Harter66
02-28-2018, 05:49 PM
Yep that what bubba me done .
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That's what I got . Lifting scale on the sprue plate side and enough rust as to make a positive ID as in reading the name and number impossible . In fact to a novice mould hunter like me the only hint was the sprue plate , it is the only one I've seen in person .
Nope note telling what I paid . But I could flip it , double my money , the next guy could too and still be it the low end of the market .
4 hours in Evaporust , a Chore Boy on the outside , 0000 steel wool on the faces and some cold blue . It doesn't look too bad .
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When one aquires such a unique piece of equipment in such unloved condition one must check it out . Besides I didn't feel like a spritz of Remoil was enough and I wanted an excuse to not be in front of the TV on a snow day . I warmed it on the hot plate while the pot came up to temp . It's so long and tall that the hood had to come off . The small pistol alloy loaded pot didn't last long , about 5 pours is all . No matter though the last pour was 8 perfect bullets the first 2 pours just went back in the pot because habits . This mould is pretty high mileage . You can see the alignment pin hole wear that's it . That's all the service damage there is . Okay there's a peened edge roll on the long hinge edge of the sprue plate I can't account for too . The handles are twisted from the sprue plate being hammered open which is why the alignment pin hole is buggered up .
How'd it cast ?
1 @ .455 , 1@.4535 , 6@ .454. 1@191.2 , 6@ 191.5 and 1@ 192 gr .
I guess I can live with that from an #130 that is supposed to be a 452-185 that a half a century old .
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That's what I got . Lifting scale on the sprue plate side and enough rust as to make a positive ID as in reading the name and number impossible . In fact to a novice mould hunter like me the only hint was the sprue plate , it is the only one I've seen in person .
Nope note telling what I paid . But I could flip it , double my money , the next guy could too and still be it the low end of the market .
4 hours in Evaporust , a Chore Boy on the outside , 0000 steel wool on the faces and some cold blue . It doesn't look too bad .
215427
215428
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When one aquires such a unique piece of equipment in such unloved condition one must check it out . Besides I didn't feel like a spritz of Remoil was enough and I wanted an excuse to not be in front of the TV on a snow day . I warmed it on the hot plate while the pot came up to temp . It's so long and tall that the hood had to come off . The small pistol alloy loaded pot didn't last long , about 5 pours is all . No matter though the last pour was 8 perfect bullets the first 2 pours just went back in the pot because habits . This mould is pretty high mileage . You can see the alignment pin hole wear that's it . That's all the service damage there is . Okay there's a peened edge roll on the long hinge edge of the sprue plate I can't account for too . The handles are twisted from the sprue plate being hammered open which is why the alignment pin hole is buggered up .
How'd it cast ?
1 @ .455 , 1@.4535 , 6@ .454. 1@191.2 , 6@ 191.5 and 1@ 192 gr .
I guess I can live with that from an #130 that is supposed to be a 452-185 that a half a century old .