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    Whitworth Hexagonal Wad Punch

    WTB a Whitworth hexagonal wad punch and/or a Lyman Parker-Hale Whitworth Mould.

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    I have a Rapine 451-500 mould if you are interested.
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    Cool Whitworth Wad Punch

    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Wimbish, 10395 View Post
    I have a Rapine 451-500 mould if you are interested.
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    Quote Originally Posted by newrib View Post
    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.

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    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.

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    another punch option

    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.

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    Whitworth Hex Punch

    Quote Originally Posted by ead View Post
    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by mloader40 View Post
    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!

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