Originally Posted By: Steve Helsley
My Powell cape gun is No.3131. Both the conical winged bullet mould and the belted ball mould are marked "3131" - so I assume the two-groove barrel was designed to use both types of bullets.

Fascinating, thank you, Steve. The owner of the subject rifle has two antique moulds plus a Hawksley powder flask. One mould is for a bullet, the other for round ball. This assembly was confusing to me until your post here


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