Take a gander.....

[Rick Mulhern]

at this mould and ascertain if you see anything odd!

LeeRB by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr

Click on the photo to back off a bit and possibly a better view can be observed!

[Stephen Borud]

Egg shaped top holes and a pile of venting lines on top! How does it cast?

[Rick Mulhern]

Stephen

Cast OK BUT....leaves inconsistent sprues and THAT ain't worth the proverbial hoot!

Here's a reply back from Lee:

Hey Rick,
That is normal after use of the mold.
It is just cosmetic.


Sincerely,
Raquel

Lee Precision, Inc.
4275 Highway U
Hartford, WI 53027

I couldn't help but to reply back that his reply was BULLSHIT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER!!

[Don McDowell]

Good lord that's a mess. I would find another one and see if it's any better.
Swaged roundball were my choice for match shooting.

[Stephen Borud]

Is there anyway to fix it by machining the holes round? If so I could fix it for you! It would only cost you the postage to Wyoming.

Stephen

[Lumpy Grits]

Rick-Ask Lee what alum alloy they use.
7075-T6 would hold up better that that.
Gary

[Rick Mulhern]

Rick-Ask Lee what alum alloy they use.
7075-T6 would hold up better that that.
Gary

I'm DONE...with Lee!

Lyman doesn't make a 530" diameter...neither does RCBS! I've got some swaged balls coming but from what I've read those aren't anything to win an award either!!

[Nuclearcricket]

I took a chance and took a look and NEI offers a .530 round ball mold. I dont know if they offer it in iron or not but their aluminum molds are pretty good and my guess a lot better than Lee.
http://www.neihandtools.com/catalog.html

Sam

[Don McDowell]

Graf show they have one Lyman 530 single cavity block in stock.

[Kurt]

Here you go Stephen. Hints and Kinks


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