Need A Lee Mold - .490 Round Ball
 

Do any of you guys have one to sell? Single or double cavity - I don't care.

They are out of stock at every vendor I've tried, except one. That one was Cheaper Than Dirt, and they wanted $12.95 to ship a $20 mold. What a rip off.

Wish I could help you. Did you try Ebay? TaDa:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEE-490-ROUN...ht_1685wt_1018

That is way over priced. 19.99 at midway
No wonder he has 6 in stock


This one is better , at least it's closer to a fair price
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewi...d=390644550273

$28.84 plus $6.54 shipping? He can keep his six.

I'm on the "notify" list at Graf & Sons. Their price on Lee molds is $20.99, which includes shipping.

Well buddy you said you wanted one. I may be heading to Cabelas this week. I'll check their stock and give you a shout if they have one.

Thanks Bronko. If they have one please grab it and get it headed my way.

They are backordered on the Cabala's web site. But the store may have one.

The one on my eBay link is 20 bucks and 7.85 . That's not a bad option if you want one right away

worse comes to worse Semisane... your a good friend. If you want, I will mail mine to you. It is a Lee Mold and leaves a very small spur. You keep it a couple months and cast all the roundball you little heart desires. Then just mail it back to me. I never cast until winter time when it is nice and cold and I can leave the doors open in the shop anyway. With your weather it does not matter. If you want to borrow it, say the word and I will put it in the mail...

I've got a Lee #90449 (.495) round ball mold if it will work.

That's a generous offer Cayugad. If I don't snag a mold in the next week or two I may take you up on it.

Wabi, the .495 would probably work. Let me chew that over a bit. This would be for my .50 Great Plains flintlock. It shoots like a champ with .490 balls and I kind of hate to mess with success. The .490s are pretty snug with the pillow tick patch I'm using.

If its a Lyman your loading for the .495 does work. But if its a T/C they are kind of tight. I think I have a .495 mold also. I will have to look. I have A LOT of different molds out there in the shop.

Semi - I made a call to Cablea's just now because I was heading down there on Thursday. Unfortunately though they do not have any .490 RB moulds (or .495s) in stock. Sorry buddy.

Thanks for the try Bronko. It's no big deal. I'll probably just wait until Lee makes a production run and the retailers get restocked. After all, I do have other guns to shoot.

Sharpsshooter, that one on the ebay link you posted would require a mighty thick patch. :happy0157:

Anyway guys. the mold issue is resolved. I'll be casting in a week or so.