The Jury is out on this one. I cleaned the pictures the best I could in Photoshop and came to the conclusion that it likely began life as a purpose specific tool probably made in a small shop and for the benchrest crowd. Over time and the strong hand of Bubba the handle has been messed with.
If you found the pictures on a for sale site I wonder why anyone would not take a couple of minutes to clean it up before posting pics. It would be easier to determine what it is. (rant off).
Ken
Looks like some sort of exotic inline seater looking at the second parts photo .
Possibly a variation on a breach seater tool .......
Could be a valve spring tension gauge if not for the shell holder .......
Another thought . I recall a Berdan primer tool , it was a goofy looking thing but had a vague resemblance to the 3rd picture .
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The part in the 3rd photo slides inside the ram. The ram is tapered so when this part is drawn upward it closes down on what I believe would be a bullet and as the ram assembly is pulled upward it pulls the bullet out. That's at least my best guess on how this thing works. As mentioned before the fact that the base is cast leads me to believe it was more than a one off thing. Unfortunately there are not markings indicating a manufacturer.
Beeser, please give it a bath. We need to see more details.
What type of shellholder is in it. Snap in or something unique to the tool?
Will the handle come over, forward?
Those slots in the links are there for a reason, but what?
This is a great mystery.
It looks like a harness riveting fixture to me, for grommets in tarps type thing.
I'll give it a bath and post more photos but in the meantime ...
The shell holder is the snap in type.
The handle will be in the forward position if the linkage is set in a different position.
I believe the slots in the links are for connection to the part in the 3rd photo. Note the round ears on the part. However the ears are not long enough.
That is the "Fenwick Universal Bullet Extractor"
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Thanks Sal, How well does it work, from appearance it would seem that there is not enough griping force to pull a bullet.
I have no idea how it works. I was @ a Gun show in Pa about 2 years ago , a gentleman had a reloading display and told me that was the Name. never saw one before nor since , except the one as shown looks similar
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