Welcome to the forum Nate47.
I doubt that he wants to sell it. But you can sent him a PM and ask.
Welcome to the forum Nate47.
I doubt that he wants to sell it. But you can sent him a PM and ask.
TEAM HOLLYWOOD
NRA- LIFE TSRA-LIFE SASS-LIFE
Got a P/W Metal-Matic P200 waiting for me at my wifes uncle. Just got to get to Oklahoma to get it. He bribes me with stuff I like to bring my boys up to see him. Not that it takes a bribe to get me to come up and see him. He is my favorite uncle and I am not even blood kin to him. Last time he told me he had an old rifle for me next time I came up. It ended up being a Marlin model 36. Well used, but still solid rifle. I felt a little guilty and got 2 pounds of Varget for him because he cannot find any where he lives. Told him about about it and he said bring it on up because I traded for an old press that I want you to have. I guess I will put it next to the Herters press he gave me when I started reloading and I still use. Things given to you by people you really like mean more to you than buying something new.
I have that press and a 375 shot shell press the size of the turrets and spacing are miles apart if you want to convert a 375 to a metallic you will need lathe ,mill, lots of time and energy
I now have both and I believe the toolheads are the same diameter as well as the location of the twin posts. I need to contact P/W about what they did to convert it to metallic. If my memory serves me well, Handloader magazine did an article on the press around 1970.
take care
r1kk1
I was gifted this P-200 this afternoon. I am not a handgunner, but I can see this being quite useful for rifle cartridges I load with cast. 7mm-08, 30-30, 303British and 32 Win Sp. I neck size mostly once the cases are fireformed. I also shoot cast in a 30-06, but this press looks a bit tight for height.
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 |