question on vintage ideal ballard mold

[hornsurgeon]

i found this in a box of stuff i bought from a guy. it's and ideal 458 504 mold, but i can;t find anything on the number. below the number is t. ballard. it's a hollow point 45cal gas checked rifle bullet, looks like the gould bullet. i think it is a custom mold by tom ballard. it's in very good condition. does this seem right? what might this be worth? anyone have any info?

thanks

[NoZombies]

The 500 series of cherries were dedicated to custom molds, but that's as much as I know. Some of the other bullets in the 500 series were the Harvey ProtX designs.

[hornsurgeon]

Thanks. Anyone else?

[Catshooter]

Man, where oh where are the pics !?! Please show us this mould, it sounds very interesting.


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[hornsurgeon]

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq253/hornsurgeon/IMG_0383.jpg

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq253/hornsurgeon/IMG_0382.jpg

[hornsurgeon]

looks like a gould boolit to me, maybe a predicessor or improvement?

[NoZombies]

Okay, some more insight:

The 4 in the 458 is an overstamping of the original 3. As in 358 504, which was a Harvey Prot-x hollow point mold.

I would assume the name stamped below was the guy who re-cut the mold to the new cavity.

This can't be a predecessor to the Gould bullet, as the 358-504 was developed some 50 +/- years later. Could well be an improvement though.

Hope that helps.

[Catshooter]

I agree completely with NoZombies. In addition, it looks to be a gas check mould. Nice pics!

Wanna sell it? :)


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[hornsurgeon]

I did.notice the overstamping. Ill have to cast a few with this to get measurements.

Cat - everything is for sale.for.the right price.

[Catshooter]

Isn't that the truth.


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