Help ID some old Shotshell reloading Tools

[Red River Rick]

I acquired a bunch of old reloading equipment which mostly appears to be for reloading shotgun shells.

Any help identifying these would be greatly appreciated.

RRR

This is a Roll crimper of some sort. Anyone know the manufacturer?


Another tool. Not sure of its purpose.


A decapper for Berdan Primers.


Not sure what this is. It was amongst the rest of the items.


Appears to be a depriming / priming tool for brass shotgun shells.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Nice collection of antiques! You're right about the first one being a roll crimper, and they're still made that way today in Russia and sold on e-bay. But, if it doesn't say on it who made it, that will be hard to determine unless someone here has an identical model and knows the name of the maker. The last one is a primer/de-primer, and I have one a great deal like it that I don't use at all, but this stuff is fun to look at. The other photos, #2, 3, and 4 are things I've never seen. The most interesting item of the whole bunch I would say is #2. The lever on the top obviously exerts hand pressure on something (perhaps a fold crimp?) and the faucet-looking handle on the bottom makes it adjustable, perhaps in internal length, for.....? Perhaps another shot shell reloading device. Nice find.

DG

[Green Frog]

Number two looks like a lube pump, designed to lubricate bullets one at a time (without sizing) it looks like maybe somebody stuck a case on it, so I had to look twice to figure it out.

If number four is actually a reloading tool, it’s probably part of a bullet seating tool, missing the road that actually pushes in the bullet. These were very common in the late Nineteenth Century and are still represented by today by the Lee Loader ((“Whack-a-Mole”) sets.

You have identified the priming tools correctly.

Froggie

[Red River Rick]

I added a few pics of the 2nd and 4th item.
Interesting that a 45-70 or 45-90 case fits perfectly in item #4.

RRR

[Pressman]

Rick, I just forwarded a link to Tom Quigley, he's the foremost expert in these tools.

Ken