Ideal Molds From 1900

[ReloaderFred]

This link is a little slow to download, but it's from a New Zealand website. The prices are listed, along with the mold descriptions, so I thought the forum might find it interesting.

http://www.nzha.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1900_Ideal_moulds.pdf

Hope this helps.

Fred

[JeffinNZ]

Pleased to see my hard work is paying off. I am the website tinkerer for the NZHA.

[John Boy]

Fred - Jeff ... SUPER and THANKS! Note all the Perfection molds are listed. Was trying to determine the date of the list because I have Ideal's that are not on the list

[SciFiJim]

With the inflation rate, those molds would be $85 of today's dollars.

[reed1911]

Someone please riddle me this, Why do so many of the older moulds have such a long body with multiple lube grooves? I have some, they shoot fine, most of the newer moulds I have are more conventional in design. Is this just a change in general market? Or was there some reason (powder, speed, pressure) that they found that design style to work better?

[Greg]

Does anyone have a 25716 mould ? listed for the 25-36 Marlin

kinda think I would like to have the measurements of this boolit

[John Boy]

Why do so many of the older moulds have such a long body with multiple lube grooves?

Advantageous for better bearing surface

[Good Cheer]

Thank you for the link.
That's a great addition to the history files.

[longbow]

Thanks for posting that ReloaderFred and thanks Jeff. I like these old references and have saved that. Very nice!

Longbow

[Green Frog]

Thanks for posting that ReloaderFred and thanks Jeff. I like these old references and have saved that. Very nice!

Longbow

+1 to this. Historical information like this is valuable beyond measure!

Froggie