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What Is It For
Sep 23rd, 2019 at 7:08pm
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A friend just dropped this off anyone happen to know what it might used fore. The diameter appears to be around .548 and could possibly be for a slug gun I really do not have a clue. I also don't have any use for it and the bottom plate also seems to be missing of which I could easily replace if it was just meant to being flat. Might have also been made to cast a hollow base bullet and the Mould blocks appear to have been made by David Mos and also not ever being used?

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Re: What Is It For
Reply #1 - Sep 23rd, 2019 at 7:18pm
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I once had a Sharps carbine that used a bullet similar to that, only that the bullet had a hollow base. I would assume that there might be a plug that would somehow fit in the bottom, so that it would cast a hollow base bullet.  Tongue
  
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Definite: Base plate AND base plug assembly is missing.
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Reply #3 - Sep 23rd, 2019 at 9:19pm
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54 minie' ball missing base plug.use in sharps. 54 in place of the ringtail design
  
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Reply #4 - Sep 24th, 2019 at 11:58am
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the mould blocks look like BORTON  &  DARR
Barry was working on a large calbier mould when we broke up????
  
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Reply #5 - Sep 24th, 2019 at 4:46pm
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542622 This is a 54 caliber Minie designed for maximum loads in rifles with 1/48" twists and .540" bores 425 gr. Minie   ...  with mising plate & plug
  
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Reply #6 - Sep 24th, 2019 at 8:22pm
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If someone can show me what the bottom plate looks like? I am pretty confident that I can make it so the mould can become useful to someone that might be possibly in need.
  
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Reply #7 - Sep 24th, 2019 at 8:51pm
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Hi John,

Here's a picture of a complete mould for a Minie Bullet.

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