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We talk a lot about "grail guns" but not so much about "grail molds".
My first handloads were for the .357 Magnum. It was longer ago than I care to discuss, and I'd read every word that Skeeter had written, so my first mold was the 358156 and my second was the 358156 HP. The 358156 is still in regular rotation, but the hollow point mold dissapeared somewhere around 30 years ago. I'd bought it new and didn't use it a whole lot because, well, hollow point molds. By the time I decided I really wanted it back they had become essentially collector's items and I really didn't feel like paying those prices. I've had several custom molds made to replicate it, and in all likelihood they are better than the originals, but still...
I've had my eBay search set to let me know every time one turned up, and always passed because they were either rusted garbage or priced so high that my eyes rolled. This one finally turned up at an outrageous but not ridiculous "buy it now" price and I got to it first. The pin handle looks like something gnawed on it, but everything else is nearly new, and I am a happy camper.
So... am I nuts, or do you have a "grail mold" too?
My first handloads were for the .357 Magnum. It was longer ago than I care to discuss, and I'd read every word that Skeeter had written, so my first mold was the 358156 and my second was the 358156 HP. The 358156 is still in regular rotation, but the hollow point mold dissapeared somewhere around 30 years ago. I'd bought it new and didn't use it a whole lot because, well, hollow point molds. By the time I decided I really wanted it back they had become essentially collector's items and I really didn't feel like paying those prices. I've had several custom molds made to replicate it, and in all likelihood they are better than the originals, but still...
I've had my eBay search set to let me know every time one turned up, and always passed because they were either rusted garbage or priced so high that my eyes rolled. This one finally turned up at an outrageous but not ridiculous "buy it now" price and I got to it first. The pin handle looks like something gnawed on it, but everything else is nearly new, and I am a happy camper.
So... am I nuts, or do you have a "grail mold" too?