.32 Roundball Mould

[eka]

I just ordered a .32 cal. barrel from Green Mountain with a roundball twist. Who makes a mould for this diameter. I saw the Lee .330, does that work? I didn't see one listed from Lyman or RCBS.

Thanks,

Keith

[ktw]

I would think you'd want something in the range of .310-.320 for a 32 caliber ball. Lee has a .311.

-ktw

[fishhawk]

the lee .311 is what i have used in my .32 and it has worked well i have recently found a lyman .311 RB mould and am useing that now the lyman is no longer in production

[Powderpacker]

The RB's from both of the LEE .311 molds (1 cav & 2 cav) work great in my .32 cals with patches made from 'pillow tick material' from Walmart .

[eka]

Thanks for the quick reply guys. Sounds like the Lee .311 it is and the Wal-Mart pillow ticking is what I have been using with good success. I guess I'd had a really fun time trying to stuff that .330 down the tube. :mrgreen: I guess that's what a man gets for trying to think, post, and eat lunch at the same time. :-D

Keith

[R.M.]

One of the sizes of buckshot works pretty well so I hear, and is a whole heap cheaper.

[mooman76]

Lee also makes a .319 so you could go with .319 and a thin patch or .311 and a thicker patch. I would probubly go with the .311, that's what I use in mine. If you go to Green maountains web site thay probubly say what they recomend!

[Saint]

Anybody know where I can get a .310 mould for a .31 smoothbore pocket derringer.

[StrawHat]

Anybody know where I can get a .310 mould for a .31 smoothbore pocket derringer.

Dixie Gun Works used to have them.

[StrawHat]

One of the sizes of buckshot works pretty well so I hear, and is a whole heap cheaper.

I tried to use buckshot in my 32 flint and it worked after a fashion. Not as accurate as cast balls in my rifle.

You might have better luck or maybe not.

One of the bullet companies used to offer round balls for muzzle loaders. You might try them if casting doesn't work out for you.

[Ohio Rusty]

Hornady makes a .310 swaged round ball in the little red boxes. (100 to a box).
If you can find some #1 buckshot, I think that size is .300 in diameter. You don't have to buy a whole bag, just find a few shells and dump out the buckshot. Heck, a box of 25 shells has enough buckshot for several years of shooting. I have the Blue Ridge flinter in .32 and I have found the .310's are just right for my barrel with pillow ticking.
Ohio Rusty

[SPRINGFIELDM141972]

I use 22 grains by volume of 2f (yes I meant 2f), a small wad of wasp nest over powder, a .310 ball, and Irish linen lubed with 50/40/10 lard-beeswax-kerosene as my patch. I like the IL because it tends to bunch up more uniformly around the perimeter of the ball, where as pillow ticking is so stiff that it wants to bunch up on one side and push the RB out of centerline of the bore. I have found that my accuracy improved dramatically with this combination. I can hold a minute of squirrel head out to 65 yds with no wind and off a rest.

Regards,
Everett

[AllanD]

I use an old lyman four cavity buckshot mould that makes better round balls (and a heck of a lot faster) than the Lyman .315" RB mould I bought a couple of days before I found the four cavity 0-Buckshot mould at a gunshow.

But I was making balls for my 31cal remington pocket model percussion revolver.

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[TCLouis]

I always wash new pillow ticking in the washing machine complete with soap.

It removes the starch or whatever it is they use for sizing compound and makes it comform better when I short seat the ball for trimming.

[Lumpie]

I always wash new pillow ticking in the washing machine complete with soap.

It removes the starch or whatever it is they use for sizing compound and makes it comform better when I short seat the ball for trimming.I have a 25 lb. bag of cast balls for 32. They mea, .323 Iwill sell you the bag for 35.00 shipped. Carl

[Newtire]

The larger size .319 roundball mould I have works for the cap & ball pocket revolvers but is too big for my .32 Crockett rifle. I use a .310" ball in that rifle.

Your mileage may vary but not by that much if we are talking modern repro's here.

[swathdiver]

One thing not mentioned in this ancient thread is that with rifle barrels, one is looking for a ball that is under the barrel's land diameter. With a cap and ball pistol, one is looking for a ball that is ideally, just over the groove diameter.

[Tackleberry41]

May want to look at sharpshooter buck molds. The 0 buck is .311.

[Newtire]

May want to look at sharpshooter buck molds. The 0 buck is .311.might want to check with a few people who have used the sharpshooter mould.
My vote goes to the Lee 6-cavity. I can honestly turn out more useable balls with a 2-cavity Lee than with the sharpshooter mould. I have both- but then that's just my .02 Anymore, Hornady round balls are all I use in my .32.

[Squeeze]

Edit: didn't realize this was an old post