Old "Ideal" Molds

[BudRow]

A number of years ago I came across many old "Ideal" single cavity molds at a gun shop. Apparently the shop owner bought out a widow's husband's belongings. These are old world quality and I bought 7 of them @ $20 each. They are a dream to cast with and produce first class bullets. The molds were: 311281, 311284, 311467, 311413, 308334, 308291, 266469 and Dr. Hudson's 319273. I feel lucky to have them! Bud

[MT Gianni]

Lots of old time target shooters swore by one cavity molds and would mark the nose of them to correspond to a marked case. They could then index the bullets the same way each time. Nice find.

[OS OK]

Great find...but...if you ever decide to part with that 311467, I'll buy her sight unseen.

charlie

[Walks]

My Dad swore by them and I have several in .30cal and even more in pistol calibers.

I used to Dipper cast BP Projectiles. But I already have more RB's then I'll ever shoot.

So now about once a year, I break out those 1cav molds and cast up enough to load one box of ammo in each caliber I have a mold for.

[rcslotcar]

I always keep an eye out on Ebay for Ideal molds.

[WRideout]

I have a couple of old one cavity Ideal molds that I won't part with. It looks like you got the full range of known 30 cal molds that really work. Plus some others.

Wayne

[Teemu]

Nice! I also looking sometimes from eBay those old Ideal molds. Got 4-5 those and heck those cast's better than some my "new" molds. And checking from this site...
http://www.three-peaks.net/bullet_molds.htm

Some people ask insane price for molds on eBay and sometimes you get good deals.

[Good Cheer]

Yep, seems like ebay operates in the goofy zone of human behavior. If I see a mold of interest I post my bid and don't bother looking again, deleting the emails.

[Krag1902]

I have about fifty of the one piece Ideals incluing some real odd-balls, 3081-200, 308223 -200 and 170 gr., 308259, 308274, a 12 and 14 gauge RB, and a special order 10 gauge Fosbury bullet. I'm not sur if I collect them or not