Mould designation please

[cast_on]

Great site !!

429360 BW

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

[Winger Ed.]

That may be a old Ideal brand mold.

Universally: "W" usually means 'Wadcutter'.

[cast_on]

Stamped Lyman. An old Lyman perhaps ?

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

[HWooldridge]

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.

[35 Rem]

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

[Bazoo]

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

[Larry Gibson]

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)!

[Bazoo]

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