Shooting black powder using a 38-55 with a 1:18 twist … the old Ideal 375166 calculates to 17.65 twist factor. Who’s interested in a group buy for this old Ideal mold?
Background:
Don Miller did an excellent article for the Spring 2007 issue of
the Black Powder Cartridge news entitled …
A New Twist Rule Applied to Black Powder Rifles. In his very extensive calculation, he determined that the Ideal 375166 bullet has the best ballistics characteristics in a BPCR with a 1:18 twist
I contacted Lou Sellman, a Lyman mold distributor and asked him if he would contact Lyman Products to make a Special Run of the Ideal 375166 mold. He agreed to do it if there was a minimum order of 25 ... see the group buy poll and vote
Last year, Lou did a special run with Lyman for the old Ideal 457192 (45-70 and 45-75 caliber) mold. The cost was $65 plus shipping. Currently is working another special run for the Ideal 462560 mold
If you are interested purchasing the Ideal 457192 mold, he has a few left from the special run that Lyman made last year for a bunch of us
http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php...ic,17947.0.htmlsend Lou Sellman an email ...
customcastbullets@yahoo.com