Lyman w/ no vent lines?

[msp2640]

I just picked up a used 311413 DC mould. Sight unseen, but when it arrived I found that this mould has no vent lines. It is an older Ideal mould and I own probably 12-15 Lyman/ Ideal moulds, but all the others have vent lines. Is this normal? It doesn't appear that it has been modified at all and the blocks do line up well - Thanks for any info - Bill L

[BCall]

Yes it is normal. I do not know when they started adding vent lines, but I have seen many without them. I have cast with a few that were flat faced like that, but prefer to have vent lines, so all of the older ones I had have been sold or traded off. The older Ideal molds that had the integral handles didn't have vent lines either.

[GLL]

Many of my older single cavity IDEAL moulds do not have vent lines ! They cast just fine ! :) :)

Jerry

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[Bret4207]

Perfectly normal and they work great.

[msp2640]

Thanks for the knowledge. As it turns out I found another Ideal mould without vent lines that I have, I just never noticed - Thank you all Bill L

[jbelder]

Yes it is normal. I do not know when they started adding vent lines, but I have seen many without them. I have cast with a few that were flat faced like that, but prefer to have vent lines, so all of the older ones I had have been sold or traded off. The older Ideal molds that had the integral handles didn't have vent lines either.

I think in the 50's sometime!

[GP100man]

I got that same mold with no vents , I find if I cant the mold a little it casts no different !

There`s alot of info on that boolit on this forum , do a search , to many to give links !!!!

That boolit works good in my 06 up to `bout 1700fps or so , It`s nick named the "squib boolit" .