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    Hand forge bullet mold?

    I was browsing a local sportmens auction and saw this mold which I figured it might be quite old, possibly. I don't know much about old bulet molds, but those look like hand forging marks to me.

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    A lot of the old "bag" moulds were hand forged to shape and the form, then the cavities cut and finished.

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    Dixie gun works still I thank sell molds like this. They where actually women’s hair curlers. But Dixie just got different cherries and cut them out to make a mold

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    Quote Originally Posted by archeryrob View Post
    I was browsing a local sportmens auction and saw this mold which I figured it might be quite old, possibly. I don't know much about old bulet molds, but those look like hand forging marks to me.

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    Rob.............
    I never thought of this before .....but whats to stop us hand forging/swaging a set of aluminium mold blocks around a steel mandrel???

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    Quote Originally Posted by indian joe View Post
    Rob.............
    I never thought of this before .....but whats to stop us hand forging/swaging a set of aluminium mold blocks around a steel mandrel???
    replace hand with machine, and steel with carbide, and that's how Lee makes their RB molds. They squish the block around carbide balls.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NoZombies View Post
    replace hand with machine, and steel with carbide, and that's how Lee makes their RB molds. They squish the block around carbide balls.
    hmmmm - thanks for that - I not so stoopid after all LEE RB molds are the best - easiest to use - balls are easy to shoot - the only cast ball I have seen that you dont need to orient the sprue - just tumble em in a bag with a little graphite and ya cant see sprue anymore

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