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?
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?
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.
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 |