View Full Version : I hit the Hensley and Gibbs Jackpot!
boatswainsmate
04-10-2021, 12:01 PM
Hello All,
I hit the jackpot at a local gun show today! I got these 4 Hensley & Gibbs molds with handles for 40 dollars a piece! Thanks for looking and any comments. {NFS} Boats
https://i.ibb.co/941Jp6y/DSCN5655.jpg (https://ibb.co/xgBy2Wz)
45DUDE
04-10-2021, 12:11 PM
I will take the third one down for $100 shipped.[smilie=p: The person that owned them is probably turning over.
boatswainsmate
04-10-2021, 12:25 PM
I will take the third one down for $100 shipped.[smilie=p: The person that owned them is probably turning over.
Sorry. Nothing is for sale at the moment.
dverna
04-10-2021, 12:31 PM
You stole them...may God have mercy on you...LOL
Wheelguns 1961
04-10-2021, 12:46 PM
They appear to be in great shape! Hardly used.
OS OK
04-10-2021, 12:53 PM
You'll prolly have to run them at an angle under a bottom pour Lee and them buggers are heavy, heavy, heavy but us men don't complain about that! :bigsmyl2:
Absolutely a great find...be prepared though....Ole'St.Peter is going to bring this theft up when you try to get in the pearly Gates!
jsizemore
04-10-2021, 01:26 PM
Is that 9mm on the bottom? #115 or 331?
376Steyr
04-10-2021, 01:38 PM
A Rowel bottom-pour ladle is your friend for filling these up.
boatswainsmate
04-10-2021, 04:59 PM
Is that 9mm on the bottom? #115 or 331?
It's a 331.
Mk42gunner
04-10-2021, 08:52 PM
Gee Whiz Boats, you got a deal.
Robert
AZ Pete
04-10-2021, 08:55 PM
wow, great find
Bull-Moose
04-10-2021, 09:19 PM
Nice score.
Bottom pour with some sort of support or you will get unhappy in short time but you flat stole them so put up with a little pain.
rcslotcar
04-11-2021, 12:34 AM
You got 4 molds for the price of 1, congrats!!!!!
Winger Ed.
04-11-2021, 02:53 AM
As Darth Vader would say, "Impressive".
GregLaROCHE
04-11-2021, 09:25 AM
Sometimes you just get lucky.
green mountain boy
04-11-2021, 09:49 AM
it is pretty hard typing when i am drooling all over the keyboard !
John Boy
04-11-2021, 11:17 AM
For those prices, the seller has to be a dumb, blind non caster that cleaned out his grandpa’s reloading room after the ladies in the family screamed ... Get that stuff out of here
lightman
04-11-2021, 07:54 PM
Nice Score! You're going to enjoy casting with those.
Joel Chavez
04-11-2021, 10:43 PM
A police report for Grand Theft Mould has been made........
Texasflyboy
04-17-2021, 03:33 PM
It's a 331.
#331 in my opinion, is the 9mm Lead Round Nose perfected. The previous design was #115 until Wayne Gibbs thickened the front leading band for better headspacing with the 9mm case. After redesigning it, he retired design #115.
IMHO that 10 cavity #331 is worth $600 to $700. First 10 cavity #331 I've ever seen.
Tom
Ural Driver
04-17-2021, 03:41 PM
Sweet!
boatswainsmate
04-17-2021, 05:05 PM
#331 in my opinion, is the 9mm Lead Round Nose perfected. The previous design was #115 until Wayne Gibbs thickened the front leading band for better headspacing with the 9mm case. After redesigning it, he retired design #115.
IMHO that 10 cavity #331 is worth $600 to $700. First 10 cavity #331 I've ever seen.
Tom
Thanks for the information.
boatswainsmate
04-17-2021, 05:05 PM
Thanks for all reply's and comments. Happy Casting! Boats
Taterhead
04-18-2021, 03:07 PM
Wow, just wow. What a treasure. You did really well. Congratulations!
3006guns
04-18-2021, 06:47 PM
You got 4 molds for the price of 1, congrats!!!!!
You're kidding, right? Just ONE of those molds should sell for between $150-$200.........IF you can find one!
FISH4BUGS
04-19-2021, 09:11 AM
#331 in my opinion, is the 9mm Lead Round Nose perfected. The previous design was #115 until Wayne Gibbs thickened the front leading band for better headspacing with the 9mm case. After redesigning it, he retired design #115.
IMHO that 10 cavity #331 is worth $600 to $700. First 10 cavity #331 I've ever seen.
Tom
I started casting last might with my 6 cavity #331. I do these manic casting sessions that go for evening after evening for a few days, load up a few thousand 9mm and have some inventory for a while. Been burning up a fair amount of 9mm these days.
That IS the first 10 cavity #331 I have seen also. A rare bird indeed.
FISH4BUGS
04-19-2021, 09:14 AM
Hello All,
I hit the jackpot at a local gun show today! I got these 4 Hensley & Gibbs molds with handles for 40 dollars a piece! Thanks for looking and any comments. {NFS} Boats
https://i.ibb.co/941Jp6y/DSCN5655.jpg (https://ibb.co/xgBy2Wz)
That, my fellow caster, is a once-in-a-lifetime find. You should be ashamed of yourself. :)
Is the top one a #503 or #51? I would guess #51? Not sure there would be enough real estate for a 10 cavity # 503.
boatswainsmate
04-19-2021, 04:40 PM
That, my fellow caster, is a once-in-a-lifetime find. You should be ashamed of yourself. :)
Is the top one a #503 or #51? I would guess #51? Not sure there would be enough real estate for a 10 cavity # 503.
The top mold is a 290 BB.
ddixie884
04-27-2021, 07:39 PM
That, my fellow caster, is a once-in-a-lifetime find. You should be ashamed of yourself. :)
Is the top one a #503 or #51? I would guess #51? Not sure there would be enough real estate for a 10 cavity # 503.
In my opinion a 10 cavity #503 would only have 8 cavities. I could be wrong.........
FISH4BUGS
04-28-2021, 10:20 AM
In my opinion a 10 cavity #503 would only have 8 cavities. I could be wrong.........
I think you are right. There just isn't enough real estate there to put in 10 cavities.
My 6 cavity #503 sure pumps out a lot of bullets, and drains a pot quickly.
My go-to mould for 44's.
Texasflyboy
05-08-2021, 06:36 AM
In my opinion a 10 cavity #503 would only have 8 cavities. I could be wrong.........
You are correct. 10 cavity molds stop at .358"-361". Over that size you could only order 8 cavity.
smithnframe
05-08-2021, 07:29 AM
Want to double your money?
Three44s
05-08-2021, 09:10 AM
Well I would say your “ship has sailed in”!
Three44s
alamogunr
05-08-2021, 10:32 AM
I've got a 6 cavity #50 mold and I have to say that it is too heavy for me to cast the same way I cast with the 4 cavity. I would have had to pass these up knowing that I couldn't handle them. Getting old has it's drawbacks(understatement).
Even if the OP never uses them, his retirement fund just got a boost. Quite an investment.
lightman
05-08-2021, 02:14 PM
I will take the third one down for $100 shipped.[smilie=p: The person that owned them is probably turning over.
Maybe not. He might like knowing that another caster that will use and appreciate them now has them.
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