Common practice ?

[Maggiesdrawers]

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I got this mold in trade with some others and although it is destined for the classified section i would like to know it's origin.

The number on the block is 356402 which as far as i can find comes back to a 9mm mold.

This mold cast's .362 and about 212 - 214 gr. with w.w.

So my question is, would it be within reason to assume that this is a paper patch mold that was milled from a 9mm mold ?

[Le Loup Solitaire]

There is no question that the mold numbered 356402 was and still is a 9mm mold made by Lyman. It was a truncated conical nose design so someone did indeed recut the cavities for whatever it is now. LLS

[fecmech]

I think someone took a drill bit to your 356402 mold.

[I'll Make Mine]

I'd guess, based on the "bullet" shape, that it was repurposed to cast cores for swaging.

[Maggiesdrawers]

Yea that sure is what it looks like. what a bummer, i would've liked to have had the 9mm mold.
Instead i got the "drill bit" mold.

[I'll Make Mine]

Given the weight, I'd guess they were intended as cores for a .44 or .45 swaging project. Too heavy for a 10 mm/.40/.41 handgun, they'd be around 230+ with jackets -- on the heavy end of .44 Mag or .45 Colt, or the light end of .444 or .45-70.

[Maggiesdrawers]

I think you're probably right. When i got this stuff there was several Corbin swaging dies in with it and one of them was a .44 die.
I sold them here but don't remember who ended up with that one.

[stubshaft]

Gonna need some of Waksupi's Loob Grooves to shoot that one.lol

[Bad Water Bill]

Them puppies ain't never going to work in my Browning Hi power.:bigsmyl2:

[Cerberus62]

Might make an interesting project base for a paper patched .375 bullet.

[Slow Elk 45/70]

Don't dispare ,:twisted: you have a "one of a kind" Ventage/Antique mold that you can sell on Flea Bay for enough $$ to buy your self a brand new mold[smilie=1: