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camotes2
03-01-2016, 07:08 PM
Hello; I've been looking and thinking about swaging for a long time. Well I came across this in a pawn shop along with a Herter's 9 ton press. The press was lacking a pivot pin, but more on that later. The die is marked 224 - C no other marks, and no other dies in the pawn shop.162375 162376 The 2 pins on the right both fit inside the die body from the top under the knockout punch they are .205 dia. one appears to have a semi-spherical tip? and the other one is hollow, .125 at the flanged end, and on the other end this punch has a tapered cavity, and a .040 hole in the tip?
When I pushed a small lead ball into the die, it is indeed .224 dia. So all I got is what you see, a long way off from doing anything, but it has perked up my interest a lot. Information I beg from all those much wiser than me.
Regards; Camotes2

bullet maker 57
03-01-2016, 07:27 PM
Looks like a 223 core seat die. Does not look complete to me.

camotes2
03-01-2016, 10:00 PM
Yes, incomplete does not have any lower punches to fit in the press ram. With a selection of different rams top and bottom, could this die work?

rmatchell
03-02-2016, 01:00 PM
You might try calling corbin and see about a new punch.