My first mold- "Pennsylvania State Police bullet, Early 1940's"

[ThreeTwentySeven]

Well it was actually in a 20mm ammo can of molds that I got in a reloading/casting lot, but in all fairness it was the first one I picked up and looked at so I'm counting it as my first!

The Hensley and Gibbs site states "#49 - .38 S&W Special. 158 grains. "Pennsylvania State Police bullet." Plain base or bevel base, two rounded grease grooves, crimp groove, gently tapered rounded nose, with round-over to rounded meplat. "Early 1940""

It's marked GEO A HENSLEY like all his early stuff, and 49 (mold number) 358 (drop diameter) 158 (weight) but I'm sure you guys already know how they marked them. It came on a set of handles I'd like to know if are original but I can seem to be able to post pictures as it keeps saying "upload failed". Is that because I'm using a mobile device?

Anyways I thought it was pretty neat, does anyone have any additional info on this particular design?

[JimB..]

Very cool!

https://www.hensleygibbs.com/molds/49_1.jpg
https://www.hensleygibbs.com/casting/hgmoldchart.htm

[ThreeTwentySeven]

Well it will let me upload the ones of the mold but not the handles. Is the other picture too big?

[Barry54]

Yes. It’s likely too large to upload. All I use here is a mobile device. It’s hit and miss for me.

[txbirdman]

Try “cropping” the picture before uploading. That’s worked for me in the past.

[ThreeTwentySeven]

Turns out I just needed to crop it even more! Seems like the site likes the 1:1 format. So is there a way to ID the handles?

[rintinglen]

Neither of the H&G mold handles that I have are marked--both were attached to the mold when I bought them--hopefully one of the H&G aficionados will chime in and give us the straight skinny.

[Mk42gunner]

Those handles look an awful lot like a set that I have that I tentatively identified as H&G two cavity handles several years ago. Mine came on a set of Lyman two cavity blocks, and they are unmarked.

I don't remember if the four cavity handles that I owned for a short time were marked or not, but I don't think so. The only reason I sold the mold was that I didn't own a gun that could use the boolits.

Robert

[Gofaaast]

See below

[Gofaaast]

Those handles are close dimension wise but don’t match what’s on my 2 cavity H&G 43. My handles are stamped Hensley and Gibbs San Diego CA same size and font just as mould is stamped and have a hex nut and bolt.
I filed down a set of RCBS handles years ago to fit my first few H&G moulds before procuring any that came with handles.

[Bazoo]

Nice old mold. Congratulations!

[Forrest r]

Nice!!!
I use a cramer hp version of that bullet. Extremely accurate and hard hitting.

[Jack Stanley]

I would have liked to get that in a six cavity about thirty years ago . I don't shoot that much now to make it work .

Jack

[gwpercle]

Very Nice !
We caster's tend to fondly remember ... "Our First " ...
They hold a special place in our hearts ...
My first was a Herter's 358477 single cavity 150 gr. SWC , looked like it was made by Lyman for Herter's ...

Lets drink to ... First Mould's
Gary