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Lyman 45 with die retaining nut
Scored a pair of Lyman 45's at a gun show last weekend. Has anyone ever seen a 45 with a die retaining nut? Here's a photo, plus photos showing the casting number and the outline of the clear sticker that was on it. There was no printing on the sticker when I got it, just the clear base, but at least you can see its shape and size. The four days of Kroil to free things up eventually floated the sticker off as it creeped everywhere.
The die retaining nut was still tight after four days. The photo shows it partially unscrewed. There were two burrs at the top edge of the casting, protruding into the threaded opening for the retaining nut, putting pressure on it, which made it nearly impossible to judge if the nut was started correctly or was going to cross-thread. Don't know how the previoius owner ever coped with it. Took a half-round jeweler's file to the burrs, and now it screws in and out with finger pressure.
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