Richard Corbin's New Website

It appears Richard's old website is gone for good and is replaced by the one we see now. In it he says he will be slowing down and will no longer be doing custom orders. He makes dies for stock and you must email him to see what is available. He shipped me a 257 set Tuesday. I ordered it just before Christmas and it may have been the last order on the old site. He says he has a new hydraulic press in the works for next year and some new wrinkles in his swaging presses. He says custom orders for unusual and often goofy ogives just took up too much of his time so he will concentrate on what most of us want. This should shorten wait times considerably.

Bob

Sounds like a smart business move on his part. The wait times turn off a lot of people that want to get is swaging. Most don't want to fork over a thousand or so dollars and then wait a year for the items to arrive.

Web address?

Web address is the same. Even if you can't "add to cart" or see live inventory, it would still be nice if he listed what he plans to stock, hopefully he updates that. Even a simple list would work.

Well, not everyone has his web address. I Googled Richard Corbin and found he died in Iowa in 2014.

He told me he was getting rid of a bunch of his older machinery in favor of a couple new CNC lathes. Said they'd be more consistent & faster to put out products too. sounds like maybe win-win. I agree that a list of what he's gonna make would be nice though. Been trying to get 358 dies for a bit, but no go till after the first of the year & new machines.
Mark

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Originally Posted by Hickory

Well, not everyone has his web address. I Googled Richard Corbin and found he died in Iowa in 2014.

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Hickory, here is his website. I have been there before and never gave it a thought.
https://www.rceco.com/

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Hickory

Web address?

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I assume the same https://www.rceco.com/

this brother's

http://www.corbins.com/

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Originally Posted by Artful

I assume the same https://www.rceco.com/

this brother's

http://www.corbins.com/

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Dave Corbin has www.corbins.com. His brother Richard used to work there.

Richard broke off and started www.rceco.com

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Originally Posted by Hickory

Thanks!

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No problem!

Nuts, I wanted a couple custom punches made for cores.

I'd email him, maybe it's just the custom dies he's planning to stay away from.

Ok. I wanted a couple of punches he and I talked about for seating cores.

I'm sure he will do custom punches because it requires almost no labor. He probably does as I do. I made up a couple dozen blank punches for Walnut Hill, "S" dies, and "H" dies. Then I just have to take a few minutes to turn down the tip to the desired size. If you can get $50 for these it's a nice profit center.

Bob

I think BT wants 75, which is fine. I like his workmanship anyhow.

He said 358 die sets are a few weeks away...

358 die sets for rifle bullets are very hard to find. I was lucky enough to find a good used set a few years ago to feed the 35 Whelen.

Bob

As soon as I said 358 Walnut Hill rifle die sets are hard to find, Richard puts a 4S set up on eBay. I would watch eBay. This is the second set I have seen in as many weeks. At least I am assuming its Richard cuz its located in Phoenix, OR. I would have bought it already but I have a 4S set.

Bob

Put a bid in on that one, didn't have a BIN or I would have grabbed it right away. Bound to be better than the set I got from that JKS guy ;-)
Mark

I'm going to find out how Richards new system works. I emailed him yesterday to inquire if an item was in stock and emailed back today saying it was. I said I wanted it and would he please send payment info since I have only used his old website in the past.

I believe his new site will probably evolve to include lists of items in stock and a user friendly payment method, maybe PayPal. He does respond very quickly to email.

Bob

PS: marcusp323 --- I'm watching that 358 set & rooting for you.

Outbid right now though :-/
Oh well, there's more.
On a side note, dinked around with the 358 set that numbnuts in Michigan made for me. Nose of the bullets is so fat I can't chamber them in the 35 Rem without a bunch of force. Ugh, & then some.
Mark

Am I the only one that can never get on his site? Whenever I make my surfing rounds, its not right to hit BTSniper, Blackmon, and Corbin and miss the RCE drive by.

1browski: Go back to post #7 in this thread. Click on the link there. The site doesn't have much on it yet. There are 3 bars in the upper right corner. Click on that and a small drop down menu will give you a few choices, one of which is "contact". Use this to email him to see what is in stock.

Bob

Thank you. My computer wouldnt go into it but i did get in on the phone. There is just no surfing material there. Bummer.

I think this is the end of an era. Hopefully, someone can fill those shoes.

Here is his catalog from email this weekend. I have attached.

Another good company the original Corbin, have books, 22lr to bullet kits all sizes
of 22 cal jackets, lead wire, even a couple of pencil drawings of some tools and
machinery he was selling.

-Rock

Richard's new site seems to be evolving. He now has various lists of items in stock. Not too many die sets. He also has a page on how to order. One nice thing is he has a 10% discount for checks or money order payment. Looking forward to the die sets available as he gets them made. I still believe his Walnut Hill system is the best out there for the bullets most of us make.

Bob

Not to be dense, but is the site still http://www.rceco.com? I ask because I still see the old website. No PDF pricelist like what was posted above.

Same address, though the site has changed somewhat. I think that PDF was emailed from Richard, rather than being available on the site.
Mark