Years Ago my Dad produced and sold bullet molds ...

Jim Taylor
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 08:54 (1929 days ago)

They were for his "Slip-In" practice bullets.. full wadcutter, light for the caliber, intended for short-range and aerial practice shooting.

Designed almost like a heel bullet, once your cases were fired in your sixgun you never needed to size or crimp them. The reloading sequence was simply: deprime ... prime .. add powder .. seat the bullet by thumb pressure and then shoot it.

Case life was indefinite since there was no sizing, neck expanding or crimping. He had one .44 Special case he had logged over 1200 shots with.

Cleaning out the safe I ran across a couple of his "Pocket Reloading Kits." All you need to add to these is a punch to deprime, a pair of pliers to hold the mold while casting, and a powder scoop of the correct size for the caliber.

.38/.357 Kit
Bullet Mold
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Priming Tool
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.44 Kit
Mold and Priming Tool Combined
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Neat!

Russell Cottle
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 09:12 (1929 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

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Fascinating -- what fun!

backroadsrambler
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 09:24 (1929 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

Thanks very much for sharing them with us Jim! :o)

If you get the chance Jim, would you...

backroadsrambler
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 09:32 (1929 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

please post a picture of one of the bullets? Thank you!

YOUR DAD WAS SO RESOURCFUL! I

JT
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 09:40 (1929 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

STILL HAVE SOME OF THESE MOLDS.

Boy! That is so inspiring!

WB
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 10:05 (1929 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

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wow

LYNN
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 10:46 (1929 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

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Bullets

Jim Taylor
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 11:37 (1929 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

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The bullet was designed to just slip into the cartridge and be seated by finger pressure. The larger diameter front band made it necessary to use a cartridge slightly shorter than normal, as the band on the bullet was against the cylinder throat. This acted like a crimp and kept the loads from "pooping" ... it allowed them to build normal pressure just the same as if it were crimped.

in .357 used a .38 Special case
in .38 special used a .38 Long Colt case
in .44 Magnum used .44 Special case
in .44 Special used .44 Russian case
in .45 Colt cases were trimmed .120" or so.

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Thank you very much Jim !

backroadsrambler
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Monday, May 03, 2021, 14:32 (1929 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

Really appreciate the 'Rest of the Story' Sir... =O)

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