Rifle44RCBS 37-25-FN, RCBS 35-200-FN, RCBS 30-150-CM, Lyman 33889 Rifle45The big HP shown is for blowing up water filled pumpkins! The cup point pins tips are meant for hunting bigger game. Rifle46One mold with extra HP pins allows casting several different style HP's. Customer performed a nice job removing gas check from one cavity before sending it to Bullet Mold Service for a HP conversion of the other cavity. Rifle47RCBS 257-120-SP with enlarged meplat and large HP meant for use on vermin. Opposite end of pin has a cup point end for medium game hunting use. HP should now be about a 112 grain bullet. Rifle48Lyman 287405 HP with extra pin with cup-point and flat point tips. Rifle49RCBS 308-165-SIL Increased meplat to .250 to customers specifications for tube magazine rifle use with soft alloys at reduced speed. Should be an excellent close range deer-in-the-flower-beds bullet for quiet yet very effective soft alloy loads. Rifle50Old West brand brass mold had been damaged by a misaligned and offset homemade HP attempt. Mold nicely repaired by properly centering and boring to a larger HP pin size. Rifle51NEI 311 155 GC Modified for the same use as the RCBS 308-165-SIL shown above. Rifle52Lyman 311291 Rifle53Lyman 311291 supplied with a hollow point, cup point and a flat point pin end. Interchangeable pins allow three different style bullets from one mold. Rifle54Lyman 311291 SC HP with shorter pin for less nose weight loss on impact. Rifle55Ideal 311316 Rifle56Ideal 311359 HP This bullet was altered to a large hollow point for high powered air rifle use cast in pure lead. Rifle57Lyman 311467 Loverin design supplied with a 60 and 82 degree cup point pins, a flat point pin, and a standard rifle HP tip on reversable pin end inside knob assembly. Nice setup with cup points for controlled expansion to allow big game hunting and a bigger HP for smaller critters. Nose altered from semi-spitzer to a .1562" meplat for more frontal area for hunting. Rifle58Lyman 358315 HP. Rifle59Ideal 358318 with two HP pin sizes. Also included with this mold were a cup point and flat point pin ends. Mold was modified to a larger meplat. Rifle60Ideal 375248 HP. Rifle61Lyman 311041 Rifle62Lyman Ideal 311410 Rifle63Ideal 311413 Rifle64Lyman Ideal 311465 Rifle66Lyman 257420 and 225438 HP with pins for explosive expansion. Rifle67Lyman 225438 22 HP's cast easy and are very explosive on impact. Modified to HP these lose only a few grains in weight but gain explosive expansion and some claim improved accuracy as well. Rifle68Lyman 225438 HP Rifle69Ideal 225415 HP Rifle70Lyman 225415DC 48 grain. Sage rat special (Beldings ground squirrell). Talk about bang flop! Nothing explodes like a sage rat hit with a high velocity thin nosed hollow point cast bullet. HP modification removed less than 4 grains from bullet weight, weighs 44.5 grains without lube or GC. Rifle71Lyman 225415DC 55 grain. HP pin tip centered between the lube grooves. This one should really come apart on impact! Rifle72Another Lyman 225425 48gn HP, other end of HP pin has a cup point profile. Two different bullet profiles from one cavity. Rifle73Lyman 225462 with two pins allows four different bullet profiles from one mold cavity. Included are three HP sizes along with the installed cup point. Rifle74Ideal 403149 A 330 grain bullet for a .40-50 Sharps straight on a Contender for wild piggies. Rifle75RCBS 40-300-CSA. This mold is used for a blackpowder rifle. In past use the unaltered soft lead bullet did not expand so I modified the mold to provide a large hollow point cavity for deer sized game at the lower blackpowder velocities and an enlarged meplat flat point pin for the tougher critters. If you look closely you will notice that the altered cavity has about a 20% larger diameter meplat than the unaltered cavity. Rifle76RCBS 30-180 FN Rifle77Saeco 30 cal with extra pin set, mold has two HP profiles, cup