great grouping Mark and liked the period dress . *LIKED* another educational and fun video pard.

Just ordered your mold. I'm pretty excited about receiving it. It really help you didna video with you bullet. Thx

Fantastic group!

I have one of the molds can’t wait to try them out.

That second pointed bullet looks just like the shape of the Colt blue dome in Hartford.

Just ordered one of these mounds . Very anxious to try these bullets out .

compliments to your dress clothes tailor. Great interesting historical information that provides alternatives for utilization in todays black powder shooting. Thank you

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

5 жыл бұрын

Larry, thanks for the kind words. My tailor is myself. I make most of the costuming that I wear.

Outstanding. Looking forward to this mold.

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

6 жыл бұрын

Hugh, I am almost sold out already. I will be reordering soon.

Thank you for sharing this video

Wow, very nice. Looks like a bit of recoil too. Didn't realize that ball was that heavy.

Hi Mark! Love your molds, use both I bought every other week. Thanks for a good video. Greetings from Sweden ❄️☃️☃️❄️ It’s Minus 15 degrees celsius here now and it will get colder...

@markhubbs1964

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Thomas!

Maybe you ll know. I recently received a Pedersoli Colt steel ..44 mould. It casts an elongated ball that looks v e r y similar to this 'Richmond' type. Also, I recently received a brass sprueless .31 Colt style mold. It casts a v e r y small elongated of the 'Richmond' type. I recently went to the range with all my Colts and these types outperfomed all the other cast balls from the various Colt molds. I also fire this type from the Liege Derringer from Pedersoli. It r e a l l y likes this Richmond style elongated.

Would you do a vid on the important differences between the bullet the Savage Navy required vs. other contemporary designs? I think it would be most interesting for your subscriber base...

I als have one of the Dow and Johnston molds.

Good video Mark.

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Donald!

How about doing a test on that125 grain .36 Colt bullet. It shoots great in my Pietta . Thanks for your work in making these bullets available and the videos.

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bunk! I shoot the .36 Colt in several of my other videos.

Will it load in 1858 pietta? Or do I have to modify the plunger?

They are authoritative. Make sure you use lead from a reliable source it really does need to be pure lead. Antimony alloy will make loading difficult. Fit my Pietta navy easily.

Will it work in pietta 1858 .36 cal? Without modifying it. The loading lever sits close to the cylinder.

When you pushed it out, it looked like a semi wadcutter.

Very very interesting. Do you plan to test the penetration, that would be interesting as well.

Hey Mark.....great vid. After pushing thechambered bullet out, did you happen to try to push it through the barrel to see how much rifling engagement there is? If soft lead, it should buckup into the rifling, pretty well.

@hardlylivin6602

Жыл бұрын

I recently bought one of these molds, and I'll do some testing of my own when I get some bullets cast, and the time to shoot. But short answer should be ......yes. Since the chambers should be a larger diameter than the bore, the round should be squeezed down nice and tight into the grooves.

Nice vid.. good looking..... I love your vest.. did you make it?

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

6 жыл бұрын

Doug, I make 90% of what I wear from Medieval up through the 19th Century. As is common when ones ages, when costuming is left in the closet for too long it tends to shrink, as is the case of this coat and vest :)

Which company do you think is better pietta or uberti im asking this because pietta makes stocks for their revolers and is a major selling point to me

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

6 жыл бұрын

Ben, both are fine guns and will serve you well. especially the newer Piettas. Either choice will be good. I personally prefer Ubertis because I think the fit and finish is a better and they try to hide their modern markings as much as they can. Pietta puts big "Black Powder" and Company marking down the side of their barrels, which I find unsightly. However, about 1/3 of my collection are Pietta made.

Since the nose of this bullet is more rounded than the colt, will a pietta plunger mash it is bad as it will a Colt?

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

4 жыл бұрын

I think the .36 Colt will be your best bet. Since it has a smaller diameter it will take less pressure to load it, hence less blunting of the nose of the bullet. Even with a severely blunted nose, the accuracy will not be significantly affected. Thanks!

