Ideal mold #266 454

[dgribble]

Need information on mold I got at an estate sell.its an ideal mold #266 454 .would like to know what cal. And what bullet can be used in.

[454PB]

Lyman (and the older Ideal) moulds are numbered such that the first three digits indicate caliber (diameter). The numbers you listed don't appear on this site: http://www.three-peaks.net/bullet_molds.htm

Are you sure it's not 266 455?

[blpenn66502]

It is 100 grain gas check mould for the family of 6.5mm cartridges.

[BCall]

I have a 266 454. It is an odd one as I have not seen it listed on any of Lyman's charts. The 454 number is usually listed with a 257 mold.

My 266454 weighs around 100-105 gr if I remember correctly. Lighter than the 266455. It's almost like someone took a 257454 which weighs around 95 gr or so, and made it fatter for the 6.5mm. Mine casts closer to .268 though and I have only shot it in a 6.5 Carcano where it did a fair job.

[J..]

#266454 appears to be a Loverin-styled bullet:
70994

My fairly extensive listings of Ideal/Lyman moulds do not show the cherry #454 being used for anything else. I believe there is a bit of confusion here because there was a very similar looking bullet in .25 caliber using cherry #464.
7099570996

[BCall]

Lyman Cast bullet handbook no 1 and no 2 clearly lists a Lyman 257464 but no 266454. I did however locate a 266454 in Lyman handbook no 39 and 40 after taking a second look.

I have had both a 257454 and a 266454. It seems it is a cherry number that Lyman has seen fit to use twice.

[dgribble]

Thanks for the information,now what to do with them.heres a pic. Of the mold if I can get this to work

[dgribble]

71025

[dgribble]

71026

[dgribble]

Now I know it's a 6.5 may have to buy a carcano or 6.5 Swedish rifle

[rintinglen]

Pass on the Guinea, you need the Swede!

For what it's worth, I've seen one other of these molds similarly marked. I almost bought it, thinking it was a mis-marked 257-mold, but was saved from having to buy a gun to cover up my mistake when the Man at the table who was offering it for sale assured me it was a 6.5 boolit that he had been loading in a Jap rifle. I went crazy when I got home looking for that mold in my Lyman 2nd Edition.

[CENTEX BILL]

dgribble:

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Bill