Very recent auctions tested my nerves. There were molds on 2 auctions that spoke to me so I got busy and won both auctions. Here we go...
(1) Lyman mold #429625. Lyman originally offered this pattern as a 2-mold kit. One mold cast the boolit's base and was intended to use a hard alloy for engaging the bore of the firearm. The second mold was for a "core" for a soft alloy that would fit into the hard alloy base, usually cemented in place. The goal was to have a soft expanding nose section over a firm base material. The core mold was absent in this auction but I had no interest in it anyway. The base mold uses a nose pin (as in making a HP boolit) to create a cavity to accept the nose section. The diameter and depth of the cavity in this mold's nose section looks like the boolit is yawning. I will experiment by adjusting the position of the nose probe in the mold to create a shorter or longer nose section. Nose length will be limited to allow loaded rounds to plunk into cylinder chambers. Powder charges will be appropriate for boolit weight. This mold should make lighter boolits even with nearly pure lead. The softer alloy used for these casts will not require heavy powder charges to generate nose expansion. Looking forward to testing these creations.
(2) Lyman mold #41026. While advertised as a double cavity mold the pictures showed this is a single cavity. What helped reduce interest in this auction was that the seller did not display any pics of the mold cavity. I believe interest in a 41 caliber WC design is strong enough that buyer interest should have caused this sale to accelerate, but it did not. The mold comes with a set of handles that look excellent along with a second mold. Here is where the mystery begins. The seller gave NO information about that second mold. In all I won 2 sets of mold blocks and one set of handles, all for one money. I am happy enough to have the WC mold and handles, and hoping for Christmas with the mystery mold.