Oh. I didn t ask the question,- Are these Pedersoli molds that cast these elongated balls of this design by intent? What else could they be? Just wondering what s going on there.

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

5 жыл бұрын

Geffrey, sorry for the delay in responding. The conical bullet in the Colt style molds that are often in cased sets is any early Colt "sugar loaf" style bullet. Those were the norm from the early 1850s till about 1860 or so. However, the reproduction molds typically cast a bullet that is shorter than the original and smaller in diameter. As a result they sometimes will not give a proper seal in the chamber.

Do you sell finished bullets or just the molds?

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I only sell the molds. There are some folks who sell cast bullets made from my molds off and on, but it is not a consistently offered service. Thanks for your message.

Is this mold still available ?

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

5 жыл бұрын

Sir, Yes it is. I received a new shipment a few weeks ago. Here is a link to my website information and to my Bonanza Sales booth where you can order. All my molds are $65 post paid for US delivery. Thanks! erasgonebullets.webstarts.com/36_cal_richmond_laboratory.html www.bonanza.com/listings/CSA-Richmond-Laboratories-36-cal-Bullet-Mold/663333233

Hey Mark, what is that coat? Is it modified Union sack coat or specific civilian pattern? Where did you get.

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

4 ай бұрын

That is a civilian sack coat. I made that suit many years ago. I used to make just about all of my reenactment clothing. I've lightened up and pay others to do it more often these days!

I have a few hundred of these and the accuracy has been terrible at 12yards. I think it could be my loading lever crushing the nose.

Was there any modifications made it the loading area. Just wondering.

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

5 жыл бұрын

The only .36 that I have encountered that needed modification for this bullet is the Pietta Spiller & Burr. And that one is the easiest one to fix. Because of the long heal, and how it fits low into the chamber, it will go into all of the other .36 revolvers we have tried. As I mention in the video, the bullet needs to be cast of the purest lead, as it takes more effort than most .36 bullets to load into the chamber.

@jeremygunslinger1948

5 жыл бұрын

@@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400 the softest lead I can get around me is roofing lead.

@markhubbs1964

5 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Gunslinger roofing lead is typically pure, soft lead

@jeremygunslinger1948

5 жыл бұрын

@@markhubbs1964 I get some tin out of it

I just got a Uberti 1858 new army, you have any conical molds for it?

@MEHubbs

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, go to my website. You will see all of the molds that I offer. The .44 Johnston & Dow is the best for your Uberti. I also have several video shooting that bullet. Thanks! www.erasgonebullets.webstarts.com

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

5 жыл бұрын

Buck, or should we call you "Naked?" :) For the Uberti 1858 .44 I recommend our Johnston & Dow mold. If it is the .36 version, the Richmond Labs or the Colt Cartridge Works .36 will suit you well.

@independentthinker8930

5 жыл бұрын

@@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400 call me either, believe me, two divorces, I've been calledworse!!! LOL THANKS

What did you use for bullet lube?

@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400

5 жыл бұрын

I use a bees wax and tallow mixture. For over the bullet lube, I use roughly 3 parts wax and one part tallow. When I dip lube bullets I use 8 parts wax and one part tallow.

@johngalt6929

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark!

I wouldn't doubt that that bullet was a bit smaller then it ended up being when you measured it, I wonder if you had found some that weren't corroded they may measure a ways smaller, .005 on each side worth of corrosion I dont find to be beyond imagination at all.

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Does anyone know what he said? I couldn't hear him for the background shooting. lol, have to admit, I can't tell who he looks more like, my son-in-law or my brother.

I'm aiming at the Algorithm

You need to speak up a lot louder and when the shooting is going on if you got to have a red underneath you to hear you for someone's got to get closer something to them like did you ever drowned out so much out of it. You may want to redo this whole video and speak up or get closer to the microphone because I had a turn my phone up all the way and hold it to my ear just to hear you good and I've got really good hearing