point, and a flat or no pin end (inside handle set). Rifle78Lyman 311466 Rifle80Lyman 358315 HP. HP side is 202 grains with WW alloy. Should be a good medium game hunter for your 35 cal rifle or pistol. Rifle81NEI 411 350 GC This 370 grain bullet is for use in a 405 Winchester barreled Contender. Rifle82Ideal 457124 hollow point conversion. Mold also has sprue side touched up on a surface grinder. Rifle83Lyman 457191 with three hollow point pins and one cup point pin. Bullet to be used saboted and regular in different firearms. Rifle84NEI 458 550 with larger HP for soft alloy high powered airgun hunting use. Pistol86Ideal and Lyman HP molds 358242, 429434, 452374, 452488 Pistol87Saeco 325 Pistol SC88Lyman 356402 Pistol89Lyman 35891 HP with damaged gas check removed. These altered wadcutters are fun little plinkers, everyone should have one of these HP molds. Also could be used backwards as a low pressure hollow base bullet with a soft alloy. Pistol90Lyman 35891 Button nose hollow point. Pistol91Lyman 357446 HP Pistol92Lyman 358156 HP with standard HP cavity. Pistol93Mountain Molds 358 160 FP with two HP sizes, a cup point, and a flat point tip. Pistol94Ideal 357446 with two HP pins. Pistol95Lyman 358429 with large HP. Pistol96Ideal 358446 Standard style and size HP Pistol97Ideal 358446 with two different angle cup point pins ends and a standard HP pin end. Knob is highly figured English walnut. Pistol98Lyman / Ideal 358156 HP. Pistol99Lyman 358156 Pistol100Lyman 358311 RN HP Pistol101Ideal 358311 RN HP. Pistol102NEI 358 190 HP. Pistol103RCBS 38-175-RN HP. Pistol104Lyman 40188 (401088) HP. Pistol105Lyman 429421 standard HP. Meant for standard velocity use on medium game. Pistol106Lyman 429421 with large HP. This large type HP cavity is NOT meant for hunting larger game, it will blow apart leaving a shallow wound. Perfect at higher velocities for milk jugs and vermin. At lower velocities with a soft alloy it will provide excellent expansion. Pistol107Lyman 429421 with cup point and flat point pin ends. This is an excellent higher velocity hunting bullet for big game. Pistol108Lyman 429244 with two different pin sizes. Different size pins produce cavities that allow effective use at either pistol or rifle velocities. Having two pin profiles allows two bullets with similar expansion characteristics but at different velocities from a single mold. Pistol109Ideal 429244 with large HP. Pistol110NEI 430 260 HP. Pistol111Mountain Moulds # MM 432 FC 300 supplied with the installed customer specified smaller HP pin dimension shown and including also a cup point (end in handle) and a larger HP pin as extras. This mold is meant for a .444 Marlin but is being used in .44 Magnum. Pistol112Lyman 431244 HP. Pistol113RCBS 44-200-CM HP. Pistol114Lyman 452423 Supplied with one standard HP pin. Also included is a reversable pin with a cup point on one end and a flat tip on the other. This allows unaltered, HP, and cup points to be cast from the same single cavity mold. Pistol115Lyman 452454 HP. This pin profile is a good compromise, if impact is at a higher velocity the nose will likely blow apart but the remaining bullet shank has plenty of weight to punch on through. Pistol116LBT molds 453 320 LFN converted to HP with both large and small hollow point tips and a 60 and 82 degree cup point tip. Pistol117Lyman 454424 DC with two cup point profile pins (60 and 82 degrees included angle) and a standard HP profile pin. Pistol118Lyman 454424 with a 82 degree cup point shown, also has a standard HP tip on the reversable pin. Pistol119Ideal 452460 HP with nose radius removed. I have plans to test this concept as a cup point soon, as a cup point it may make a great medium hunter or a good "pin grabber". 