View Full Version : Can anyone name what mold this is? An old Ideal double cavity
Stopsign32v
08-29-2021, 11:27 AM
Never seen something like this before.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51409614182_7255584644_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mjTHdj)
StuBach
08-29-2021, 11:30 AM
What numbers are stamped on the side?
Looks like the cavities have brought cut line that’s not like ideals I have. Possibly a custom cut mold out of different blocks?
JonB_in_Glencoe
08-29-2021, 11:36 AM
the dual direction of the machining lines, make me think it's modified.
Maybe a paper-patch design?
358429
08-29-2021, 12:02 PM
No idea, does look interesting, like upside down crimp grooves.
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Kraschenbirn
08-29-2021, 12:18 PM
Doesn't look like anything catalogued in my oldest Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook. (#1, 2nd edition). Have never seen anything with a tapered lube groove so I also suspect that it's a rework of a different design.
Bill
Stopsign32v
08-29-2021, 02:03 PM
It is labeled as a 358432
Kraschenbirn
08-29-2021, 02:14 PM
Definitely a rework. According to my old(est) Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook, the 358432 is a 148 gr. .358 wadcutter with two grease grooves and a crimp groove.
Bill
sigep1764
08-29-2021, 02:15 PM
That is definitely a Bubba'd boolit mold. The 358432 is a button nose wadcutter and that aint it.
Buckshot
09-02-2021, 10:40 PM
..............From its overall appearance, and especially the drive band treatment, it appears like it may have been modified for use in a BP firearm. My guess would be a revolver.
..............Buckshot
Definitely not the WC mentioned.
323062 is what it looks like more than that http://three-peaks.net/Lyman_and_Ideal_Bullet_Molds.pdf
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