Pre-Ammomaster Ammomaster ?
Stripped down an incomplete RBCS Ammomaster progressive I bought today.
I figured even if I couldn't get it working, it would be cool just to have.
Interestingly, some parts are not the same as indicated in the manual I downloaded for the Ammomaster.
This one doesn't have a ball handle, it's a green plastic slip-on, the primer tube block is made from aluminium, not plastic, and not removeable. The roller on the primer slide is brass, not plastic. The shellplate carrier can only accomodate small primers, it's not possible to swap out the priming punch to large.
To convert this to large primers will need a new shellplate carrier with it's own primer punch and primer slide, so I'll just use it for small primers.
I found the only thing wrong with it is the snapped rim of the shellplate retaining bolt, which I had a spare of from my Pro 2000. All it's missing is the primer tube and two of the case retainers fitted around the shellplate. I have extra tubes, and I'll have some case retainers 3d printed.
Takes the same shellplates as the Pro 2000.
RCBS clearly made at least two iterations of the Ammomaster Progressive, anyone have an idea of the timelines ?