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Description: | Brass mould, used in making six spherical leaden bullets (looks like nutcrackers with 6 matrices, each for a round shot) Steel pin and fastening hook One lead shot accompanies Scarred by hammermarks from casting shot
"Mould for six lead bullets from Aberdeenshire (late 18-early 19th cent)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"Firearms were not provided with factory-made ammunition until the later 19th century, so lead bullets needed to be cast by the owner of the firearm using a bullet mould, which would give a precise size of bullet to fit the gun. This is a brass and steel bullet mould which can cast six spherical lead bullets at once. It resembles a nutcracker. When the arms of the mould are closed and held together, molten lead can be poured in and allowed to cool."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Acquisition source: Robert Wilson Trust | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1700-1850 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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