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ead
03-03-2018, 09:58 PM
WTB a Whitworth hexagonal wad punch and/or a Lyman Parker-Hale Whitworth Mould.
Jim Wimbish, 10395
03-03-2018, 10:27 PM
I have a Rapine 451-500 mould if you are interested.
newrib
03-04-2018, 07:54 AM
If you cant find a hex punch from the members here, I suggest you do a google search for the Peter Dyson company they are in England. I just bought one of there hex wad punches for a Pedersoli Whitworth that I just bought. The Peter Dyson company is top notch. Regards
Tony
ead
03-04-2018, 09:48 PM
I have a Rapine 451-500 mould if you are interested.

Jim,
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ead
03-04-2018, 09:49 PM
If you cant find a hex punch from the members here, I suggest you do a google search for the Peter Dyson company they are in England. I just bought one of there hex wad punches for a Pedersoli Whitworth that I just bought. The Peter Dyson company is top notch. Regards
Tony

Tony,
Thanks I'll look into Dyson.:D
R. McAuley 3014V
03-05-2018, 02:07 PM
Hex felt wads are only needed if you are shooting a flat-based bullet. If your bullet has a hollow base or even just a minimal hollow base, all a felt hex wad will do with a hollow base is fill up the base cavity.

Here is a 540 grain RCBS .451 conical with shallow hollow base that can be used without a hex wad (if you want to try it.) They expand and emerge from a Whitworth barrel as a hex bullet, and shoot just as well as the mechanically-fitted bullets without all of the fuss. Whitworth's .577 large bore shot a specially designed 600-grain hollow pointed (wood plugged) conical out to 1,200 yards (1864). Later, in 1869, one of the .577 large bore rifles was equipped with a Davidson scope and used in trials at 2,000 yards.

https://www.buffaloarms.com/451-paper-patch-540-grn-hb-nose-pour-mould-rcb57926
keweenaw
03-10-2018, 12:06 PM
When I had one of these whitworth's, I made a hex punch out of an appropriately sized hex socket, and ground the outside of the socket away till the edges were sharp at the hex end. Seemed to work well.
mloader40
03-10-2018, 01:12 PM
WTB a Whitworth hexagonal wad punch and/or a Lyman Parker-Hale Whitworth Mould.
Perer Dyson should be at the Baltimore Antique Arms shoe March 17 & 18 at the Maryland State Fair grounds. I bought a Hex was Punch there several years ago. Paper patched bullets can be purchased at Montana Bullet Works in .451
ead
03-11-2018, 01:15 AM
Perer Dyson should be at the Baltimore Antique Arms shoe March 17 & 18 at the Maryland State Fair grounds. I bought a Hex was Punch there several years ago. Paper patched bullets can be purchased at Montana Bullet Works in .451
Thanks guys for all the great info!