Odd old Ideal mold

[beezapilot]

Cleaning out my dads shop and found another odd bit- Ideal mold 42498 210 drops a .426 bullet that weighs in at 205gr.

Too small for most of the .44's that I have listed in the manuals that I have- but, of course, they are newer.

What would this have cast for?

[alleyoop]

41 Mag ?

[101VooDoo]

44-40.

[dondiego]

43 Spanish?

[bedbugbilly]

Unless I'm reading my Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook wrong - it would be too small for a 44/40.

[beezapilot]

That's what I got too, just on the small size for 44-40...
I was wondering about some of the old 44's - not that there are many older than 44-40...
Looked too at the 38-40, oversized for that.
interesting.

[dondiego]

10.1 mm

[101VooDoo]

Ideal 1897 catalog lists the 42498 as “This is the regular .44-40 bullet for Winchester, Marlin and Colt’s rifles and pistols.”

Price was $1.10.

Mold sizes used to be set to match the groove diameter of a particular caliber. Oversized boolits and even sizing was frowned upon up into the 50's and 60's.

The modern method of +.001 or +.002 over bore came way after this mold was made.

166788

[beezapilot]

Thank you! That's good info!

[1Hawkeye]

It's the same as Lyman 427098 which is the newer number for that mold. It's the old style.44-40 205 gr bullet.