Gwpercle and Dr. Mordo, I just spend a lot of time reading about casting, alloys and molds. If I go out and spend $ on this, my wife will use the first ingot on my head as I try to explain how much more economical it is

Seriously, that's a good, old school alternative. Arguably, $150.00 would set you up with a mold, sizer, lube, melting pot and lead for the first 600 bullets at .25 per bullet. The next batch would be around .09 per bullet if you purchased lead ingots.

I searched this forum and saw some info on casting. I haven't had time to read much of it. I can see that there needs to be an understanding about lead hardness, alloys, reload data, prevention of barrel leading, pro's/cons and techniques of powder coating, and so on.

Now I already want a set of MD hollow point molds... Look what you have started!!