I got this press in a trade, I have all the parts for it. I tried to use it as a progressive press but it was impossible to use it that way. I ended up making a two stage press out of it and it works great. This press was designed to use 310 dies with a collet which is threaded the same as standard modern dies. Standard dies would not screw all the way in from the top. I tried screwing them on from the bottom but that was too inconvenient. As you may or may not be able to see I hollowed out the area behind where the dies screw in, making it possiable to use two dies at the same time. I used a wood chisel to chip out some of the material in both positions until I removed enough to screw the dies in. As you can see there is no orange paint behind the dies. I bought from Lee two shell holder rams for $8.00 apiece and had them machined to fit the press, that cost me $20.00. I now have a very usable press for $36.00. I can use two dies in tandem and load twice as fast as a single stage.
I have it set up for 30-30 right now and it is very quick to change over to 38-55 or any other caliber.
One picture shows the old 310 dies. When I made the trade it came with 4 die sets. 30-30, 30-06, 38 Special and 30 Carbine.
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