Winchester Loading Tool, .38 S.&W. Special

Here's one that's not seen very often...

At first glance, a typical Winchester 1882 loading tool. Not terribly well known, but not all that uncommon. These are usually to be found in .32, .38, or .44 W.C.F., the occasional .22 W.C.F., or even in one of the myriad of other BP cartridges chambered in the Model 1885 Single Shot.
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But wait! This one says ".38 S. & W. SPL." on it!
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And the icing on the cake: it has the original decapping tool!
(These are almost ALWAYS missing)
Attachment 196917

Digging into my Winchester catalogs, I could only find the loading tool listed as available for .38 Special in Catalog No.79 (1914). The previous one, No.78 (Jan. 1911), did not list .38 Special available in the loading tool, and the by next one, No.80 (1916), loading tools no longer appeared in the catalogs at all.

Very nice, thanks!

After 8 months of scouring the known world, I was finally able to gain possession of the correct Winchester bullet mould to accompany the .38 S&W Special tool in my original post.

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Jim