177 grains as pictued, should be around 195 as a cup point. Pistol SC120Lyman 452460 with my standard HP profile for moderate speed expansion with the softer alloys. Pistol121Lyman / Ideal 452460 HP. Pistol122Lyman / Ideal 452460 HP. Pistol123Saeco 453, Ed's "flying ashtray". Large cavity pin provides a bullet similar in weight to a round ball. Designed so bullet is regulated to fixed blackpowder pistol sights. Note, this type cavity will blow though with higher powered centerfire type loads. A smaller alternate pin profile was also included with this mold for centerfire higher pressure cartridge use. Pistol124Ideal 454190 with two pins having a total of two cup point angles, a flat point, and a standard hollow point tip. Four different nose profiles are possible from this one mould with this simple package. Pistol125Lyman 454485 This is the same bullet as the 454190 but has a gas check shank. The reversable pin has a medium hollow point and a flat tip end, the flat tip allows the original round nose with flat to still be cast from this mold. Pistol126Lyman 454424 HP. This bullet grouped under 2" at 150 yards for my customer in a Marlin lever gun. Pistol127NEI 456 250, Ed's "manstopper". Giant cavity for soft alloy at lower velocity. Produces massive expansion and fragmentation in lower speed testing so far. Pistol128RCBS .45-270-SAA Supplied with three cup point and four hollow point pin profiles to allow one mold to function for a large range of velocity and alloy hardness applications. 470Magma mold converted to hollow point. Rifle472Molds destined for high powered air rifle use. Ideal 311407, Lyman 311465, Ideal 311413, and aluminum 38 maxi mold by unknown maker. Rifle47322 HP mold, nice little bullet for any of the 22s from the Hornet to the Fireball or the Remington Jet. Pistol476Nice big HP in a nice big bullet. Top punch also shown. Rifle480RCBS mold with meplat enlarged to .257". Cup point and smaller hollow point pins are for hunting large game. Flat point pin for casting deeper penetrating bullets but with larger than factory meplat. Rifle508Enlarged meplat allows huge cavity. Pistol512Standard style hollow point conversion on a double cavity mold. Pistol518Old Ideal mold had lost original pin. Converted mold to my standard HP system allowing interchangeable pins and larger HP cavity. Rifle519358009 modified to a flattened RN with a HP. Also has cup point and deep HP pins. Rifle524Nice HP for hunting, will still feed very reliably from tube magazines. Pistol535This unknown maker mold is intended for high powered air rifle use. Mold sprue plate is very similar to the Lee molds and the mold has narrow handle mount slots like the Lee as well. Nice little mold. Rifle538Unknown aluminum 58 caliber mold with monstrous HP for high powered air rifle big game hunting use. The HP pin shank on this conversion is .375". Rifle540Nice vintage Lyman 375 mold converted to HP. Rifle544Very nice old Ideal mold converted to HP. Four different pin tip styles were included. Rifle546Nice little 32 bullet with a big HP. Rifle547Traditional style cavity standard HP mold. Pistol548Nice little HP conversion with a cup point pin. Rifle551AN RCBS FN with one cavity modified to a standard HP configuration featuring several differing interchangeable pin tip sizes. Rifle553Pictured is Bobs "Frankenmold" HP'd for use in air rifles. Judging from the machining marks, mold appears to be home-shop built using a lathe only. Rifle556Nice 30 cal mold with several pin tips to match a large range of alloys and velocities. Rifle557Giant HP for use in high powered air rifles for small deer and feral pigs. Rifle558Traditional styled HP for big game. Rifle559Traditional styled HP for big game. Rifle560Lyman 358009 with HP for hunting large game. Note, this mold had battered alignment pin holes most likely from using an improperly fitted handle set. Cavities had material displaced approximately .015" into nose area adjacent to the alignment pin holes, the nose area was formed back into place at the time of the HP conversion. Pistol566Lyman 44 mold