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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16802 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Darr mold Aug 24^th, 2022 at 2:21pm	Print Post
	Recently purchased a BW Darr Rolling Block rifle, and it's in .35-40 caliber. Along with the rifle is a Ideal .308 caliber mold, which has a Darr label attached to one handle, and has been recut to .35 caliber. The bullet in the mold measures .358" base band, with all other bands being .357". It casts a 243 gr. bullet, but unknown what the mix is on the bullet in this mold. I understand Barry often recut old molds when making new molds for his barrels? This mold has what looks like a piece of scrap steel used to close off the nose end due to the long length of the bullet. Hoping some here have seen some older Darr molds recut, and give input on the plate added to seal off the nose, or other comments? The barrel is dated 12-10-75, so likely that's when the mold was also done. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Darr mold Reply #1 - Aug 26^th, 2022 at 11:47am	Print Post
	Vall Barry did re-cut several bullet moulds and I used to have a few. That plate on the bottom of your mould is just a single fixed in place. Hoch used a connected swinging bottom and top plate and Barry's is just a single fixed fixed in place. The bullet you described is also the same bullet as Barry also used in his 35-40. Several years back I opened up a baseband on a 32-40 Darr mould for you. I could be mistaken but it might be one of those that he might have also re-cut and then stamped. Some were name stamped and some he just inscribed his name on and he liked to use Lyman blocks. This being long before he went to work for Saeco and was still living back east and where he started making barrels. This he started doing soon after he returned from his second tour in Vietnam. If memory serves me right he made his first barrel when he was 21. Not exactly sure when he started re-cutting Lyman moulds to also go with his barrels.
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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16802 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Darr mold Reply #2 - Aug 26^th, 2022 at 3:48pm	Print Post
	Thanks John. Not sure when Barry returned from military duty, but I thought he was born around 1948 or that period? So this rifle, barrel, and mold being Dec. 10, 1975 must have been from his early years after returning home. The mold you opened up was a Saeco.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16802 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Darr mold Reply #3 - Aug 27^th, 2022 at 9:42am	Print Post
	Bringing this back up since it did the mysterious disappearance like posts do here.

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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Darr mold Reply #4 - Aug 27^th, 2022 at 1:56pm	Print Post
	You are very welcome Vall and I truly do apologize for being an Ass in the past. I truly do value our past friendship and hopefully we can now re-establish it.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16802 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Darr mold Reply #5 - Aug 27^th, 2022 at 7:06pm	Print Post
	JLouis wrote on Aug 27^th, 2022 at 1:56pm: You are very welcome Vall and I truly do apologize for being an Ass in the past. I truly do value our past friendship and hopefully we can now re-establish it. Water under the bridge John. We're good.

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