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Alright guys I just started pouring this mold yesterday, Model FBB-6-SWG. Here is my current, very un-happy experience. This mold makes 1/16, 3/16,1/4, 5/16, 3/8 and 7/16 football swing hooks. Similar to the Biffle Bug Head. Well the 7/16 pours fine the 3/8 and 5/16 cavity pours fine sometimes with the hook wire form that they supply, the remainder three sizes are very badly designed. Before I go on a rampage about this matter, I am going to call Do-It on Monday and explain the problem they have with this mold. This is the problem. The wire form that fits in the mold has a very sloppy fit. So what this does, is, it moves when you put the wire form in the mold with the hook on. Well when you pour this, this way, the wire form from the weight of the hook, moves toward the edge of the mold cavity where the lead does not fill, therefore leaving the wire form to protrude outside the lead body, leaving the hook to possibly dislodge. See pics 1. This is a hit and miss on the 3/8 and 5/16 oz and the 1/4 oz and smaller is worse to useless. See open mold with cavities and wire forms. This is a engineering nightmare that to me has not been thought out properly. I am going to stop there before I say something I will regret. The only solution I found to make this work is to over bend the wire form under 90 degrees to move them in so if they move down from the weight of the hook, the tag ends will still be in the cavity, but c'mon I have to jury rig a brand new mold. Sooooooo Freakin' FRUSTRATED. Let me know if you guys are having this problem as well. Maybe I am nuts , lost my mind and don't know how to pour this mold. Thanks for any input. I'm going to pour some more today to see if I can fix this problem. The mold pours fine but the wire forms and mold cavities are way toooooo loose.