened. I think it will work out after all the feedback Nelson got over the last run of .25 pellet molds. My Eagle Claw also isn't pellet picky, just waiting on some o-rings for it so might be a while till I cast any either.

Just a heads up, brass, steel, aluminum, none are 'better' at fillout, they all need to be clean and up to temp to fill out. I have perhaps 100 molds, brass, steel and aluminum and there is no 'silver bullet' with them.

Steel and brass are slow to heat up and hold the heat a long time, they are also easy to warp but steel is the last to take on a warp. Brass will suprise you if you use it over a fire, it HAS to have even heat.

I'm not using fire for casting anymore, it's too hard to control the temperature. I'm hoping the brass helps me out with filling out the skirts on the pellets because it holds heat and has the smoothest surface finish. Understandably no material is "better", just different, and I'm interested in trying some different molds. I'll have two cav and four cav molds in brass and aluminum.