I've had my .490" double cavity Lee ball mold for many many years, so many I can't even remember. How many balls it has produced is in an even funnier thing to try to figure out.

The new molds are much nicer with the blocks being machines nicer and the mating pieces that align the blocks, now looking like real point bullets so they slide into the mold block nicely and center up.

$27 bucks, what the heck. All I shoot is 50cal round ball now, so I figured these new guns need a new mold so everything is fresh.

Also ordered a Lyman ingot mold so I can start melting down a ton of lead that Floyd gave to me on our last hog hunt. The old 4lb Lee pot still does the job and quickly. That over the camp fire crap sucks rear end and leaves your knuckles damn near raw.