It's a Hollywood Junior.
Happy new year Pressman,
How many of these presses do you have?
Grmps, I have a Hollywood shortage, only 7 plus the original Universal
And Happy New Year to you sir
Buy and keep anything Hollywood reloading
Pressman, although I'll defer to your knowledge and expertise, I've never seen a Hollywood that looked like that.
If you have one, could you put some pics up of it?
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms *shall not be infringed*.
"The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution."
- Thomas Jefferson
"While the people have property, arms in their hands, and only a spark of noble spirit, the most corrupt Congress must be mad to form any project of tyranny."
- Rev. Nicholas Collin, Fayetteville Gazette (N.C.), October 12, 1789
The green press is the first Junior I acquired. Someone had repainted it. Pretty, but not authentic. The second is the press I currently own, black and ugly with chipping paint that's so typical of aluminum Hollywood's. Third pic shows the carrier in more detail.
These presses have no name, numbers or any type of identifying markings.
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Thanks for that Pressman. Don't remember ever seeing one. Been using a Hollywood Sr. off-n-on for well over a half century. Would love to get my greedy little hands on a Hollywood turret, but need to wait until we make our move out of Commiefornia and see how much mad-money I have left.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms *shall not be infringed*.
"The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution."
- Thomas Jefferson
"While the people have property, arms in their hands, and only a spark of noble spirit, the most corrupt Congress must be mad to form any project of tyranny."
- Rev. Nicholas Collin, Fayetteville Gazette (N.C.), October 12, 1789
Thats a clever design ,the cylindrical centre piece requires no machining for guides,just two slots for the links.....even the slots could be eliminated .
I have a Hollywood Junior, mostly to keep my Senior and Turret presses company. I cleaned and repainted it, using a satin black, and it turned out rather nice. I then tried using it and found why it didn't get rave reviews "way back when". Although it was a clever design and Hollywood's least expensive press, those three upright rods make it difficult to insert and retrieve cases. Still makes a nice display item though.
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 |