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Twenty-Two Bullet Moulds Mostly For Percussion Rifles, And Two Gang Moulds19th Century And Later
26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,000 inc. premium
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Twenty-Two Bullet Moulds Mostly For Percussion Rifles, And Two Gang Moulds
19th Century And Later
19th Century And Later
Mostly of brass, hinged together and made for casting conical and spherical bullets, the first with head stamped 'G.H. Daw's Improved Mould G32', steel sprue-cutter, and later turned swelling wooden handle; another with depth adjuster, one arm stamped '577' and 'T.H. Clarkson.'; another, similar, one arm stamped 'Reilly Oxford St. London Reilly'; another; another (depth adjuster missing), one arm stamped 'No.16'; another, similar (sprune-cutter replaced), one arm stamped '500'; another without depth adjuster, one arm stamped '450'; another, one arm stamped '450', '480' and '.445'; another, stamped '80'; another, stamped 'No. 140'; two others each of steel, one with wooden handles; another for casting a conical and a spherical bullet, the sprune-cutter stamped 'No. 20'; three revolver moulds of similar form to the last, one stamped 'Colt's Patent' and '90'; a steel Winchester mould stamped with manufacturer's details on one side and '44 W.C.F. Pat. Oct. 20 1874. Nov. 782' on the other (some rust patination); two modern moulds; two sets of bullet mould blocks, one set in original cardboard box; and four various adjusters each with swelling wooden handle (one damaged); the gang moulds each of brass, hinged together and comprising one for casting twenty-two spherical bullets of two sizes, and another for casting six spherical bullets (steel sprune-cutter replaced) (24)
13 cm. to 34.2 cm.
13 cm. to 34.2 cm.