I bought a lot of swaging equipment, and have been piecing together what I can. I wanted to ask for some expert help after spending quite a bit looking into this myself. Here's the first pic.
This setup came with one small horizontal press that is either a Corbin Silver or a Ted Smith SAS Mity Mite. There are 15-20 dies and probably 50 punches. Not a single one of the dies is marked. One and only one punch has markings on it, and that one says "224 C." As you can see in the first picture, there are two different kinds of threads on the dies. Here's a close up to show the difference in the threads.
The coarser threading on the left appears to be 9/16 in diameter and 18 threads per inch. The finer threads on the right are 5/8 and 22 threads per inch. The 5/8 ones fit the press.
Here's a nice set of 44-40 (.427 diameter) punches and a core seater.
I've had some trouble figuring out the hardware for the punches. The two pieces on the left in this picture fit into the floating punch holder:
But the other pieces have me baffled. They are knurled rings threaded on the inside. The threads don't seem to fit anything else in the kit (the third piece, far right, is smooth outside and inside, the central cavity does not go all the way through, and the small horizontal hole is threaded).
I have two primary questions so I'll start with those. First, does anyone have a lead on what the coarsely threaded, 9/16 diameter dies might fit? They don't fit anything in the collection I've got here. Alelord's thread, that I resurrected last week, has pictures of some dies that look similar, down to the cutouts on top for putting a wrench on them. I would really like to figure out what kind of press these 9/16 dies went to.
Second, what are the knurled rings that are threaded on the inside? Those threads don't fit anything in the kit. The holes of varying sizes would hold some of the punches I've got.
These pictures are only about 20% of the pieces I've got. I also have the press itself with its floating punch holder and a four-cavity .200 diameter core mold. This equipment all came from an estate. It's evidently seen a lot of good use in its time. There are at least nine different calibers here. I'd like to figure out a way to make it work again.
One last pic. This set could be for 257 Roberts or 25-06.