Old reloading tools

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

will try to post a picture of my Easton single stage press. Pre WW-II.

[Pressman]

Sharpshooter, I really, really want to see a picture of that press. Please?
Ken
The Big Giant came out after WWII, the ad is from 1946. But there is a Little Giant made before the war. Examples are scarce.

[Pressman]

Anyone remember JC Higgins? A marketing name for Sears and Roebuck hunting equipment. Around 1959 they also tried to sell a small line of reloading equipment. Press and dies mostly. The venture did not work pay well and was soon dropped. The press and dies were made by C-H.
Ken

[LUBEDUDE]

That's a whole new level of privite label as far a loading gear goes.

Thanks for sharing.

[BillP]

Anyone remember JC Higgins? A marketing name for Sears and Roebuck hunting equipment. Around 1959 they also tried to sell a small line of reloading equipment. Press and dies mostly. The venture did not work pay well and was soon dropped. The press and dies were made by C-H.
Ken

Wow, thats nice to see and it brings back memories. Does that press take standard shell holders and modern dies? I met JC (Jack) Higgins about 40 yrs ago. At that time he was over the clothing division at Sears. He was quite a character and a very cool dude.

bp

[Pressman]

Vamco primer seater.

Yes, the JC Higgins takes standard dies and shellholders. There are variations of this press with the name clearly milled off and another with no name at all but still using the same blue color.
These presses are slightly different in dimension to the C-H press of the time.
Ken

[abunaitoo]

It's so great to see that some of these old tools are still around.

[Isaac]

Anyone remember JC Higgins? A marketing name for Sears and Roebuck hunting equipment. Around 1959 they also tried to sell a small line of reloading equipment. Press and dies mostly. The venture did not work pay well and was soon dropped. The press and dies were made by C-H.
Ken

Now that is unique! A J.C. Higgins press. Right up my alley with the old store labled items. Thanks much for sharing.

Isaac.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Unless the physically get thrown in the trash or recycled for scrap metal all of them will be around for longer than we will.

It will be up to future generations to figure out how to use the stuff. Hopefully there will be old books around and people will be able to read.

I have yet to see and older reloading press that has been worn out. They might look used up but in reality you would have to get up pretty early in the morning to wear a cast iron press out by using it. There is just not that much stress put on the tool to cause any significant wear.

The paint can be redone many times.

Randy

[Bent Ramrod]

Had to do some digging, but here is a Yankee Model C, with all the dies and accessories.

[Bent Ramrod]

Here is a sadly incomplete Newton reloading tool.

[Bent Ramrod]

And, finally, this little horror, easily one of the worst reloading tool designs ever, is the Modern Bond Model C. Minimum speed and maximum hassle. Missing the bench clamp, but that wouldn't slow it down much.

[LUBEDUDE]

Bent Ramrod, thanks for sharing!

Could you please tell us the approximate age of those old tools?

[Bent Ramrod]

I think the Newton was pre WWI to early/mid 1920's. The Yankee was mid 1920's to sometime in the late 30's/early 40's. The Modern Bond was maybe in the early to mid-30's. Ken would probably have better dates for this stuff than I could find in my references.

[abunaitoo]

I've heard of grand kids here truning grandpa's firearms to be destroyed, and all his reloading equipment thrown away in the trash, after he passed away.
I was even there when a grand daughter broght in her grandfathers shotgun to be turned in. Told her she should take it to a gun shop, and they could sell it for her. She told me she didn't want it being sold to anyone. That she wanted all guns destroyed.
Useless cops were all smiles when they took it.
Feel sorry for the kids of today.

[W.R.Buchanan]

It is a shame that senseless idiots like that girl are allowed to have a voice.

They are so stupid that they don't even know that "they don't know."

I hate to say it but unless we have a war here in the US, on US soil,,, people like her will never understand freedom. She has never had to fight for anything in her life.

Hopefully most of the hard to convince ones would not make the survival cut in that war! In that case I like the Russian method of forcing the conscript to fight. Nothing like a machine gun behind you as an effective form of motivation.

Of all things abhorant to me,,,, fools are at the top of my hate list. They are at the top of that list, simply because they insist on everyone being like them.

I refuse to humor them,,,, with contempt!

Randy

[Bent Ramrod]

Here's a couple shots of the Meepos Reloading Tool. There have been several photos of the Meepos Sizer-Lubricator on this site; this is the companion press the Meepos Gun Shop offered. Mid-30's to maybe early '50's at best.

The designs by Pacific and RCBS cleared these oddball designs off the field the way the Macintosh and Windows operating systems blew away all those early, marginally-user-friendly DOS's. Ave atque vale!

[LUBEDUDE]

BR - thanks for the info and enjoyed those Meepos too!

[Rory McCanuck]

The designs by Pacific and RCBS cleared these oddball designs off the field the way the Macintosh and Windows operating systems blew away all those early, marginally-user-friendly DOS's. Ave atque vale!

That sure looks like a Co-ax press. Granted, the co-ax is a bit of an oddball alright,
but they do still serve a purpose.
Great pics too, btw. Thanks.

[oldtoolsniper]

I love auctions. A pile to figure out.