Pb Burner
05-02-2018, 09:02 AM
An old friend of my brother asked him to try and sell a few reloading items that he had purchased for his father. Seems he had bought a few things for his dad to reload for his 7.7 jap rifle. I believe he purchased the equipment in the early 70's, but seems his father never got around to reloading. One of the items is a Redding Model #1 powder scale.
I don't know what constitutes "vintage", but it is old. From a little searching on this forum it seems they started making these scales around 1948, then upgraded to the dampened Model #2 around 1959. I don't know if they still made the #1 after that or not.
The condition(looks 100%), considering age, is what got me interested, just kind of a "history" thing to me I guess.
These scales are still in original box, from the looks of box and scale, I don't think they've ever even been taken out of the box. All the little cardboard pieces to hold them in place in box are still in place. Warranty card and instructions are still there also. The box is in very good condition also, just a few small "dents" in cardboard, box just "looks" old. Says Redding-Hunter Inc., Cortland NY USA on the box.
Does anyone have any info on these scales.. Years made? Is there any collector value or interest in something like this? Are they old enough to be vintage? If so, what would something like this be worth?
Anyone collect stuff like this?
Thanks for any info.
I don't know what constitutes "vintage", but it is old. From a little searching on this forum it seems they started making these scales around 1948, then upgraded to the dampened Model #2 around 1959. I don't know if they still made the #1 after that or not.
The condition(looks 100%), considering age, is what got me interested, just kind of a "history" thing to me I guess.
These scales are still in original box, from the looks of box and scale, I don't think they've ever even been taken out of the box. All the little cardboard pieces to hold them in place in box are still in place. Warranty card and instructions are still there also. The box is in very good condition also, just a few small "dents" in cardboard, box just "looks" old. Says Redding-Hunter Inc., Cortland NY USA on the box.
Does anyone have any info on these scales.. Years made? Is there any collector value or interest in something like this? Are they old enough to be vintage? If so, what would something like this be worth?
Anyone collect stuff like this?
Thanks for any info.