I thought you guys would enjoy seeing this older DGW bullet mold. It casts a .575 ingot for the 58 caliber rifled muskets. I could only get 20 bullets cast before it got too hot to handle. Darn thing dropped a usable bullet on the first cast!
With rifle in hand, I confidently go forth into the darkness.
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I like! I see some wood handles in your future. Glenn
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I think the ones already cast will last me the rest of my life. They are pretty chunky and off center. Probably be best in a slingshot or in my canvas tote as an emergency mold in case the yanks come south again!
With rifle in hand, I confidently go forth into the darkness.
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".... in case the yanks come south again!"
Of all the things there are to worry about.....
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I have a couple of those for round balls. I have thought about sawing the loop off the handle and turning out some wood handles but I don't use them much. I did make a wood clamp to hold the balls so I could saw the sprue off with a small back saw.
Old Turner made those back when proper molds were hard or impossible to find. Maybe not perfect but you could shoot that old rifle.
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I found them for $20 on Lodgewood Mfg.
I can't wait to throw some ingots downrange!
With rifle in hand, I confidently go forth into the darkness.
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Comparing these bullets to my British 1862 Enfield cartridges is like night and day.
With rifle in hand, I confidently go forth into the darkness.
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Turner bought hair straighteners and had them converted to bullet molds early on, that's what that is . Later my uncle Royland made a simple but better mold for him to sell like the ones he included with the rifles he built.
Grumpy Old Man With A Gun......Do Not Touch .
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