Mould designation please

Great site !!

429360 BW

what does the BW stand for ? Look around for awhile, nothing.

That may be a old Ideal brand mold.

Universally: "W" usually means 'Wadcutter'.

Stamped Lyman. An old Lyman perhaps ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/35555727929...3Avlp_homepage

Normally, “B” meant Base and “W” meant Wadcutter, but that doesn’t make a lot of sense here.

http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohland/Cast_B...nd%20pair%20ID.

How the heck did he get banned for these two posts?? :o

I know U means undersized, but I thought that the others didn't have any specific meanings.

Posted by floodgate in 2007;

We've had many posts on this; to summarize, a TWO-letter suffix right after the number identifies the outside vendor who made the cherry (usually a letter high in the alphabet, like V or X ) and the first indicates which in a series of cherries by the same vendor - e.g.; 357123BY (a "phoney" number used for example) would indicate that this was the second cherry made for Lyman by vendor "Y"). This is since sometime in the late '70's, I think. The "U" for "undesrsized" PREcedes the mould number - e.g.: U311414. A single suffix "S" can mean either "short" (i.e.; the cherry inserted less deeply into the blocks to give a shorter bullet) or "small" for an older .38 caliber bullet made to fit Colt 0.354-0.355" grooves vs. S & W's 0.357-0.358" - mostly in older "IDEAL"-marked Lyman moulds. Some combinations we have NEVER figured out (like the "A" in your 410459A)!

Thank you Larry for sharing that. I'll save it in my notes for future reference.