More old molds

[jmace57]

Here is the second post. These are some additional molds, that I would be interested in the value/history if anyone has any insight. Many thanks.

These molds are unmarked, other that the 4 on the left being stamped with a 44H. (I have heard the H may be for horse?) The one on the right appears to be the same, but unmarked and in a smaller diameter. These are all conical cavities (if that's the correct way to say it).

63830

The second mold is all brass. A 4 bullet mold in a large caliber. I see no markings of any kind.

63831

The last is a really big, heavy 6 bullet mold. It is stamped US and 69/100 on the side.

63832

63833

[MtGun44]

69/100 would be diam. .69 cal I think. Not sure about the holes in the bottom.
Never saw that before. Must be some sort of a plug, perhaps for HPing, but that
was not common in the day of those ancient molds.

These could be pretty valuable to a collector. The .69 could be from early
1800s or older, although that is odd, too - about 1850s they went to the
conical Minie' bullet ("minie ball") with a hollow base to expand in a
rifled musket. Before that, conicals were pretty much not used, bullets
were spheres as a rule.

The 44H could be for .44 Henry, but it was a rimfire, so not reloadable,
but maybe this was for factory use. Maybe there were nose pins and
the H was for hollowpoint. Don't think it was common then, tho.

Sorry, I am purely guessing, no experience with these and they do not
fit my knowledge well at all. .69 cal was a common military musket ball
size, but I don't think that conicals were much in use. Later as rifling came
in, the calibers were reduced to .58 usually, then smaller.

Bill

[runfiverun]

the 4 cavity looks like it is a nose pour hollow base minie ball type mold.
the 6 cavity looks be the same thing.
you'd have to have a hollow base plug made for either of them.
after you pour them you nip off the sprue from the nose with a litte set of pliers
called nippers.