Very cool. More details please, do you have a pic of the cavity?
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
- Albert Camus -
Oops, forgot to post them. Actually it is a lot different than what we see today. The blocks are narrower and have a slight, top to bottom taper. There are differences inside also. I have figured out a rough Ideal company history, but the tong tools and moulds are still new territory.
Ken
Thanks Ken!
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
- Albert Camus -
For a 100 ish year old mold, that is in really nice condition. Nice find. james
That looks like B. F. Wilder's semi-wadcutter, No.360271, the 150-grain version... that REALLY heavy base band kinda gives it away!
Very cool, and thanks for sharing!
nice post thanks ps box looks very goods as well
Hi Ken, Believe we had a couple of them a number of years ago, think they also were unused. They went to Tom Quigley in March of '98', I know it was then cause I just looked at the book he signed for us. Book is the "CARTRIDGE RELOADING TOOLS OF THE PAST", by Authors R.H.CHAMBERLAIN & TOM QUIGLEY. Had the opportunity to have a few chats with him at some of the cartridge shows we attended. Am sure you may have seen them at one time or another when you visited out west.
Swaneedb, I know TQ well, he even let me see his basement and all I can say is wow! And I thought I had a lot of stuff.
I will be seeing him next weekend in Denver at the Colorado Gun Collectors show. He really is a genuine nice guy. He is also one of the founding fathers of ARTCA.
Ken
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |