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Shooting Traditional Firearms and Weapons => General Interest => Topic started by: rickevans on May 09, 2022, 09:32:17 AM

Title: Old Lee single cavity mold #90454.../??
Post by: rickevans on May 09, 2022, 09:32:17 AM
Found this one on my pile of stuff to sort through....Trying to find out what size round ball it throws.  Anyone have a reverse lookup on old Lee molds?
Title: Re: Old Lee single cavity mold #90454.../??
Post by: BEAVERMAN on May 09, 2022, 11:05:27 AM
Rick, I'll bet Uncle Russ may be a big help with this! shoot him a pm! and if it's a .350 mold I'm your huckleberry!
Title: Re: Old Lee single cavity mold #90454.../??
Post by: rickevans on May 09, 2022, 04:12:56 PM
Found a small pair of calipers...looks like a 545.   Which i can use.
Title: Re: Old Lee single cavity mold #90454.../??
Post by: Winter Hawk on May 26, 2022, 10:29:39 AM
Quote from: rickevans on May 09, 2022, 04:12:56 PM
Found a small pair of calipers...looks like a 545.   Which i can use.
Interesting.  I would have expected it to measure 0.454" which can be used with the .44 revolvers IIRC.

~Kees~
Title: Re: Old Lee single cavity mold #90454.../??
Post by: Winter Hawk on May 26, 2022, 07:14:50 PM
Okay, I emailed Lee and this is the reply:

Jeri @ Lee Precision, Inc.   
Staff - 05/26/2022 10:44 am

Hi Kees,

Thanks for reaching out! I did some looking into it. The 90454 has a diameter of .530

Let me know if I can assist you any further!

Thank You,

Jeri
Customer Service

Lee Precision, Inc.
4275 County Road U
Hartford, WI 53027

So now we know.

~Kees~
Title: Re: Old Lee single cavity mold #90454.../??
Post by: doggoner on July 09, 2022, 10:16:18 PM
I don't know if this will help but---https://leeprecision.com/bullet-casting/black-powder-molds/round-ball-mold

doggoner
Title: Re: Old Lee single cavity mold #90454.../??
Post by: Bigsmoke on July 10, 2022, 11:00:34 AM
OK, so that problem is cured.  But FYI, Track of the Wolf has about every round ball mould that Lee ever made listed in their on line catalog, including a lot that have been dropped from production.
In looking at the Lee website, it is kind of disheartening to see how many of their moulds are in a backorder situation.  Which goes to explain why Track's catalog shows them as out of stock.  I guess that is the new normal, eh?
John (Bigsmoke)