casting molds "out of stock, no back order"

nwcatman · Post by **nwcatman** » Fri Mar 20, 2026 5:13 pm

have dug out some used molds out of storage, and looking em up on the Lyman site, and Midway, all i see is "we no gotee and we no getee". anyone know whats behind this? shades of covid here.

Walt · Post by **Walt** » Fri Mar 20, 2026 7:41 pm

You may have noticed that commercial bullet casting companies show "out of stock" on nearly all of their products. I think people are nervous about future availability and they're stocking up on bullets and molds.

Steve in MO · Post by **Steve in MO** » Sat Mar 21, 2026 9:24 am

Check out www.arsenalmolds.com. I've ordered several molds from them and have cast thousands of bullets with them with no issues.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sat Mar 21, 2026 11:33 am

I'm a big fan of Accurate Molds. Molds custom made, with quick delivery in Aluminium, Brass or Steel. My last one was a .32-170D 3 gang steel mold. Casts perfect bullets, I'm more than satisfied. IMO, 10Xs the quality of any Lee mold I have.

Walt · Post by **Walt** » Sat Mar 21, 2026 12:03 pm

Griff, I agree completely.

nwcatman · Post by **nwcatman** » Sat Mar 21, 2026 1:16 pm

thanks guys. what about Lyman Molds?
FULL DISCLOSURE.........i have several Lyman and Accurate and a Lee and a NOE i am going to be offering for sale soon, and am trying to determine a fair asking price but the Lymans are ALL N o Back Order it seems. so the old prices on midway show basically on sale for $100 but they don't have em and won't BO. Lyman site says basically forget about it. Grrr....

Twodot · Post by **Twodot** » Sat Mar 21, 2026 3:08 pm

nwcatman,
you might want to see what the auction sites have listed for Lyman/RCBS/Saeco moulds and price yours accordingly, ( with a good guy discount for forum members

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nwcatman · Post by **nwcatman** » Sat Mar 21, 2026 4:31 pm

Twodot wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2026 3:08 pm nwcatman,
you might want to see what the auction sites have listed for Lyman/RCBS/Saeco moulds and price yours accordingly, ( with a good guy discount for forum members )
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auction sites being Gunbroker? slim pickins there. went to EvilBay. got a good idea of whats what there.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Mon Mar 23, 2026 7:28 pm

Lyman is a mystery, kind of like Speer with bullets. Do they want to play or not? I can't figure out the business plan.

High Desert Hunter · Post by **High Desert Hunter** » Wed Mar 25, 2026 6:32 pm

Oftentimes they show out of stock, but if you backorder the mould shows up pretty quickly, almost like they're waiting for the order to cut the mould.

Dave

65bee · Post by **65bee** » Mon Mar 30, 2026 5:29 pm

Say what you will about 'FleaBay' but I have been getting some great molds at reasonable prices there. Some hard-to-get discontinued models, unavailable anywhere else. I've been casting since the early 1960s and remember that trying to find Lyman molds even back then was an exercise in frustration. A few of the common pistol molds in .38 and .44 could be found, but most of the rifle calibers were hard to find. I think Lyman did small batches/runs of certain molds, then retired the 'cherrys' for several years until they did another run. If you didn't get one you wanted right off you were out of luck!

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