Lyman Quality Control
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This looks more like the work of Dudley Do-Right
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
There is PLENTY of education within this site, more than half its content is well above my pay grade. I try to put in a bit when and where I can.
Michael is right, several mentions and photos of the Boris & Natasha Ingots at The Previous Dynasty's Museum & Theme Park. I have bought ingoted mystery metal from a couple sources over the years that bore these marks, all WW metal as it turned out. (That alone dates me a bit). So these oddball ingot moulds got made in some numbers for some period of time. More than one mould has appeared on auction sites with the requisite "RARE", "ONE-OF-A-KIND", "UNIQUE", "COLLECTIBLE", or "ANTIQUE" descriptors that such fraud sequences simply cannot exist without--and pricing that would make an oil sheik blanch. That anyone is still surprised by Lyman dimensional gymnastics or form poetry means that they haven't been paying attention.
Michael is right, several mentions and photos of the Boris & Natasha Ingots at The Previous Dynasty's Museum & Theme Park. I have bought ingoted mystery metal from a couple sources over the years that bore these marks, all WW metal as it turned out. (That alone dates me a bit). So these oddball ingot moulds got made in some numbers for some period of time. More than one mould has appeared on auction sites with the requisite "RARE", "ONE-OF-A-KIND", "UNIQUE", "COLLECTIBLE", or "ANTIQUE" descriptors that such fraud sequences simply cannot exist without--and pricing that would make an oil sheik blanch. That anyone is still surprised by Lyman dimensional gymnastics or form poetry means that they haven't been paying attention.
fiver
Well-Known Member
not only that but I know for a fact these are slipping up on Vintage plus 5.
that was when Lyman was merely making the occasional oopsie, but in the transitional period where they merely changed the mold from a 311 designation to a 308 number, and still answering the phone in the C.S. Dept. with a smidgen of useful knowledge.
that was when Lyman was merely making the occasional oopsie, but in the transitional period where they merely changed the mold from a 311 designation to a 308 number, and still answering the phone in the C.S. Dept. with a smidgen of useful knowledge.
Rally
NC Minnesota
That's hysterical, and telling, but you have to wonder how someone, somewhere along production, surely must have noticed that! Those ingot moulds had to of passed at least five people before they went out the door, and they are printed in capital letters! Must have been one hell of an office party the day before!
But wait a minute. You know how you can sometimes date the Colts in your collection by the inter-bankruptcy design changes? Maybe the vintage Ebay Lyman molds appeal to a similar niche market.
Just a thought.
jordanka16
Active Member
If I buy a lyman mold on ebay I go for only the ideal marked ones, had too many Lyman molds give poor/undersized bullets. My ideal marked 454190 throws nice fat .456 round bullets. Had a newer 457 125 that give .457 bullets if I was lucky, too small for my trapdoor. Switched to a saeco that throws .460 with 25:1.
