Oldest mold you use?

[avogunner]

I've had my eye on an old Winchester 32-40 mold and it got me wondering.....

What's the oldest mold you still regularly use? and...for what gun?

[MT Gianni]

I am not sure as i bought them used. I have several Ideals in 30, 33 44 & 45.

[williamwaco]

I have a couple from the late '50's


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[RobS]

I've replaced and went custom so non of mine are very old. A few years now......maybe.

[fecmech]

I have a matched pair of H&G #39 (158 rn) 4 cav San Diego molds and a San Diego #50 4 cav so that puts them prior to about the mid 60's. All are still in use by me especially the 158 RN. It's an extremely accurate bullet that I shoot by the thousands. Bullets literally fall out of the mold when opened and culls are rare. Those molds really spoil a fellow!

[462]

A non-vented, single-cavity Ideal 308291, at least from the '50s, perhaps older.

A vented, two-cavity Ideal 266469, from the '60s.

[Iowa Fox]

Ideal/Barlow 456192

[longbow]

My oldest mould is a Lyman 0.690" round ball mould I bought used about 40 years ago.

[Harter66]

Ive two 5 digit Lyman RB moulds a 360 and a 454. IG 45366 (the correct no.escape me at the moment.)
Also a couple of 70s vintage Lyman Maxi's 45,50. The 54 Maxi is newer.

[Walter Laich]

using one my Dad got in mid-60's. Was used when he got it.
Lyman that throws 225gr RN for 45 auto--too lazy to walk to garage and get number off it

[27judge]

I bought a lyman 311291 new in 1961 I still use it today . great mold TKS KEN

[plainsman456]

Ideal 311-291.

Don't know how old but it sure casts sweet.

[DHurtig]

Ideal 358 439. It drops the sweetest little 156 grain hollow points.

[Wayne Smith]

I have a Winchester copy of the Lyman 311008 in a single cavity. I have no idea how old it is.

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

I have an Ideal 360344 single cavity that has no vent lines. My friend in Texas likes it for armadillo duty from his S&W in .38 S&W (not Special). Thank goodness he doesn't shoot a lot. Casting with a single cavity is trying after you get used to 4 and 6 cavity molds. Not "used to", but probably more like "spoilt by".

[rintinglen]

Either my 311-291 SC from the 40's-50's, or my 3C Cramer 16H from 50's would be my oldest molds that ever see use. I had a pre-war 2C Modern Bond copy of the 358-311 design, but it wandered off somewheres.

[Curlymaple42]

I just got to use two Winchester molds from the 1800's! They were from a local museum. One a 32cal and one a 38cal. Both lever gun molds. Pretty cool stuff!

[Jack Stanley]

I have a Ideal 358477 that has a channeled sprue plate that gets regular use . I don't know if it's older than the Cramer thirty caliber hollow point though , probably in the same era both make great bullets .

Jack

[RobS]

using one my Dad got in mid-60's. Was used when he got it.
Lyman that throws 225gr RN for 45 auto--too lazy to walk to garage and get number off it

Probably 452374

[Green Frog]

I have Ideal 319247 and 31952 moulds that are the style with the handles cast onto the blocks (or vice versa) that I used when I first started shooting 32-40s (and for some time thereafter) and would not feel seriously hindered if I were to go back to using these and a couple of other equally old moulds. If they are still in good shape, they will cast good bullets regardless of age. I really don't think they wear out!

Froggie