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Author Topic: What size round ball mold?  (Read 6174 times)

Offline B. Miller

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« Reply #15 on: August 10, 2009, 07:42:01 PM »
Here is the web page for the custom brass molds should you decide to go that route.
http://www.jt-bullet-moulds.co.uk/

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wwpete52

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« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2009, 11:26:45 PM »
I'm going to order one of those Tanner molds from England.
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Offline ridjrunr

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« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2009, 12:27:41 AM »
Great imfo threehawks,Thanx !!
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« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2009, 07:08:54 AM »
I bought one of those gauges that you stick in the muzzle to determine gauge and caliber. The best I can tell it is a 16 gauge. The other side of the gauge is .65 caliber. Should I order a .640 or .635 mold? I don't know if a .648 mold what make a round that is too tight for my fowler or not. I want to use a patch.
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« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2009, 06:40:07 PM »
Pete, you might want to actually try some balls before you spring for a mould. Track sells .610 and .648, but nothing else in between in lots of 25. You might find other sources. Folks here may tell you who they are. I usually buy or "borrow" some balls when deciding on a mould for a new gun. Saves expensive experimentin'.
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Offline hankaye

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« Reply #20 on: September 01, 2009, 02:46:44 PM »
Personaly, I liked whay one of the fellers said at the beggining and that was to measure the I.D. of the barrel. I know ya used a gauge, that's it, it's simply a gauge. I think they ment for you to use an inside micrometer to see what measures EXACTLY. Then you will KNOW what the I.D. truly is. I think (FWIW), that a gauge is only used to determine a neighborhood. Whereas a measuring tool will set it right in your lap.
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