MITCHELL bullet mold?

[xjda68]

Has anyone heard of or seen one of these "MITCHELL" bullet molds. This is a first for me.

joe

[Bullshop]

Looks like a tapered breach seating design. Some of the old timey gun builders produced a mold for each rifle they made. It could be a one off that went with a specific rifle.

[MT Gianni]

Perhaps the owner had a stamp made with his name on it.

[xjda68]

Thanks for the insight. Without casting a projectile, the inside measures at the base 0.460".

Do you fellows know of anyone that collects such? I am a military ammunition collector, not interested so much in bullet molds. I have molds I have put to a lot of use over the years, but no interest in collecting something like this. It would just collect dust for me.

joe
xjda68@hotmail.com

[Bullshop]

Do you shoot boolits? I would trade some for it.

[GoodOlBoy]

I knew before I even got to the bottom of the page old Bullshop would be interested!

GoodOlBoy

[Bullshop]

Not for myself mind you but to serve the needs of others.

[xjda68]

email sent

[xjda68]

Sold on ebay.

joe

[texassako]

I like collecting homemade reloading stuff, and found this on ebay the other day. It is definitely homemade, not gunsmith, with the cutouts for the handles being lopsided. I find it strange that someone can cut a mold cavity, but cannot cut slots for the handles. A spare set of Lee 2 cavity handles(only thing thin enough to fit), various hardware store screws, and a ratty old Lyman sprue plate brought it back to a useable state. Interesting 490 gr bullet(ww/tin mix) with bottom 2 bands being .460, fat middle band is stepped .460/.455, and the next 4 go .454, .453, .452, .452. It needs beagling to cast a round bullet, .006" smaller across the blocks. I also need to shim the handles a bit in the uneven slots. If I crimp it lightly over the step in the big groove, I can just feel pressure on my thumb when chambering it in my Pedersoli Sharps .45-70. I wonder how it will shoot once beagled?


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