A sadly now-departed friend of mine bequeathed me a bunch of his Stuff, and in the Mould box I found a dual-cavity Hensley&Gibbs No. 140. I was low on boolits for reloading .44 Special, so I got this one out and gave it a try. Depleted a 20-lb pot in less than an hour, which is pretty good for me, manipulating a hollow-point pin, particularly this one, which obviously requires heavy gloves to use.
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Anybody seen a H&G hollowpoint attachment like this before? All the point and base pins I've seen on their moulds have been the integral pillar types that slide out one side on two pins. This one has to be pulled out and reinserted a/la Lyman/Ideal. The position of the locating pins and holes on the mould might argue that the thing was set up for the hollow point pin in the first place; if aftermarket, I would think that they would be nearer the outside edges or lower corners, more in the way of the hole for the pin. The workmanship on the pin is right in there with that of the rest of the mould (if you disregard strict practicality; a wood knob would help), and I got a pile of good boolits out of the thing after a few warmup casts. Didn't need to tap the mould; they just shook out, at worst.
Now to fix gaschecks, size, lube and load. "Oh Quarantine were Paradise enow."