I recently purchased a vintage c press off of everyone's favorite auction site. I don't really need one but it was old, neat, and cheap. I suspected it was a small shop, one off, non standard press. Well, I was right.
It has absolutely no markings on it. It has an angled base and works on the up stroke. The linkage seems very strange, to me at least, even for working on the up stroke.
It came with a die that is threaded 1"-14, I think, and is three inches tall.
It has a threads hole all the way through it that is threaded .618"-18, again, I think, if I counted right. The shell holder is also threaded .618"-18, so it will screw into the die, which is how I determined the threads inside the die. It is just over an inch tall. The ram is hollow and screws into a .618"-18 bolt at its base that connects it to the linkage. A 38 Special fits but not very well. The shell holder is just a little big.
The ram is six inches long. It has a rod that passes through it that, when the handle is all the way lowered, hits part of the linkage, is pushed upward, and goes though the shell holder to seat a primer. The handle is 9 3/4" long from the bottom of the treads to the tip of the rubber grip.
Does anyone recognize this press? Or did I just buy one that is useless? I'm sure finding dies for it will be next to impossible, unless I can identify the manufacturer. Thanks.
(Sorry for all the pictures being turned. I thought I figured out how to fix that but it didn't work. I guess it's just being finicky.)