Pressman
02-22-2019, 03:49 PM
Thanks to two fellow collectors for convincing me that I needed this tool in the ARTCA collection.
An Ideal No. 10 tool made during Marlin's brief ownership of the Ideal Company from 1910 to 1916, it is a rare find in this condition and in an unusual caliber.
This tool is unusual in that is is all here, only the priming hook was missing but I have a spare to complete the set. The instructions along with an additional sales flyer are included.
There are even two expanding plugs, .308 and .310.
But what really sets it apart is the 30-45 caliber. Based on the older way of naming cartridges it is 30 caliber, 45 grains of powder, ie: 45-70 or 38-55. Officially it is the .30 Caliber U.S Military cartridge, 1903. Or, 30-03 that was redesigned and shortend then standardized as the U.S. 30 Caliber 1906 cartridge or as we know it the 30-06 in 1906.
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An Ideal No. 10 tool made during Marlin's brief ownership of the Ideal Company from 1910 to 1916, it is a rare find in this condition and in an unusual caliber.
This tool is unusual in that is is all here, only the priming hook was missing but I have a spare to complete the set. The instructions along with an additional sales flyer are included.
There are even two expanding plugs, .308 and .310.
But what really sets it apart is the 30-45 caliber. Based on the older way of naming cartridges it is 30 caliber, 45 grains of powder, ie: 45-70 or 38-55. Officially it is the .30 Caliber U.S Military cartridge, 1903. Or, 30-03 that was redesigned and shortend then standardized as the U.S. 30 Caliber 1906 cartridge or as we know it the 30-06 in 1906.
236570236571