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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: gerspee on August 11, 2016, 08:21:31 am
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Presented to me as a hippies neck ornament but it's a stone bullet mould . But I think it's old and it's only side off the mould . Would like to know age and made by who . So who has any idea or link to more off them ? Thanks
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A "stone bullet mould", ...... huh?
Does that mean the "bullet" mold is made of stone and used for making round lead "shot" of different bore sizes ....... or the "bullet" mold is made of metal and used for making round stone "shot" of different bore sizes? ;D ;D ;D ;D
Gerspee, now I could be wrong , but I really don't think that item was made to be used for "molding" bullets or lead "shot".
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Your first explanation off the mould is the right one . And it is one part off the mould . A similar part but then reversed is put on this part and then secured . After that you bring the melted lead in to the canals that lead to the bullet size you need . So clever multifunctional tool but then from some age by the look off it . The outer design looks because off the geometric like a South or Native American influence .
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https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=stone%20musket%20ball%20mold
Not Native American,,never heard of them using musket balls !! Maybe the link will help !!
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Gerspee, I am familiar with “molds”, be they cookie molds, plastic injection molds, fishing “sinker” molds, bullet molds, decorative food molds, silver/gold jewelry molds, plaster-of-Paris molds, etc.
Some fishing “sinker” molds are made so that one can “cast” different or multiple “size/shape/weight” lead sinkers at the same time ….. because the same fisherman uses different or multiple “size/shape/weight” lead sinkers during the same fishing day and/or on different fishing days.
But now, bullet molds are a different “animal” ….. due to the fact that each “black powder” gun owner also owned a bullet mold for casting a “bullet” or multiple “bullets” of the same caliber … as the caliber of the gun he owned.
Now all Native American Indian tribes had one or two “flint-nappers” that produced multiple types of “flint” projectile points, etc., for the bows n’ arrows and spears owned by other members of said tribe.
But now, the early (1400 to 1800) Europeans or European Americans did not have one or two “bullet-molders” that produced multiple types (calibers) of “lead” projectile points, etc., for all the different caliber pistols and rifles that were owned by other members/residents of their village, town or locale.
But now iffen your item is an actual “bullet mold” …. then my guess is that it was “specific” for producing ……. “grapeshot”, ….. to wit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapeshot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapeshot)
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I am no expert on shot molds, but I have certainly used butter and candle molds. Molds usually have one pouring spout. If your object is a mold that you are pouring hot lead into it has spouts on all sides seems extremely dangerous.
PeLady
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If you look closely to the mould you see that every size has his one pouring spout and only the small ones have it for seven bullets . So nothing comes out off the others if you use one :D Maybe Dutch but with open eyes 8)
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Can you please given the dimensions of the piece? From your best guess what is it made of?
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Just measured it and it's 7.5 cm wide en 1 1/5 cm thick . Looks to me like a soapstone :D
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Just measured it and it's 7.5 cm wide en 1 1/5 cm thick . Looks to me like a soapstone :D
You said it is 7.5 cm wide and is 1 1/5 cm thick .
Did you really mean that it is 1.2 cm thick?
If so, then it is 3 inches in diameter and ½ (0.47) inch thick.
Holding onto that mold ……. when pouring liquid lead …. could be a problem. ;D ;D
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Don't think kit would be that hot . Lead has a low melting point and the stone is able to cool it down in not even a minute . So I think you're able to hold the mould with putting in the melted lead without any pain ;D
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Original-Excavated-American-Revolutionary-War-of-1812-Musket-Balls-3-Buckshot-/282131782651
Could make a few of these !!
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Don't think kit would be that hot . Lead has a low melting point and the stone is able to cool it down in not even a minute . So I think you're able to hold the mould with putting in the melted lead without any pain ;D
Gerspee,
Would you be willing to hold that bullet "mold" in your hand(s) while I am pouring the melted lead into one (1) of those little pour "holes" ... with the temperature of the lead being a mite higher than 621.5°F (327.5°C)?
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Just tested the one part I have with a gas burner and the stone is not taken the heat very quick so yes I would be able to hold the stone if I had the other part and melted lead could be pouring in . By the time the stone gets to hot the lead is already in a hard condition. The stone is also responsible for the quick cooling off the lead off course .We Dutch are unafraid off anything ;D
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Cogar, at the same time we don't know what the other side of that mold looks like and how it could be held.
This one has me scratching my head with so many sizes....
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There's a similar mould on the wiki page for musket.
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This one has me scratching my head with so many sizes....
;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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What was the musket used on ships with the wider muzzle ?? Can`t remember what its called but it had a short barrel and was meant to keep pirates from boarding a ship !! You loaded it with multiple size balls or nails or rocks or whatever you could get in the barrel !! So when fired it would scatter broadly !! Like a sawed off shotgun !! Scattergun !!
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I believe blunderbuss is the term you might be looking for Mart.
PeLady
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Thats it Pelady !! Thanks !! I had brain fog trying to think of what it was called !!
I was thinking that this mold would be perfect for those guns !! Maybe the ones from that mold would have been enough for one load !! I mean its not like you would get a second shot and they needed it to get as many pirates as possible !!