View Full Version : Identify this swaging press?
beeser
11-24-2020, 12:12 PM
Can anyone identify the maker of this barn find? It's definitely a swaging press based on the installed dies and is a heavy beast weighing in at 60 lbs. I suspect it was made in the '50s or '60s.
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edp2k
11-24-2020, 01:37 PM
Looks quality hand made by a professional machinist.
A typical production machine has cast upper and lower frame components and pivot blocks.
If you are making 1 or a half dozen then they are machined since it doesn't make sense
to spend thousands on molds for cast iron/steel/aluminum.
beeser
11-29-2020, 09:32 PM
Learned the press was made by Ralph Davis of MGM Bullets in SoCal back in the '60s. Anyone heard of him or his company?
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