Just spit ballin here but most red pigmented paints fade to the orange side. Just a possibility cause I’ve got one that looks orangish the other red. And Lyman’s company color is what ?
Just spit ballin here but most red pigmented paints fade to the orange side. Just a possibility cause I’ve got one that looks orangish the other red. And Lyman’s company color is what ?
As mentioned previously, I have a very early example and it is definitely red from the factory. I don’t know whether it’s due to fading or original but it is pinkish rose in some light. Orange? Never!
I ended up buying an early Comet press (also red) just to get the 7/8 X 14 adaptor. I’ve never even sniffed one with a hole for the 310 series dies. I’ve got a couple of them for Herters presses though.
Froggie
"It aint easy being green!"
Pictures, Pictures, we need Pictures.
Please pardon me! I mis-spoke a few Posts back about all my Lyman items being 'Orange'.
This was not so!
My "No. 55" Powder Dispenser is Orange -
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And, my Two "All American" Presses are unambiguously "Red" - But, can look Orange-ish, sometimes, somehow! - as the one in the foreground shows, yet if one walk by it and keep looking, it goes more to Red.
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I'll dig out and look at my "Tru-Line Jr" Presses and snap a picture and report back soon.
Froggie, I want to see pictures of all these orange All Americans. Ones that are really orange and not faded red. The All American was in the Lyman catalog for 21 years and it is always pictured in red, never orange or grey during the Leisure Products era.
Ken
Froggie, have you seen the pictures of the red Tru-Line Jr press? If not I can post them for you. And yes, it's really red.
Cool, Ken! I’ve never even heard of a red TL Jr. Did it have a red #55 powder measure to go with it as well? I’ve only seen those in grey and various generational versions of orange. My Accumeasure in orange looks kinda strange on my All American press… I’ve always worried about the fashion police coming after me!
Froggie
"It aint easy being green!"
All my Lyman AA are Red . On my Bench I have 2 older Loader with The wood handle and shot gun Bushing . the other 2 are Newer . They were never Orange . Never ever Orange.
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