The mp molds will come up for sale from time to time on the cast boolit website. These molds are hot & don't last long. When I 1st decided to give the Mihec molds a try I was a little hesitant, a lot of $$$$. But after using them & seeing what they can produce along with excellent results at the range, I quickly decided they are worth every penny. The other thing I decided was that if I'm going to spend that kind of $$$ on a mold I might as well get all the bells & whistles to go with it (go big or go home).
So I ended up selling all of my other molds & have bought nothing but mp molds with the cramer pin sets in them. I have/own 7 mp molds now & have 2 more on order & it wouldn't bother me in the least to buy a couple more if the opportunity presents itself.
Novalty, the 2 45acp molds your looking at are imho the best molds mp has made for that caliber, you should own/buy both. 1 for target work (hg 68 clone) & the other for fun. What 9mm mold do you have of his? I'm in on the 125gr with all the pins gb right now (6th rerun). Been looking at that mold for awhile, it should be a good lite hp bullet for the 38/357 along with a real accurate, hard hitting stinger for a 9mm target pistol (pic below).
That target was shot with those mp 68 clones pictured above. I was just starting to do test loads for a ro that I had picked up. Bought the 1911 & did a 2000 round breakin period with it working on the bbl, slide/frame fit & a couple of other areas of the pistol. After everything was right & tight I wanted to start working on a target load for it so I loaded up some test loads of the old tried & true bullseye/hg 68 combo & did test loads of 3.6gr, 3.8gr & 4.0gr. Wasn't expecting much from the 1st outing for target loads so I pulled up a chair to a table, rolled up a piece of cardboard & put a towel over it for a rest & started shooting. 15 minutes later the party was over, been loading 3.8gr of bullseye ever since for the sp version of the mp 68 clone & 4.0gr for the 185gr hp version.
I use nothing more than rage scrap/hill pickins to cast those bullets with along with making my own lube. I like to use (Ben's red), it's an excellent lube that leaves a beautiful star pattern on the crown of the bbl & is soft enough to make a good gasket seal for the bullet. What my 1911 bbl looks like after a 200 round range session with the mp 68 clone/bullseye/ben' red combo & 1 clean tight dry patch ran thru it.
I just wish they had these molds 30 years ago when I 1st started casting. Even back then I didn't mind spending the $$$ of a quality mold. The 1st mold I ever bought was a 6 cavity h&g #50 wc for the 38spl.
