Old Lee single cavity mold #90454.../??

[rickevans]

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?

[BEAVERMAN]

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!

[rickevans]

Found a small pair of calipers...looks like a 545.   Which i can use.

[Winter Hawk]

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~

[Winter Hawk]

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~

[doggoner]

I don't know if this will help but---https://leeprecision.com/bullet-casting/black-powder-molds/round-ball-mold

doggoner

[Bigsmoke]

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)