Took delivery of an RCBS A2 Press and this was screwed into the threaded insert for the die. Looks like a plumbing part to me?? It's cast brass with an unthreaded ID.
Took delivery of an RCBS A2 Press and this was screwed into the threaded insert for the die. Looks like a plumbing part to me?? It's cast brass with an unthreaded ID.
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." - Ernest Hemingway
Homemade sizing die?
Slim
JUST GOTTA LOVE THIS JOINT.
Home made 20 mm sizing die
Beat me to it Slim
"The remedy for evil men is not the abrogation of the rights of law abiding citizens. The remedy for evil men is the gallows." Thomas Jefferson
Too small to size 20MM
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." - Ernest Hemingway
not 20mm but maybe 14.5mm
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"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
50 BMG neck sizer??????????
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." - Ernest Hemingway
That is one of the rare and vintage wehaveabsolutelynoideawahtitis, so it must go with the press.
Other than that, no idea.
Robert
It is a petcock for an old flintlock so you close it off (at the muzzle), fire the gun. and walk around with the pressure stored up for when you want to use it. Simply unscrew it while you point at the target and zoom. Out goes the roundball. Or maybe not.
This is obviously a press mounted pitot tube petcock primer.
Could Be a Henway
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Heck, I haven't seen a pitot tube ever since they started making solid state pitot circuits.
Uncle R.
It looks like a female to male adapter (a sex changer).
I have seen One Before.. It seems to be a Unique Object of Importance. The area Of manufacture and The Years of production Escape Me @ the Moment. . But It will work where You want it To
Hope this helps in The Identity Process
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It's a Dixon F x F gas fitting I believe.
ETA: Make that Male x Male. Thank god they changed the rules so now I don't have to worry which bathroom I can use.
Last edited by Greg S; 03-23-2017 at 08:50 PM. Reason: Oops
The press owner was just using it for a handle. It served no reloading purpose.
He might have hung it from a rack or the ceiling to get the press out of the way.
EDG
Some people know its real use, but the information is classified.
You guys know as well as I do that fitting made one of the first semi progressive presses possible. You simply screwed it into the press and then screwed another press onto the top to get two stations at once. Likely it came from an estate sale and whoever cleaned off the guys work bench figured that piece got screwed in there since it was in the vicinity.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |