Dallas McBoomboom Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Is Dick Dastardly no longer in business? His website is all broken links, he doesn't answer emails, and his phone number is disconnected. Anyone have any information? Thanks in advance, Dallas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 He was last active on CASCity in June of 2021. Is this the website you went to? Seems to be mostly functional: http://www.biglube.com/Default.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Kane Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I emailed him about a week or so ago and have not yet received a reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas McBoomboom Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 That's the site I was at (I still have a browser window open) I just tried it this morning, and none of the links were working, and hadn't been for a couple days. Now they are. I guess it's trying to make me look like a horse's rear end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Dallas McPewPew said: That's the site I was at (I still have a browser window open) I just tried it this morning, and none of the links were working, and hadn't been for a couple days. Now they are. I guess it's trying to make me look like a horse's rear end. You're not alone. Been trying for over a year to order a couple moulds. No one ever answers the phone and all emails go unanswered. Some days the website works others it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Sadly, Sir Richard is no longer in business. DD did a couple of short posts announcing he was backing out and thank you very much for our business. Then dropped the Tower of Power and Big Lube business. We're on our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas McBoomboom Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 28 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: Sadly, Sir Richard is no longer in business. DD did a couple of short posts announcing he was backing out and thank you very much for our business. Then dropped the Tower of Power and Big Lube business. We're on our own. Dang, I never saw any of that, but it's easy to miss posts. Thanks for the info pardner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I liked my Big Lube Snakebite mold so much I bought a second to have a backup. Bang and Clang sells their version of a Tower of Power if anyone needs one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 If someone posted measurements of the different caliber lube grooves. We could have Accurate Molds make a reasonable facsimile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Kane Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 said: I liked my Big Lube Snakebite mold so much I bought a second to have a backup. Bang and Clang sells their version of a Tower of Power if anyone needs one. Powder, Inc. sells a nice cylinder loader as well. I really like mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Will Kane said: Powder, Inc. sells a nice cylinder loader as well. I really like mine. Same here. I bought mine about two or so years ago after talking to Dick, who said he was all out and it was unlikely any more would be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas McBoomboom Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 If the website still allows things to be put in cart tomorrow, I might gamble a couple hundred bucks on molds. Never seen a hearse pulling a trailer, right? I'll keep the thread posted, thanks for all the input, gents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, Dallas McPewPew said: If the website still allows things to be put in cart tomorrow, I might gamble a couple hundred bucks on molds. Never seen a hearse pulling a trailer, right? I'll keep the thread posted, thanks for all the input, gents. My browser warned me that the online ordering page was not secure possibly infected with a virus. That is why I was calling and emailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas McBoomboom Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 Mine did the same, but it did that back when I first ordered from him a few years ago, so I wasn't too worried about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Kane Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Dallas McPewPew said: If the website still allows things to be put in cart tomorrow, I might gamble a couple hundred bucks on molds. Never seen a hearse pulling a trailer, right? I'll keep the thread posted, thanks for all the input, gents. Yes! Please let us know what happens if you go through with your plan. I've been holding off on ordering one of his 6-cavity .454 round ball molds due to the non-communication concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 12 hours ago, Dallas McPewPew said: If the website still allows things to be put in cart tomorrow, I might gamble a couple hundred bucks on molds. Never seen a hearse pulling a trailer, right? I'll keep the thread posted, thanks for all the input, gents. 49 minutes ago, Will Kane said: Yes! Please let us know what happens if you go through with your plan. I've been holding off on ordering one of his 6-cavity .454 round ball molds due to the non-communication concern. If he is no longer in businees why would you still try and order from the web site????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Shootem, SASS # 24816 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 If Dick Dastardly is out of business, does anyone else currently stock Big Lube bullet molds? Some day mine will wear out and I'll want to replace it . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringer Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 All this gives me concern for Mr Dastardlys wellbeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jack Black Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I would ask Driftwood Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
July Smith Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 19 minutes ago, Woody Shootem, SASS # 24816 said: If Dick Dastardly is out of business, does anyone else currently stock Big Lube bullet molds? Some day mine will wear out and I'll want to replace it . . . . I have large lube groove style molds from both NOE and Accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas McBoomboom Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said: If he is no longer in businees why would you still try and order from the web site????? There are still several items on the website that show in stock, my hope is that he's just left it up to unload whatever stock he has left. If it accepts payment and he never sends anything, I'll dispute the charges and have them reversed. Worth the gamble, I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 I have a 44 cal Mav Dutchman mould. At some point someone posted a chart that showed a bunch of moulds and I was surprised to see a handfull of them that appeared would carry quite a lot of bp lube similar to the Big Lube bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Sheridan Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Accurate has a number of molds very similar to the Big Lube bullets, and in higher quality in my opinion. The ones I had made by them carry about 3 times the lube of the big lube bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 The Mav Dutchman 44 big lube bullet already held enough bp lube to shoot multiple strings out of a rifle. I'd like to see the 200 gr bullet design that would hold 3 times as much lube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Sheridan Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Accurate mold 43-202R at the bottom of page 15 of their catalog. Compared to the dimensions I measured on a Big Lube 44 from Whyte leather that I had gotten a few years back. The groove on the Accurate bullet is both significantly deeper and wider. It actually Carrie’s enough lube to leave a film on the muzzle of a 24 inch barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 the diagram is the accurate bullet mold mentioned. The photo is the Mav Dutchman bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas McBoomboom Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 11 hours ago, Buckshot Sheridan said: Accurate mold 43-202R at the bottom of page 15 of their catalog. Compared to the dimensions I measured on a Big Lube 44 from Whyte leather that I had gotten a few years back. The groove on the Accurate bullet is both significantly deeper and wider. It actually Carrie’s enough lube to leave a film on the muzzle of a 24 inch barrel. I use an Accurate mold for 44-40 that I think is a Springfield Slim design (43-215c I think, although I'm not on my shop to check), it's very similar in profile to the one you pictured. I'm trying to get my hands on a PRS 45 and a 38 Snakebite right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 The Accurate catalog shows that 3 of the 43-202r molds have been sold. A couple of diagrams over 43-205? specifically mentions black powder usage and they've sold 69 of them. Look again at that Mav Dutchman bullet fir a comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 I'm not saying that the 43-202r bullet doesn't work well with black powder. I mentioned that several of the accurate designs looked like they would be good for BP in addition to the Big Lube bullets. But 3 times as much lube as the Big Lube? I don't think so. That lube groove doesn't appear wider and deeper to me. Certainly not deeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Sheridan Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 The drawings on the Accurate site are not to scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Just now, Buckshot Sheridan said: The drawings on the Accurate site are not to scale. Ok. Show a picture of that bullet. After seeing the actual Mav Dutchman bullet, not a diagram, picture what a bullet of the same approximate weight would have to look like to as you say hold 3 times as much lube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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