Recently I picked up a NOS Lyman 4-cavity .451 mould. To the best of my recollection this is the first 4-cav Lyman round-ball mould I've seen. Is it somewhat unusual to find these?
Recently I picked up a NOS Lyman 4-cavity .451 mould. To the best of my recollection this is the first 4-cav Lyman round-ball mould I've seen. Is it somewhat unusual to find these?
Hi LeadHead.
Lyman made them in a lot of sizes from .300 - .498. I don't have my list handy, but I think I have 15 different sizes.
Jeff
I meant 4-cav round-ball moulds in general, not just the .451. Seems like the vast majority of the ones I see are either 1 or 2 cav.
I have two different round ball moulds for my 44 cal..434 and .438 ,I think i gave somewhere around 60.00 or so they were unused when I received them. I think the 4 cavity mould is fairly common.
I have picked up several Lyman 4 cavity round ball moulds over the years, currently have the following sizes
.235, .323, .375, .433, .440, .457, .490
J Wisner
Thanks, guys.
Yeah, that's what I have.
.300, .319, .323, .340, .350, .360, .375, .380, .395, .400, .429, .440, .445, .451, .457, .490, .495.
Looks like it's 17
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