The Ageless #358429

[contender]

I spotted the rounded edges on the driving bands almost immediately. I too would throw those back for a re-casting. Gotta have sharp bands in my book,, as well as a sharp base.

Great pics too!

[vhntr1]

Great post was off work yesterday due to rain cast about 300 of the same bullet.

[callshot]

I have a four cavity mould of that number that Jeff “Tank” Hoover gave me a few years ago. I haven’t cast nearly as many as sixshot with it. I learned to cast by the old master himself, Dick (sixshot) Thompson looking over my shoulder. He started me out by dipping and pouring the molten lead into the mould. If I remember he said when you get that right then you can move on to the bottom pour furnace. I think he was trying to see if I had any metal in my blood. He then sold me an old bottom pour furnace which I used for a few years. He taught me how to look for the flat base and good driving band edges and all that which makes only good bullets. You can’t get any better than learning from the master caster himself.

[oddshooter]

Hey sixshot,

I'm just getting started with casting and I have one mold, the new Bradshaw-Martin Maximum.
If you've used the new Bradshaw-Martin Maximum mold, I would really appreciate a comparison to the 358429 mold.

What are the characteristics of each when shooting?

thanks much,

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[nicholst55]

I have an old Lee custom 6-cavity 358429 mold from a Cast Boolits group buy back about the time I joined that forum. It casts very well, and has provided me with a bunch of bullets over the years.

[sixshot]

At first glance the bullets look somewhat similar but the Keith #358429 has a crimp groove & is much lighter. The Bradshaw/Martin bullet is heavier & doesn't have a crimp groove, David Bradshaw designed it to be deep seated, over the top driving band. The bullet usually weighs between 194-200 grs depending on alloy & is very accurate at long range, especially in a 357 Maximum, which David Bradshaw also had a huge hand in testing/helping the Ruger family get out there to eager shooters.

Dick

[jeffh]

I don't get excited about "new" things. "New" things come about because some "old thing" isn't working, and I'm a hard one to convince many "old things" "aren't working."

I like things which are tried and true, like the 98 Mauser, 92 Winchester, 1911 and traditional muzzle-loaders with slow twists for shooting patched round-balls.

The 358429 is as close to perfection as a perfect all-'round 35 caliber bullet one will find. I find THAT as exciting as I do the universality of the 429-421. I do not find new things exciting - even the one percent or so which might actually BE an improvement over something older.

Great thread, Sir!

[diddle]

I think I have the same two cavity mold that I bought about 1980. I have since replaced it with a newer mold from Tom at Accurate Molds. I have only been casting for half a century but my call would be … cool mold, cool melt and/or the alloy could use a smidge more tin. I’d bet a little more heat would be the easiest fix. Those seam lines would bug me, tho.

[x101airborne]

Dick, were you on a "Croc" hunt? LOL.
Thanks for the neat pics.

[sixshot]

airborne, Ha! I'll probably be buried with a set of Croc's & a Keith bullet in my casket! I always drop a loaded cartridge in the casket when any of my buddies pass away, just seems fitting.

Dick

[oddshooter]

May 11, 2022 13:55:45 GMT -5 sixshot said:

airborne, Ha! I'll probably be buried with a set of Croc's & a Keith bullet in my casket! I always drop a loaded cartridge in the casket when any of my buddies pass away, just seems fitting.

Dick

That's priceless. 

All through history we find burials with cherished weapons.  It seems to have gone out of favor these days.
We should all be so lucky as to have a buddy like sixshot.

[oddshooter]

Talking about casting leads me to the next step, PC.
Seems like an appropriate spot for a shout out to a buddy I've never met; x101airborne.

airborne mailed me a huge, and I mean huge load of powder coating. I think it is over a lifetime supply.
It really shouldn't surprise me, but the generosity of the members on this board is just amazing.


I just wanted everyone to appreciate what a fine, generous gentleman we have among us.

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[vhntr1]

I just had to bury my german shepherd yesterday he was only 7 he loved to chance 45acp cases when i shot i put one with him in his grave.

[x101airborne]

May 12, 2022 10:05:09 GMT -5 oddshooter said:

Talking about casting leads me to the next step, PC.
Seems like an appropriate spot for a shout out to a buddy I've never met; x101airborne.

airborne mailed me a huge, and I mean huge load of powder coating. I think it is over a lifetime supply.
It really shouldn't surprise me, but the generosity of the members on this board is just amazing.


I just wanted everyone to appreciate what a fine, generous gentleman we have among us.

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I am humbled Sir to have a compliment like that come from you. I am truly humbled. Thank you. That is the same amount / box and charge I send everyone. It is around 20 pounds of powder in a large flat-rate box for around 21.50. I only have 3 more 5-gallon buckets to give out before I take all 7 buckets back and refill them. I do in fact get it for free and dont charge to pack it. Let us know how you like it. 

When we buried my maternal Grandfather, he was buried in his Dickie's overalls with his pocket knife my Grandmother gave him for their first wedding anniversary in 1944 and a pocket full of "Old Cannonball" chewing tobacco plugs. Im sure someone in Heaven will give him a beer. He never really carried a gun, but I did see him choke a possum to death that got in the chicken coop. The man had a grip that would strip steel pipe threads.