Parker Hale 58560 Mold

[gjkershul]

I picked up the top half of a Parker Hale .58 Minie mold at a gun show last month. Not having the bottom plug I tried my bottom plug from a Lyman 575611PH mold. It was too small.
I have an old 500 grain RCBS Minie mold from which I tried the bottom plug. It fit. Also, I found the RCBS mold screws going through the mold handles and the attached RCBS plug plate plug worked. Makes nice bullets now. When I get a scale that weighs over 500 grains I will find out what weight it casts now.
Does anyone know what weight projectile the Parker Hale 58560 mold is supposed to cast in its original configuration?

 

[Zonie]

Sorry. I can't help you with your 58560 mold but my Lyman # 575213PH casts a 566 grain slug.

The skirt thickness is about .050 at the very rear of the bullet.

 

[hogslayer]

Bullet mould 5860 was made by parker hale for the 577 enfield,I still have mine which i bought with my Enfield Muskatoon in 1971.

 

[silverfox]

Just went into the garage and my shooting work bench to look for your mold. Still in the box which is marked 58560M. Claims to cast a 560 grain bullet. Mine has a shallow flat cavity with thin skirts. Don't have a bullet handy but they do shoot well with 55gr. 3F. haven't tried other charges but understand some use as little as 35gr. and some up to 90gr.
Fox :hatsoff: