What is the Himmelwright design good for?

[Marlin Junky]

And, can they be used in airguns (I'm thinking about buying a 9mm air rifle).

MJ

[Edubya]

Do you have a Himmelwright mould in 9mm? I've only seen one of the Himmelwright boolits and it was a .430. I guess that one could use a .357wc and modify it slightly (putting the point in it).
From what I understand, they were designed and praised before the SWC.

EW

[Whistler]

The Himmelwright is an early design of what became the wadcutter, meant to punch nice clean holes in paper. It looks kind of like a semi-wadcutter (SWC) but that one actually came later.

[nighthunter]

I think it is something like the hindlick maneuver.

[Marlin Junky]

Do you have a Himmelwright mould in 9mm? I've only seen one of the Himmelwright boolits and it was a .430. I guess that one could use a .357wc and modify it slightly (putting the point in it).
From what I understand, they were designed and praised before the SWC.

EW

Don't have one, but know where to find them:

http://www.brp.castpics.net/P1.html

MJ

P.S. The 112 grain boolit is the one I'm wondering about for airgun application.

[GLL]

Here is the original IDEAL 429220 .44 Himmelwright on the left
http://www.fototime.com/012CB546A301996/standard.jpg

http://www.fototime.com/A4E76F5E9A89CAE/standard.jpg

Glen Fryxell photo !
http://www.fototime.com/3D877AFC23EA576/standard.jpg

http://www.fototime.com/FE05F29184E079A/standard.jpg


This mould was a custom .44 with crimp groove made for me by BRP
http://www.fototime.com/4F0E3D8190C5690/standard.jpg

This is another custom .38 from BRP
http://www.fototime.com/991C675AE741DE7/standard.jpg

Both of the custom BRP moulds are now part of the standard catalog offering.

Jerry