Long nose Lyman 452374?

I'm looking at this mold on eBay http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=321112063362&index=1&nav=SEARCH&nid=21733780091

It says and the picture says its a 452374 AV ... Looks awful long to me ... Is it "normal" I know lyman has quite a it of variance over the years with the same mold numbers ...

I'm looking to feed it to my 1911 ... Now, don't all bid on it!

Shawn

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You can buy it new from Lyman for $115. if you search the web you can find them new for even less

It may be the camera angle.

And no, I won't bid!

Cat

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(I think, therefore I'm armed.)

There was the older model mold that was a shorter over all length and now the current design.

I prefer the older design as the newer ones often times do not have a full boolit diameter above the lube groove i.e. base band at .452" and above the lube groove .450".

They both shoot about the same as long as you can find a new mold to drop at .452 or larger for the base band and front drive band (above the lube groove).

The old design is more correct in terms of matching the FMJ "ball" profile. I have one of the old ones. According to Lyman (Ideal at the time) it was designed by Lincoln Riley of Wisner, Nebraska many years ago.

I looked him up and he was a physician of some note. Made a good design. Lyman appears to have gone off on a tangent and screwed it up some. Maybe Lincoln is spinning in his grave.

The old design is more correct in terms of matching the FMJ "ball" profile.Yep..........correct.

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