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Thread: Early Stevens reloading tool

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    Early Stevens reloading tool

    In an 1876 Stevens catalog a reloading tool is offered, but no picture. Anymore know what it looks like? Don't think it's the Ideal tong tool, but maybe?

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    They were Ideal tong tools. The differences between them and the standard Ideals were that sometimes they were “upside-down,” compared to the Ideals. When held with the sprue plate up, the loading chamber would project to the right, instead of the left. Some of them had “STEVENS ARMS” stamped on the sprue plate, but they also had the Ideal markings in the usual positions.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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