I believe them to be Lyman Tru-Line press dies, the forerunner of the EzeLoader. I have a small assortment of them,but haven't found a press yet. I'm not quite sure how the top piece is used, but the bottom die is most likely a bullet seating die for both .250 Savage and .257 Roberts. One of my dies is nearly identical, and is marked.308-- 249 and 30-40 G on the body, and 249 on the stem.
Included with my dies is a large internally threaded cap nut with a knurled ring on the bottom of the "nut", that slips over the die body and against the collar on the die , and holds it into the press. That is my best guess at what you have.
Agree, the top one is the decapper.
All of my 310 and TrueLine dies have threads - and I see none on these. Even the decap rods thread into the top of the die. These look to be a snap fit?
Wayne the Shrink
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Wayne, we are talking about the Tru-Line and the Armory presses, not the little Tru-Line Junior.
Could these be some sort of cartridge length gauges used to measure the chamber length of a rifle for setting up the reloading press dies?
Yes, the Tru-Line and Armory use the same dies.
It's good that people post pictures of this stuff so it can be identified, rather than just thrown in the bottom of a catch-all junk box to be thrown out later by our heirs
Wow! I've heard of them but never seen one or a picture that I knew what it was until now.
Wayne the Shrink
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Wayne, glad to help. There were articles in the Journal several years ago on using that press and the Armory press, along with finding a rare Marlin marked Armory and a very rare Armory sizing press and the No2 lubricating press. I can send them to you if you PM me your email address.
Thanks, Ken. Lots of info there and I haven't even opened up the second e-mail!
Wayne the Shrink
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Thanks Wayne, they are fascinating tools.
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 |