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Thread: Help With Equipment Identification

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    Help With Equipment Identification

    I recently purchased an estate type lot of reloading equipment and there are some items that I am having trouble identifying. Of the things that I was unfamiliar with most have turned out to be for casting (lube and size dies, top punches, etc.) so I’m hoping you all might be able to help with the remaining items that I have yet to identify. Any help is appreciated.

    On a side note, I wasn’t even aware that you could cast rifle bullets until I got this stuff and it has been fun reading up on casting. I initially thought that I was going to just sell off all of the casting stuff but now feel like I may have caught the bug...we will see.Click image for larger version. 

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    The only thing that looks familiar to me is the first part in the bottom pic , looks like a powder drop tube for a Lyman 55 powder measure .

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    In the first pic, bottom middle, I'm seeing what I think are 2 shell holders, can't tell if their threaded or not though. Maybe for a Lee hand primer? The middle pic looks like something from a Lee Loader. The last pic has a RCBS Uniflow powder measure cylinder and adjustment rod.
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    in the first picture, I see several shell holders.. but not for standard presses... and 2 top punches for a sizer... those are in the upper left corner of the first picture.
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    Thanks for the quick replies!!! Much appreciated.

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    This is what I see

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    This is what I see: ID is correct, the rest of the parts are Belding & Mull seating die parts or bodies. The round part with the scallops on each side is a Lyman 310 shell holder if you call it that. It's for changing calibers on a 310 tool. The tall round cylinder in the bottom left is the die body for the part shown in the last picture on the left, the seating stem for thee B&M seater. A couple of those cylinders could be for something else but without a side view I cannot really tell.
    Last picture on the right: a Lyman #55 die for their powder measure, it's the drop tube and mount for press or stand mounting. And a powder measure pistol drum, likely for an RCBS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonjon00 View Post
    This is what I see

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    What numbers are on those? We have a thread going in reloading equipment about those Lee hand primers and it seems there is always someone looking for shell holders for those. If you don't have one of the priming tools, put them up on S&S or helping hands.

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    Well, it looks like I was wrong that this stuff is for casting but I’m glad that you guys know about general reloading stuff too! Now to look this stuff up and try to put it back together. Thanks for the leads.

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    Just looked up the 310 tool and that thing is pretty cool. I realize now that there was a seater die for the 310 tool included in one of the other bags of stuff. Too bad the handles weren’t included.

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    First picture, the 4 pieces are lee decaping bases. Last picture is the drum and adjusting stem for RCBS powder measure-Uniflow.

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    The little pieces in the upper left of picture 1 are the nuts that hold a depriming pin to its stem. The rest of the parts that I recognize have all been identified. Since everything here seems to go with something else (not shown) was there something else in the lot, or was this just some leftovers?

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    More unknowns

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ID:	274536Just came across some more unknowns in the mix. These were in a box with a set of 17 Ackley Bee form dies. Any leads on what they are?

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    @richhodg66 I don’t have one of the hand primers that use the threaded shell holders. I will find the Lee hand primer thread and see if anyone needs them.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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