Found this in box with with bunch other gun parts and news clipping from March 1945, have several boxes ammo and brass.
Found this in box with with bunch other gun parts and news clipping from March 1945, have several boxes ammo and brass.
Nice one. I've seen them before, and they're usually rusty.
DG
It's the 1894 Winchester tool, which full-length resized the shell as it was seating the boolit. Made for the new generation of higher intensity smokeless rounds that were coming out in their 1894 and 1895 rifles.
Cool it had the March 1945 clipping. I wish this old stuff could talk to us.
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Not a bit of rust stamp on it 30 gov with SR stamped under
Found one that sold on gunbroker. That seller said the “SR” designated “short range” for loading a lighter bullet.
I just stumbled across one myself, it is for 30-30.
Nice find! I’ve seen many and owned several of those 1894 tools, but few (none?) in 30 Gov, and very few as nice as that one. Now for the bonus question; is the decapping spud included (if so, it’s probably stashed inside). I’ve seen pdf images of the original instructions posted in several places on the Inter-Web.
Froggie
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Awesome find. Thanks for sharing.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |