Who made challenger molds? Were they made by Rapine? Very similar. Not much info to be found.
Who made challenger molds? Were they made by Rapine? Very similar. Not much info to be found.
Anyone?
Have never come across challenger molds .
I have looked in my older Handloader's Digest Books ...1995 to 1972
Rapine Molds are shown , an extensive line but can find no refence to Challenger Bullet Molds , either by itself or with Rapine .
Do you have a year that it was made in ?
Do you have photo's of the mold ... they might help with ID also .
Gary
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Says it comes with the original box, not pictured. I think it's kind of reminiscent of the TC molds I've handled. Haven't heard of challenger molds other than this thread and the one I linked above.
I have few Challenger molds. They're good quality.
And I haven't a clue who made them.
An old post on another forum said Challenger was the precursor to Rapine. I have a Challenger .45 minie mold but the box doesn’t give any makers info.
The one harm linked to certainly looks like a Rapine to me.
Robert
Thanks. Trying to send pictures. Have a few in the box. The scrolling on the handles are almost exact to Rapine. Have numbers on blocks but not marked other than that.
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 |