One really big bullet, Anyone know what it is?

fiver

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looks like left hand on one side and right hand on the other...LOL
plus rifling usually presses down in the center.
 

xsiv4s

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Sometimes a snarky answer is all you need to do a bit of research. I attended both of the Bob Hayley auctions and had a chance to talk with the banker handling the probate. The auctions included very few guns, most of them were picked up by the NRA at what was appraised to be a 1.23 million dollar collection, which included a Gatling gun and a cannon. I called a couple of his neighbors who were at the auction and they could not tell me much, one thought the cannon might be a Hughes? I did a little looking and there was a 1.5" Hughes breech-loading cannon made. I don't know for sure this is what he had, but it would make sense.


 

358156 hp

At large, whereabouts unknown.
I didn't realize it came from Bob Haleys stuff or I never would have suggested it was a cap. All of Bobs stuff had to do with obsolete ammo in some flavor or another.
 

xsiv4s

Member
I didn't realize it came from Bob Haleys stuff or I never would have suggested it was a cap. All of Bobs stuff had to do with obsolete ammo in some flavor or another.
Yup, he did like the strange stuff. The picture below was every tool he needed to reform Velodog brass into centerfire 14 Jones (There was a rimfire and a centerfire 14 Jones version). I also have his custom mold that makes 4 tiny little bullets that were used in different versions of his 14 Jones ammo. I've never seen a bullet mold like it, 2 bullet types are poured from the top side of the mold and 2 from the bottom with sprue plates on both ends.
 

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klw

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I found this when I was looking through a very old box of bullets and at first, I thought it was a 4 gauge slug but the dimensions are too big (Nearly 1.5 inches at the band). Does anyone have a clue what it belongs to?
Cast Bullet Engineering makes some REALLY big shotgun slug molds. You might want to look and see if they have anything like this.
 

JustJim

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I've never seen a bullet mold like it, 2 bullet types are poured from the top side of the mold and 2 from the bottom with sprue plates on both ends.
I'll go you one better for weirdness. I used to have a Lyman "double 4" mould. (That's what the Lyman receipt called it--the original purchaser had it all in the box with the mould. The new mould.)

IIRC the "top" was cut for 429421, 42798, a really cool WC like the one Grinnel called a "flying oil drum", and 454424. The "bottom" was cut for 357 bullets: 358156, Keith's SWC, a full wadcutter, and the classical 158 RN. Cherry #s were stamped on the sides like a billboard.
 

klw

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That would have been really interesting. To bad you did not take a picture of it. I know that occasionally Lyman would make an unusual mold but I think that that was very rare. Maybe you should email them and ask.
 

358156 hp

At large, whereabouts unknown.
I'll go you one better for weirdness. I used to have a Lyman "double 4" mould. (That's what the Lyman receipt called it--the original purchaser had it all in the box with the mould. The new mould.)

IIRC the "top" was cut for 429421, 42798, a really cool WC like the one Grinnel called a "flying oil drum", and 454424. The "bottom" was cut for 357 bullets: 358156, Keith's SWC, a full wadcutter, and the classical 158 RN. Cherry #s were stamped on the sides like a billboard.
There was a guy on Auction Arms with a similar 45 ACP mould. 4 cavities, one 452374, one 452460, one 452488, and one 452389. I wanted it, but couldn't justify the purchase price at the time. Now I feel deprived. I think Lyman also did a 4 cavity set for the Thompson Center Collectors as well at one point.
 

Foo

Active Member
I'll ask my wife what it is. It looks like the same size she chased me and my girlfriend out of the bedroom with last week!!