with standard HP in one cavity with two pins to cover a wide range of speeds and alloys. Rifle567Mold for air rifle use. Rifle568Air rifle mold. Rifle570Extra pin allows different nose styles for different uses. Rifle571Standard traditional style HP pin for general use. Rifle594Big HP for high powered air rifle use. Pistol583Big HP in a big bullet! Rifle584Mold is for high power air rifle use. Pistol587Here's a set with two pins for a wide variety of alloy and velocity uses. Rifle588Black-powder rifle mold with extra cup point and flat point pin, a sizer press top punch and a ramrod punch. Pistol590Big HP pin for little targets and a cup point for the tougher targets! rifle591Nice HP for hunting with a traditional style pin plus cup and flat point pin ends. Customer intends bullet for hunting use in a Contender. Pistol592Medium HP for 44 magnum hunting use. Pistol593Big HP for pistol velocities. Rifle595Super size HP destined for use in high powered air rifles. 597Lyman 358665 with a fast opening HP. 599Lyman 429244 with a medium speed hunting type HP cavity. Rifle608A standard style HP on a Lyman 457121 with the base band modified per customer requirements. Rifle609Lyman 457122 with a big HP to expand at trapdoor type velocities. Pistol614Deep HP for vermin and a cup point for hunting. Rifle643Super oversize HP for high power air rifle use. Rifle651Brass NEI mold with huge HP, should just about turn inside out! Rifle662 Rifle667Lyman 515139 with generous HP for 50-70 caliber use. Pistol668Ideal 358156 with cup point pin installed and spare deeper pin tip. Pistol669Lyman429215 with installed cup point pin and extra pin tip in a deeper cavity style. Rifle680Moderate HP cavity. Pistol686Ideal 358480 with cup point style pin. Pistol688Generous HP cavity for the lower 45 ACP speed range use! Rifle689Big HP in a big bullet, good hunter. Rifle693Good hunting HP cavity for moderate speeds. Rifle697Moderate HP cavity does not disturb the original meplat size Rifle699 Rifle713Nice HP in a Lyman 257429 rifle mold. Pistol714Ideal 358156 converted to HP. Rifle719Standard style HP conversion on one cavity of a Lyman 311041 double cavity mold. Rifle722Nice Lyman 311466 converted to a cup point style HP for hard hitting medium game hunting use. Rifle727Single cavity mold with standard type HP conversion. Traditional styled and cup point type pins included. Rifle734Big HP in a very big thumper bullet. Lose the whole HP nose area and this bullet is still a big thumper! Rifle751Unknown maker 50 cal mold with oversize pin "standard" HP. Rifle754Lyman 225415 converted to a standard style HP mold. Rifle761Oversize pin "standard" HP conversion on a NEI 670-586 mold. Pistol770Adding a hollow point modification to this 30 caliber bullet creates a neat little expanding bullet. Pistol786Lyman 40143 converted to HP creates a medium game hunting bullet. Rifle791Flat bottom shallow HP mimics commercial swaged HP bullets. Rifle794Nice HP conversion for a varmint or lighter hunting bullet depending on velocity and alloy used. Rifle796Hollow point conversion with both deep traditional style and cup point style HP pins. Pistol799Nice hunting or plinking bullets for the 41 magnum with this HP conversion with two sizes of HP pin inserts. Rifle807Great condition old Ideal mold altered with my standard HP conversion. Rifle816Extra HP pins allow bullets for many speeds or alloys to be made from one mold. Rifle817Double cavity 375449 mold with one standard HP cavity and multiple HP pin styles to choose from. Rifle832Lyman 257420 converts to a nice little HP mold for varmint use. Rifle844Nice Lyman 457406 mold converted to HP. Rifle854Old one piece mold modified to HP using an H&G-styled HP pin holder. Rifle855Great mold for a varmint HP bullet. Pistol862Standard style HP conversion with generous cavity in this Lyman 429244 mold.

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