Great site !!
429360 BW
what does the BW stand for ? Look around for awhile, nothing.
Great site !!
429360 BW
what does the BW stand for ? Look around for awhile, nothing.
That may be a old Ideal brand mold.
Universally: "W" usually means 'Wadcutter'.
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
Stamped Lyman. An old Lyman perhaps ?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/35555727929...3Avlp_homepage
Normally, “B” meant Base and “W” meant Wadcutter, but that doesn’t make a lot of sense here.
http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohland/Cast_B...nd%20pair%20ID.
How the heck did he get banned for these two posts??
I know U means undersized, but I thought that the others didn't have any specific meanings.
Posted by floodgate in 2007;
We've had many posts on this; to summarize, a TWO-letter suffix right after the number identifies the outside vendor who made the cherry (usually a letter high in the alphabet, like V or X ) and the first indicates which in a series of cherries by the same vendor - e.g.; 357123BY (a "phoney" number used for example) would indicate that this was the second cherry made for Lyman by vendor "Y"). This is since sometime in the late '70's, I think. The "U" for "undesrsized" PREcedes the mould number - e.g.: U311414. A single suffix "S" can mean either "short" (i.e.; the cherry inserted less deeply into the blocks to give a shorter bullet) or "small" for an older .38 caliber bullet made to fit Colt 0.354-0.355" grooves vs. S & W's 0.357-0.358" - mostly in older "IDEAL"-marked Lyman moulds. Some combinations we have NEVER figured out (like the "A" in your 410459A)!
Larry Gibson
“Deficient observation is merely a form of ignorance and responsible for the many morbid notions and foolish ideas prevailing.”
― Nikola Tesla
Thank you Larry for sharing that. I'll save it in my notes for future reference.
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 |