Shotgun press..'splain this to me, Lucy.

I have acquired a "new" press (new to me anyway). I am not certain I got all of the parts as I have never seen one like this before. I would like to tap the knowledge here to see if I have a workable set.
Here is what I got....
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This is everything that came out of a rather tattered cardboard box. As it is set now it decaps and resizes. The die in the press says that it is a CH die company 12ga resizing die. It resizes on the upstroke and punches the primer on the down-stroke. I am curious to see what it will do to a brass shell. Only have 25 and they are all currently loaded so I can't test. If just this function works it will be worth the $25 I paid.

This appears to be the priming setup. The shell holder has a spring loaded punch for the primer. The upper part threads into a part called the master die (see below).
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I don't think this next part mounts on the press. It has fingers to let you insert a wad etc. It is the tube closest to the press handle on the right in the first photo. Here is looking down the tube.
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This might be a handy tool to have.

The next section I think crimps. There is a die called the master die. All the other stuff threads into the master die. The two units that thread into the master die, I believe, are to start and finish the crimp. They are both spring loaded and those are some stiff springs.
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This seems like a pretty labor intensive way to load 12ga. Having to change all of those dies for each step.
So, do any of you have any experience with this setup. Will it resize my brass shells (I guess I'll find out after I empty some)? I have done some searching on the web but I can't seem to find any info on this setup. Your help, as always, is appreciated. If all else fails I got a CH press which should work well for sizing boolits.

It's a C^H press. Seems like old presses could have the big bushing removed to take shotgun dies. That would be a good press for loading metalic cartridges too if you have or could find the bushing.

The old school way was to do 25 (1 box) of depriming, 25 priming, 25 powder charging, 25 cards/ wads, 25 shot loads, 25 crimps, or overwads. Labor intensive? Yep, but you get there. Been there, done that.

I have the evolution of that press which has 4 stations.

I have seen lots of those C&H single hole presses and yet I have never seen the Shot Shell Dies anywhere.

I think you found a really rare thing. I'd clean everything up and use it for short runs of slugs and buckshot.

Randy

The one piece looks like a crimper for slugs in the first photo

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Originally Posted by Yogi

The one piece looks like a crimper for slugs in the first photo

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Yogi, tried to contact you via PM about the 1881 but your box is full.