Antique Mold help identify

[Doug-the-Plug]

picked up this little beauty. It measures just over .5 inch so Im thinking it may be a .58 cal? No idea..When I get batteries for my micrometer I'll get a better measurement. No # stamps just letters.

 

[mooncoon]

I am guessing it is for a 50-70

cheers mooncoon

 

[green]

Looks similar in profile to 54 cal Burnside
Dia .557"
L .81"
Wt 389 gr

 

[polaris]

I have no idea what it is, but I know these handles will become unbelievably hot while casting.

 

[firstson]

You would need welding gloves to use that mold. Not sure they would keep the heat off for long.

 

[mark222]

I have one that looks very similar, but it has a mold for a round ball included as well.

 

[Doug-the-Plug]

I found out its civil war for the Smith Gallagher carbine. And its worth a few bucks

 

[WRENCHGOD]

Nice find. I'm thinking back then they didn't care as much about the quality of the projectile and didn't heat the moulds as much. That or they were way tougher than what my pansy hands can handle. LOL

 

[jethunter]

Nice find. I'm thinking back then they didn't care as much about the quality of the projectile and didn't heat the moulds as much. That or they were way tougher than what my pansy hands can handle. LOL

Lead has to be +600F to flow.... the mold is going to be 300F after 10 pours. So I'm assuming they had handles of some sort for that mold - wooden or wet rags, or something.

 

[WRENCHGOD]

That or they cold poured them and cooled them in between pours and dealt with a really crappie ball. That may also be why the advantage of the chewed ball.

 

[jethunter]

That or they cold poured them and cooled them in between pours and dealt with a really crappie ball. That may also be why the advantage of the chewed ball. 

Maybe but people in those days didn't have time to waste like we do, especially the kind of people who poured their own musket balls. Cooling the mold down to the point you could handle it after every pour would take all day to cast 20 balls. I expect they used something to insulate the handles.

 

[musketjon]

I found out its civil war for the Smith Gallagher carbine. And its worth a few bucks

No such thing as a Smith Gallagher. It is either for a Smith, or a Gallagher. They are not one and the same. My guess is Smith.
Jon