The only real difference is temperature stability, and, frankly, you should have a thermometer anyway (and you'd need it for both furnaces, so it's a wash in cost comparison). There's a few other small differences, but nothing that justifies the price difference.Don2 wrote:
PRICES:
Lee @ $64
RCBS @ $375
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- Sat May 18, 2013 8:32 am
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- Tue May 14, 2013 9:30 pm
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Re: Lyman's master casting kit
All these comments are spot-on!Jumping Frog wrote:Don't get the Lyman's master casting kit.jhutto wrote:For it for my birthday so I'm looking to get into casting. Any helpful thoughts ??
Several reasons.
First, Lyman was a great brand for generations but their quality has greatly eroded in the last decade. I have had to send more stuff back to Lyman than any other brand and I hear similar cries of dismay on on the castboolits forum.
Second, you can do better than that kit. The Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook is a good buy; I own it and recommend it. As far as the Sizer/Lubricator goes, get the RCBS version.
Third, You can get a 4-20 lb Lee bottom pour melter instead of a 10 lb Lyman pot that you have to use a dipper.
Fourth, I see no use for either the ingot mold or the dipper. For ingots, I just use a $0.50 garage sale muffin tin. For a dipper . . . well I bought a really nice one years ago and literally have never used it.
I encourage casting, just not that kit.