Looking for Gang Mould

[Antelope Bill]

Does anyone know of a source for a gang mould? I am trying to put together a hands on display and demonstration in reguards to round ball casting. I would like a mould larger than 4. Thanks for any help.

 

[weirdjack]

Yup...Cannon Mike's!
http://www.users.qwest.net/~cannonmike/
Scroll down to the bottom of the page....there is a wonderful gang mold available in many configurations. They are $95 each.
I've been looking at getting one myself.
Jack

 

[Berk]

I have been at this game for awhile but have never came across the term normalized as used in relationship to the gang molds that cannon mike sells. Can someone enlighten me.

Berk

 

[CrackStock]

My guess is that he is reheating to relieve the stresses in the steel from machining the mould and then checking to make sure that the ball cavities are still round.

CS

 

[Gaze]

Yup...Cannon Mike's!
http://www.users.qwest.net/~cannonmike/
Scroll down to the bottom of the page....there is a wonderful gang mold available in many configurations. They are $95 each.
I've been looking at getting one myself.
Jack

:thanks: Very interesting. Can you use the holes on both sides of a gang mold at once?

 

[fluggies4]

Smiling Fox Forge has a four-gang mould for $39.00

https://secure.cros.net/smilingfox/details.asp?id=87

 

[CrackStock]

Actually, I do not know of a source for a period correct gang mould for more than 4 cavities. Lee, MEC and Magma had longer ones that throw 6 but these look modern.

I looked at a Bullet Castiing Site and got sources for molds:


Saeco > http://www.redding-reloading.com/pages/saecoprods.html
RCBS > http://www.rcbs.com/default.asp?menu=1&s1=4&s2=9
Lyman > http://www.lymanproducts.com/lymanproducts/casting.htm
Lee > http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/browse.cgi?1112042389.2719=/html/catalog/bullmol2.html
NEI Handtools, Inc > http://www.neihandtools.com/
LBT > http://www.leverguns.com/lbt/index.htm
Mountain Molds > http://www.mountainmolds.com/
http://www.ballisti-cast.com/Bullet%20Designs.htm
http://www.jt-bullet-moulds.co.uk/index.html
http://www.castpics.net/RandD/Mould%20Makers/Mould_Makers.html
http://www.castpics.net/RandD/Mould%20Makers/Mould_Makers.html

CS

 

[weirdjack]

It's a little hard to tell from the photo, but it looks like the Smiling Fox mold casts four different sizes of balls. The inner cavity looks a lot smaller then the outer cavity.
The text just says, "These molds were reproduced from original molds. These are great for doing demonstrations or for using them in your shooting bags. .610 .575 .533 .500". So is it four size balls from one mold then? That's what it appears to be.
I think I like the CannonMike molds. Since you have options on the size of the musket ball and shot cavities in the one gang mold.
Jack

 

[CrackStock]

Jack,

<<<it looks like the Smiling Fox mold casts four different sizes of balls. The inner cavity looks a lot smaller then the outer cavity.>>>

The Smiling Fox's mould's look more primitive, but the inside of the cavities look frosted. These would likely need to be cherried out larger in order to be of any use. At $39.00 that might not be so bad, but the $95.00 price at Canon Mike's looks pretty good for a finished quality product. You might need to do some metal work to ease the modern look.

CS