Reading an old NRA Reloading Information booklet, copyright 1953. They mention a mold 311910 as suitable for the Krag. I do not find this in my Lyman cast bullets handbook, so I'm asking if anybody here knows what that one looked like.
Reading an old NRA Reloading Information booklet, copyright 1953. They mention a mold 311910 as suitable for the Krag. I do not find this in my Lyman cast bullets handbook, so I'm asking if anybody here knows what that one looked like.
Cognitive Dissident
A misprint maybe? The latest Lyman moulds are only in the 600's. The 311410 is a 30 cal number that would work in the Krag if it fit. That's my guess as to what they meant.
I can't find any reference to that number either, and I have a Lyman/Ideal manual #39-1953. I think Bret's right, a missprint. The 311410 is a 130gr rn-pb that generally works in about any .30 for a cheap plinker, I use it in my M1 Carbine.
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Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
I'll bet that is a reference to a Modern-Bond mould. M-B used a numbering system that involved the bullet diameter followed by the bullet's length. Their design M-311 was a 154 grain Loverin design that was numbered 311910. There are pictures of the M-B moulds over on the castpics site:
http://www.castpics.net/subsite/Hist...BondMolds.html
Glen
Is this it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Bullet-Mold-Hens...item33669ca2fe
I've never seen a 311910 either but apparently some makers used this designation....
I think the ebay listing is mistaken, that appears to be a modern bond mold rather than an H&G
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Glen got it. With that bit of info, a quick search turned up this old Modern-Bond catalog:
http://www.castpics.net/subsite/Hist...BondMolds.html
Ain't the Internet wonderful? Thanks Algore !
Cognitive Dissident
Glen knows his molds! Amazing.
Bill
If it was easy, anybody could do it.
I'm resurrecting this old thread because I have one of these molds. It's been in my mold box for 25+ years packed in grease. I don't normally shoot small bore stuff, so never really looked at it. But I just picked up a nice 1903A3 and a M1917 rifle, both in 30-06. So I dug into my mold stash and pulled it out. I thought it was an old Ideal mold, but Googled it and here I am. I have the sprue plate, but not the attaching screw or handles. I'll have to see what I can come up with. After cleaning all the old grease out, it seems to be in great shape. I hope to put it back in service now.
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