This display of bullet molds are mostly pre Civil War, 1840’s-1850’s. Most are very crudely made out of iron, but a few are brass, which was easier to work with. Since a lot of guns were hand made before the war, the gunsmith made a bullet mold to fit the gun he just made. Most of these are just round ball molds. There are a few conical bullet molds, but they are mostly for rifles. I will be posting a few of these hand made molds to show the different types of bullets they molded back then. Lead had to be melted, then very carefully poured into the hole in the top of the mold. After it cooled for a minute, you opened the mold and the bullet fell out. Very slow and hot process. But that is all they had back then.
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