Any idea of what this guy is, time frame etc ???
Any idea of what this guy is, time frame etc ???
Last edited by ChrisK; 07-09-2007 at 12:47 AM.
shotgun shell conditioner..makes it easier to recrimp..resizer...doo hicky.
Boolits= as God laid it into the soil,,grand old Galena,the Silver Stream graciously hand poured into molds for our consumption.
Bullets= Machine made utilizing Full Length Gas Checks as to provide projectiles for the masses.
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Do believe it's a roll crimper, fingers push the shell in, plunger is turned and pushed in to roll the top. My two pesos
Nick
Looks like an ancient Union Hardware roll crimper - used one when I was just a yonker - any markings, idea of diameter (gauge), how long a shell can be crimped? It might be for the mild crimp used on brass scattergun cases..
I believe 12 ga. I'll post a follow up in a couple days w/ more info when I get back to town.
It's a roll crimper, got one just like it and use it when I load for my short chambered Model 12 and Browning a5. I've used it on both plastic and paper shells and it works a charm.
ChrisK:
It matches up almost perfectly with a No. OXP "Eureka" shell closer on page 27, right, in my repro 1901 catalog from the Bridgeport Gun Implement Co. (See <www.cornellpubs> for a copy of this and a thousand or so other old gun and tool catalogs.)
"OXP. Brown-japanned [lacquer, yours looks more like black, but they used both colors], case-hardened lever, expelling pin [the plunger to the right in your photo], brass cup, producing perfect square crimp [yours looks like it is for the rounded-edge crimp that won out over the square-edged one]. 10- and 12-gauge....6.70 [per dozen!!!], 14-, 16- and 20-gauge....8.00[per doz.]"
Doug
Add: "Union Hardware" was another brand used by BGI; there seems to have been a connection with the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., who took over Remington.
That's a great resource. Looks like I'm going to be spending some time there so I'm not bugging you guys so much with my questions!
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |