Snagged a rare mold - 05/20/23
In the 1890's, gallery shooting with Service rifles on Army and National Guard bases was a means to provide low cost shooting for recruit indoctrination, and indoor rifle practice during inclement weather. Also, some posts didn't have range capacity for long range high power shooting. Their approach: .30 caliber roundballs loaded into spent cartridge cases. De-re prime, charge with a pinch of pistol powder, stuff a cardboard wad in case mouth, stuff a .30 roundball in on top of it.
This mold was made at Frankford Arsenal, 1895 (marked as such) for that purpose. Five roundball cavities, brass and steel construction. I swear it's never seen molten lead. Can't wait to give it a whirl, thinking of 4-5 grains Bullseye should make the Krags happy.
I already had the tool to manage the case prep, another Frankford Arsenal gem:
This mold was made at Frankford Arsenal, 1895 (marked as such) for that purpose. Five roundball cavities, brass and steel construction. I swear it's never seen molten lead. Can't wait to give it a whirl, thinking of 4-5 grains Bullseye should make the Krags happy.
I already had the tool to manage the case prep, another Frankford Arsenal gem: