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  1. 03-01-2016, 07:08 PM #1
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    What do I have ?

    Hello; I've been looking and thinking about swaging for a long time. Well I came across this in a pawn shop along with a Herter's 9 ton press. The press was lacking a pivot pin, but more on that later. The die is marked 224 - C no other marks, and no other dies in the pawn shop.P1050812.jpg P1050811.jpg The 2 pins on the right both fit inside the die body from the top under the knockout punch they are .205 dia. one appears to have a semi-spherical tip? and the other one is hollow, .125 at the flanged end, and on the other end this punch has a tapered cavity, and a .040 hole in the tip?
    When I pushed a small lead ball into the die, it is indeed .224 dia. So all I got is what you see, a long way off from doing anything, but it has perked up my interest a lot. Information I beg from all those much wiser than me.
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  2. 03-01-2016, 07:27 PM #2
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    Looks like a 223 core seat die. Does not look complete to me.
    http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...ullet+maker+57
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  3. 03-01-2016, 10:00 PM #3
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    Yes, incomplete does not have any lower punches to fit in the press ram. With a selection of different rams top and bottom, could this die work?
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  4. 03-02-2016, 01:00 PM #4
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    You might try calling corbin and see about a new punch.
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  5. 06-03-2025, 01:23 PM #5
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    I know this is an old thread, were you ever able to get this Herters Die working?
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