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All the molds in this GB are of powder coated design.

Now that is a good find!

Holding on to it for now.

kwt

How do I find out who is or contact the Moderator for a given forum?

Kevin

You are correct. Both halves have the 514 stamping, I did not catch that. Since posting I have come across a cherry chart with the 354514 info.
In all my searching I have not come across a round...

It is close to OOO buckshot, which is listed at .360" in some sources but I am not confident that is the purpose. I have searched online for this Ideal mould number but found nothing.

Howdy,
I have the above mould which casts a measured .365" round ball. Any idea what it was used for?

Kevin

Search for "Milliard Citric Acid 10 Pound - 100% Pure" on Amazon. Enough for a lifetime.

Thanks for all the input.
I do use a couple of Lyman molds, a NOE mold, and homemade angle iron molds. The tin muffin pan was just used for extra capacity.

Kevin

Good post reference, thanks.

Wayne, good ideas to keep in mind.

Winger Ed, I agree that there are better choices for molds. I also used a homemade angle iron type mold that worked fine. However, I have seen plenty of...

I used a sheet steel muffin tin today to cast ingots in and found that the lead would not release from the molds. It was a recycled used muffin tin. Maybe it had some kind of coating that melted...

Thanks for the replies.

Kevin

Being this is an Ideal mold I'm thinking it might pre-date a TC firearm.

Howdy,

I have a single cavity Ideal mold #365514 and I can't seem to find any info on it. Might anyone know the application/firearm it was used for or other info?

Thanks, Kevin

I played around with both figures also (5 for lead and 8.6 for WW) and found the same discrepancies as you did. As a side note, the bhn of 8.6 for WW is less than most sources I have found. The...

bumpo628,

Apparently there is more to the Rotometals formula. "Brinell = X + (0.3 * Tin) + (0.92 * Antimony) for "X" enter 5 for pure lead or 8.6 for wheel weights" It appears that "X" is the...

Here is an Excel spreadsheet for calculating lead alloys.

Kevin

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...782#post723782

Here is an Excel spreadsheet for calculating lead alloys.

Kevin

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?p=723782#post723782

This response is not the least bit useful. As I read it happy7 was suggesting a simple list of Vendors and contact info, a consolidation of sorts. If you have no interest in the idea then just...

Rangerone,

See this thread for discussion and an Excel spreadsheet that will do what you want.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=67401&page=2

Kevin

See post #10 at the following link for comments on the "8.6" in the above formula:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=67128&highlight=formula+bhn

And post #22 at the link below...

Unfortunately the Excel viewer will not allow entering data.

cptinjeff,

See this link for an Alloy Calculator (Post #12 & 22) and more discussion.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=67401

Kevin

See the following link for more info and posts #12 & 22 for an Alloy Calculator spreadsheet that is quite useful for seeing the projected outcome of various alloy mixes.
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