What is this

[Budmen]

I got this in a box of stuff and dont know what it is or if it is all there kinda interesting thou. The silver rod seems to have a tapered end kinda like a top punch and fits inside the large round pieces. The end of the silver rod has hammer marks on it like it was used as a drive could this be some type of sizer or pieces of one?

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_201164f7747443839f.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=4635):guntootsmiley:

[BCall]

I believe it is an old push through bullet sizer. Belding and Mull or maybe Modern bond? B&M I think. Put a boolit in the top and hammer it through to size it. Drops out of the bottom into a box. Kind of a fancier version of the old Lee hammer through sizers.

[Pressman]

Billy has it correct. It is a Belding & Mull. And you have three sizer inserts. Be sure to drill a hole in your bench for the boolits to fall through before you mount it.
Ken

[UNIQUEDOT]

That is really neat, never saw one before. It would be great if Lee's press mounted sizers worked like that as it sure would save a lot of bench space having one or two die bodies and a box full of bushings.

[Budmen]

The cool thing about it is I believe the black cylinder is 30 cal and the silver one is around 22 cal the bushings look like a snap to make with a lathe I may just have to mount this to the bench just for fun I dont think it will replace my 4 lyman 450s but something cool to toy with and a great convversation piece thanks for all the help identifying it

[Dutchman]

http://images109.fotki.com/v786/photos/4/28344/9895637/001x-vi.jpg

http://images16.fotki.com/v387/photos/4/28344/9895637/002x-vi.jpg

[cavalrymedic]

Fascinating. I love older reloading equipment. It sometimes shows me that "modern" equipment has supplanted the older stuff only because it is cheaper to manufacture, not always because it is better.

[3006guns]

I always thought it would be handy to mount one of those B&M's on some sort of stand on TOP of the bench. That way there's no holes drilled and the collected boolits are in plain sight after sizing.

[Budmen]

http://images109.fotki.com/v786/photos/4/28344/9895637/001x-vi.jpg

http://images16.fotki.com/v387/photos/4/28344/9895637/002x-vi.jpg

Now that sir is great I love this stuff

[ShooterAZ]

That is way cool! I remember my Grandfather had a bunch of cool old stuff like that...no idea of what happened to all of it after he passed. I was still pretty young.