1933 pacific presses

[shooterbob]

Got two 1933 pacific's today for 10.00 They are frozen up. Any thoughts to how to loosen them up?

[kenyerian]

PB Blaster should work. Keep soaking them down. Might take a couple of days. Or if it is really bad try evapo-rust. http://www.evapo-rust.com/

[Sweetpea]

Kroil should do it.

Ed's red, if you have it.

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

Good advice given above. Good buy. I'd unfreeze them, clean them up, polish and repaint them and use them to my heart's content.

[Nueces]

Keep feeding them with Kroil or Ed's Red as you heat them with a heat gun or hair dryer. Do this several times a day until they start to move.

[too many things]

if they have the old ram that don't use shell holders Scrap them

[Sweetpea]

if they have the old ram that don't use shell holders Scrap them

No No No No NO!!!

There are replacement rams available!!!

[Char-Gar]

if they have the old ram that don't use shell holders Scrap them

That is ridiculous. Those old solid rams are very usable and newer ones are available that use the removable shell holders made by RCBS, Lee and others.

[Char-Gar]

1933 is the patent date. Both those presses were made after WWII. There is a boss on the top to accept automatic primer feed device which was added until after the war. Those are the standard C model, probably made in the late 40's or early 50's. These are very good reliable machines and well worth getting back into action.

[shooterbob]

Cool thanks for the info guys. One freed up today with breakfree and the other us still tight. What would one search under for the replacement rams and such?

[Char-Gar]

Cool thanks for the info guys. One freed up today with breakfree and the other us still tight. What would one search under for the replacement rams and such?

Ebay........Pacific reloading

[Wayne Smith]

I think Dave has them at CH4D.

[BDJ]

CH4D had them earlier this past fall. Seen them on a shelf, I was picking up a new powder measure.

https://www.ch4d.com/products/equipment/presses/412090

[troyboy]

Clean the exposed section of ram with emory paper before retracting or you will score the bore.

[AZ Pete]

CH4D has a universal c press ram that should do

[gwpercle]

I got a large disposable aluminum pan, like the kind for roasting turkey, molded it to conform to shape of press and poured in enough penetrating oil to get up to the unmoving parts. You do have to buy a gallon but I reuse it for soaking rusty parts. Soak and turn press until things loosen up.
Have done the same thing with handguns and smaller pans.
Gary

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Bob, I have found that nothing works better than Liquid Wrench for the type of problem you have. Also I have a box of those rams somewhere in my shop.

[GP100man]

Mix dextron ATF with acetone & soak in covered pan/dish to keep the acetone as long as possible.

4oz. acetone to 1 qt. ATF will work , the more acetone the qwiker it`ll go .

I`ve left PB blaster for this on rusty/stuck bolts for a few yrs. now.

[MaryB]

Like the old Pacific presses, think this one is about 30 years old

[Three44s]

MaryB,

I think your Pacific shotshell press is more than 30 years old.

I have a red Pacific of the same basic model and it's at least 30 years old as far as I know.

The blue press preceeded the red on I have as Hornady told they still supported the red ones.

Three 44s