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.22-5-40 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 774 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2010	Winchester Bullet Moulds Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 1:39pm	Print Post
	I picked up a VERY nice Winchester mould in .32 WCF. It looks to be unused. When did Winchester stop manufacturing bullet moulds? Thanks.


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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: Winchester Bullet Moulds Reply #1 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 2:37pm	Print Post
	Can't say for certain, as we have no idea how long the moulds may have been kept as unadvertised overrun inventory. But the last WRA catalog I see offering the moulds is in Catalogue No. 79 from 1914, which also happens to be the last edition that shows the Winchester Model 1894 Reloading tool. Maybe the Great War put an end to the production of those particular products.

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 7142 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Winchester Bullet Moulds Reply #2 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 3:47pm	Print Post
	That's great information, Brian. Winchester must have made a ton of molds. They are very common on Ebay but, there is very little varity in their molds. Kinda boring for a collector. Frank

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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: Winchester Bullet Moulds Reply #3 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 4:29pm	Print Post
	Frank, Agree with your observation. I have a few WRA moulds that I picked up along the way... a 32 WCF (Ideal #3118 equivalent), a 25-20 WCF (Ideal 25720 86gr equivalent), and a 22 WCF (Ideal #228151 equivalent). They all cast well.

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3491 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Winchester Bullet Moulds Reply #4 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 6:16pm	Print Post
	I have four of 'em and have cast with two. Both were on the small side for me. The .32-165 is virtually new, and while skinny, it's a beautiful casting. The 185 gr. version is not as pristine, and casts a good bullet, but with a little fining if the alloy gets very hot. You know, where I like to cast? The little taper on the ends is odd, but doesn't seem to keep them from fair shooting. Only fair. I read somewhere they made 'em until 1919, but have no idea where that info was gained by the author. Fits with the end being around WW1 though.


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craigd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2037 Location: midwest Joined: Feb 22^nd, 2009	Re: Winchester Bullet Moulds Reply #5 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 6:42pm	Print Post
	That reminds me to fiddle with a loose sprue plate on one that I have. It casts .379", good for the original 38-55. I thought they were made a good bit later, but I guess, not bad for a hundred something years old.


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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3491 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Winchester Bullet Moulds Reply #6 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 8:36pm	Print Post
	To those who can use the bullets they cast, the molds are a pleasure to cast with. Easy to heat, light in weight and a comfortable size. If there were more variety...... like Frank says, the selection is dull. The sprue plate needs to be gotten used to, being shaped different than most of us are used to.


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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 3914 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Winchester Bullet Moulds Reply #7 - Jul 23^rd, 2016 at 3:57pm	Print Post
	I only have two Winchester bullet moulds. The 32-40 mould I've had for years works well and looks better with my Winchester 1894 tool. The 32 WCF mould was acquired fairly recently to go with the Winchester tong tool I happened onto in somebody's junk box at a gun show. I've never used the 32-20 set, but could... it's even got the decapping spud with it. Froggie


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2802 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Winchester Bullet Moulds Reply #8 - Jul 25^th, 2016 at 10:48pm	Print Post
	I have two, also. One is a .32-185, casts about .321. The other is marked .35-56 and casts a 255 grain traditional flat based bullet about .378. I like the walnut handles.


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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 3914 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Winchester Bullet Moulds Reply #9 - Jul 26^th, 2016 at 10:40am	Print Post
	In the Roberts book on breech loading single shot rifles, the observation was repeatedly made that he favored the small block moulds such as the Winchester moulds mentioned as well as the older Ideal moulds. He said that the later, larger moulds were much less desirable. I am not as strong in my preference as he apparently was. Froggie


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