do you know where I can get a .451 ball mould in the old style like you use in the video? I have been to Dixie gun works and the only ones they have are the brass Kentucky style moulds that are .310 to .400. I would love to have a set like the ones you use. Thanks for the help and great video
@benjamindshoemaker First, is .451 your bore size or ball size? For instance, a .45 calibre can have a .453 bore size, but the ball it uses is .445. I am assuming you have a rifle not a smoothbore. Could you use a smaller ball size & make up for it with the patch material? Or Better still, if you have the right ball size, then go to Dixie's catalogue page Black Powder Reloading Supplies. Now look at " Moulds & Handles". These are in your size I believe. CONTINUED.
@benjamindshoemaker CONTINUED from below: I use one of these for buckshot. You may not have recognised it. It now looks like an original. I cut off the loops on the handles, & I trimmed off/squared off the head. These are not expensive & work very well. It does not have a sprue cutter, but you can use a Jack knife/cutters to trim the sprue.
do you know where I can get a .451 ball mould in the old style like you use in the video? I have been to Dixie gun works and the only ones they have are the brass Kentucky style moulds that are .310 to .400. I would love to have a set like the ones you use. Thanks for the help and great video
benjamindshoemaker 2 months ago
@benjamindshoemaker First, is .451 your bore size or ball size? For instance, a .45 calibre can have a .453 bore size, but the ball it uses is .445. I am assuming you have a rifle not a smoothbore. Could you use a smaller ball size & make up for it with the patch material? Or Better still, if you have the right ball size, then go to Dixie's catalogue page Black Powder Reloading Supplies. Now look at " Moulds & Handles". These are in your size I believe. CONTINUED.
historicaltrekking 2 months ago
@benjamindshoemaker CONTINUED from below: I use one of these for buckshot. You may not have recognised it. It now looks like an original. I cut off the loops on the handles, & I trimmed off/squared off the head. These are not expensive & work very well. It does not have a sprue cutter, but you can use a Jack knife/cutters to trim the sprue.
Let me know how you go.
Regards.
A Woodsrunner's Diary.
historicaltrekking 2 months ago
@benjamindshoemaker If I can help any further, contact me at: historicaltrekker@gmail.com
Regards.
historicaltrekking 2 months ago
I've been look all over the web for a round ball mould for a queen Ann Pistol.
entmage 1 year ago
@entmage I got my moulds from Dixie Gun Works in the US.
historicaltrekking 1 year ago