Lyman 515141 bullet mold?

[James Beardsley]

Is this mold for metallic cartridge or can it be used in a muzzle loader? Thanks, James

 

[deerstalkert]

metallic, but could work paper patched.

 

[nkbj]

Yup. Double wrap and size .219" diameter for the .52 bore with 38" long barrel (aka "Navarone").

 

[nkbj]

By the way, I have also swaged fifty rifle mold bullets down to .499" for a .50 bore Green Mountain LRH barrel. Fill the grooves with lube before sizing (a trick from the 1974 book "The ABC's of Reloading") and while not perfect the resulting bullets are usable.

 

[James Beardsley]

Can I size it down enough to use in a .50 cal. muzzle loader?

 

[deerstalkert]

you would lose most of the lube grooves but yes you could. just be sure it's dead soft lead.
it casts at .512 so if you went to .499 you will rub out most of the driving bands and lube grooves.

 

[dave951]

It works well in an 1858 Smith but that's a cartridge gun. If you size it down enough to fit a muzzleloader, as stated, the lube grooves will pretty much be gone.