Pressman
10-20-2014, 02:50 PM
This is the end result of my efforts to locate a Star press. I traded the Star for this Model 17.
The 17 is a large, heavy press that is way over engineered. I still do not know how it all works. It i
has 30-06 dies and is likely had three previous owners. It is all complete, missing only the primer funnel and tube feeder tube. There is an auto primer feed tube running down the back side of the frame.
The weight is about all I can lift and maneuver into the light box for pictures, about 60 pounds or so. I will weight it later.
The original owners had bought and fastened a Belding and Mull Model 25 tool to the back side of the frame to serve as a bullet puller. B&M had an excellent bullet puller back then. The story is the press was originally used in a National Guard armory to load practice ammunition. The second owner got it from there, never used it and traded it for part of his bill in repairing his airplane. The man I got it from never used it either.
These presses were made in very, very small numbers in the late 1930's.
This is a rare and great find.
Ken119695
The 17 is a large, heavy press that is way over engineered. I still do not know how it all works. It i
has 30-06 dies and is likely had three previous owners. It is all complete, missing only the primer funnel and tube feeder tube. There is an auto primer feed tube running down the back side of the frame.
The weight is about all I can lift and maneuver into the light box for pictures, about 60 pounds or so. I will weight it later.
The original owners had bought and fastened a Belding and Mull Model 25 tool to the back side of the frame to serve as a bullet puller. B&M had an excellent bullet puller back then. The story is the press was originally used in a National Guard armory to load practice ammunition. The second owner got it from there, never used it and traded it for part of his bill in repairing his airplane. The man I got it from never used it either.
These presses were made in very, very small numbers in the late 1930's.
This is a rare and great find.
Ken119695