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Original Casting Molds for Producing Lead Bullets
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Scarce 1889 Patent Ideal Manufacturing Company Loading Flask
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Here is a very neat flask. This is the one that was made by the Ideal manufacturing Company of New Haven, Connecticut and is so marked on one side. These interesting flask were used to load metallic cartridges. One side has the knob to adjust the amount of powder you were loading. You can just see the 70 Grain marking peeking out. With the small tube inserted in this way, you get the large charges, of 70 to 135 grains of powder. Twist it to unlock, switch ends, and you will get markings and charges of 3 to 70 grains of powder. In the rear you can see part of a hole. This is the top of the drop tube that goes all the way to the bottom of the flask. It does not need to be covered all the time. The process for dropping a charge is as follows. 1. Move small knurled tube to the charge you want and twist to lock it in place. 2. Point spout toward the floor. Move the small lever to position V, to fill the spout with powder. Release the lever and the measure will return to neutral position. 3. Point the spout toward the sky. Place the hole in the end of the flask over the cartridge case. Move the spout to position H with the small lever. The powder will drop into the cartridge case. The flask has the cylinder body with the maker mark still visible. Including the ends, the piece measures 10 inch by 2 inches in overall size. It is in nice non-excavated condition as you can see.
Item #: C1289 Shipping Weight:
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Your Price:$195.00 USD
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