Identify this Boolit mold please

[vhaent]

81186New to this forum and looking to learn. I have this interesting 45ACP which is cast. Can anyone identify it?

steve

[badbob454]

havnt seen that one before , sorry ,.... but it looks cool/////////////////oh AND WELCOME!!!

[MtGun44]

Almost certainly it was swaged, it would be EXTREMELY difficult to cast, would need a multipart
mold. Never saw one in boolit casting, no way it was cast.

Bill

[462]

It's not a boolit, rather it's a multi-diameter Torx bit, made of lead to prevent over-tightening.

[Echd]

Shoot em at any rebellious screws that start popping out around you.

[longbow]

Actually, you can cast those. I made a 6 finned cylindrical pushout mould for a 12 ga. slug. The fins were made by slotting a piece of round bar then machining a cone into it so I had a finned tear drop shape:

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This is from a nose pour mould with an ejector pin in the bottom.

Having said that, I suspect those .45's are either die cast or swaged, and certainly not cast in a standard two piece mould ~ they would not release.

Longbow

[MtGun44]

Dang it, Longbow! that is impressive work. I know you CAN cast stuff like that, but
it is not easy to make a mold and it needs multiple pieces, lots of complexity.

I'm impressed that you can do it.

Bill

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

Actually, you can cast those. I made a 6 finned cylindrical pushout mould for a 12 ga. slug. The fins were made by slotting a piece of round bar then machining a cone into it so I had a finned tear drop shape:

81204

This is from a nose pour mould with an ejector pin in the bottom.

Having said that, I suspect those .45's are either die cast or swaged, and certainly not cast in a standard two piece mould ~ they would not release.

Longbow

How do they shoot in a smoothbore?