Old and unusual reloading equipment.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:29 pm

How about some pics of your old and rare reloading gear.
Here`s a old case tumbler, a early lyman sizer-luber, a 16 ga. shot shell loader, a Ideal 30-30 mold and a Ideal 32-40 all in one reloader.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:54 pm

"Old" being relative, and certainly not unusual... but the oldest piece of reloading equipment I have is this Lyman "Spartan" press:

I use it as my portable (range) unit with a Craftsman version of the WorkMate™ bench.

preventec47 · Post by **preventec47** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:57 pm

Griff, you can order the primer lever for it for only
about $20 from Lyman. Works pretty good.
I recently ordered one for my Spartan press and
it does both small and large primers. Very easy
to work.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:06 pm

Cool Griff, this blue one says Super B on it, more Lyman tools and a case length gage that i don`t know if they make any more.

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:43 pm

Pitchy I really like that tumbler, had a rock tumbler that looked like it, I used with "rice shaped" walnut media. Cleaned cases real good inside and out. I on the prowl for another one.

airedaleman · Post by **airedaleman** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:23 pm

Pitchy, do you have the rest of the 16 gauge tools to go with the roll crimping tool?

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:00 am

really like looking at that old reloading stuff...very nice...thanks for sharing... :)

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:10 am

airedaleman wrote:Pitchy, do you have the rest of the 16 gauge tools to go with the roll crimping tool?

Sorry that`s all i have, i picked it up at a gun show once.

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:19 am

How about an old "Ideal Shot Shell Closer". It put a roll crimp, on paper shells, and dimple crimp, on brass.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:32 am

cool

JohndeFresno · Post by **JohndeFresno** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:38 am

jdad wrote:How about an old "Ideal Shot Shell Closer". It put a roll crimp, on paper shells, and dimple crimp, on brass.

Man - they sure must have had a lot of available time back then! A screw lock for each shell...

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:55 am

3leggedturtle wrote:Pitchy I really like that tumbler, had a rock tumbler that looked like it, I used with "rice shaped" walnut media. Cleaned cases real good inside and out. I on the prowl for another one.

I STILL have a Thumbler's Tumbler, though not as old as that. I use it as a Ball Mill.

mikld · Post by **mikld** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:00 am

Pithy,
In the pic of the blue press, is that a home made c-clamp? Some things are so common and available, I wouldn't have though of making one, but good idea...

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:02 pm

Old Ironsights wrote:I STILL have a Thumbler's Tumbler, though not as old as that. I use it as a Ball Mill.

What's a 'ball mill'...?

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:21 pm

mikld wrote:Pithy,
In the pic of the blue press, is that a home made c-clamp? Some things are so common and available, I wouldn't have though of making one, but good idea...

No it`s a store bought aluminum clamp, think i got it with a pick-up topper they used four of to clamp on.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:22 pm

AJMD429 wrote:
Old Ironsights wrote:I STILL have a Thumbler's Tumbler, though not as old as that. I use it as a Ball Mill.
What's a 'ball mill'...?

A way of crushing up stuff like charcoal into a very fine and miscible powder...

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:48 pm

Old Ironsights wrote:
AJMD429 wrote:
Old Ironsights wrote:I STILL have a Thumbler's Tumbler, though not as old as that. I use it as a Ball Mill.
What's a 'ball mill'...?
A way of crushing up stuff like charcoal into a very fine and miscible powder...

So you can make priming powder for flintlocks?

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:23 pm

You can still buy the tumblers. I sold a like new one on this site a few months ago. Midway has 'em.

Pitchy, the moulds...how much you want for 'em?---------Sixgun

jhrosier · Post by **jhrosier** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:53 pm

Pitchy wrote:Cool Griff, this blue one says Super B on it,...

...

Is this a Bair press?
I used to have one just like it.

Jack

Ben_Rumson · Post by **Ben_Rumson** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:54 pm

A ball mill usually uses hardened ball as the media that does the work of grinding/milling... They rotate similarly to the Thmblers Tumblers shown, but at variable RPMs depending on what material is being milled...Industry uses them to mill various ores...Chrome ore as an example...of course on the industrial scale the mills can be several feet in length and diameter and mill tons per day..

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:47 pm

Sixgun wrote:You can still buy the tumblers. I sold a like new one on this site a few months ago. Midway has 'em.

Pitchy, the moulds...how much you want for 'em?---------Sixgun

Not sellin right now

jhrosier, only thing it has on it is a P in the front and Super Deluxe on the sides.

Terry Murbach · Post by **Terry Murbach** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:16 pm

IT IS A PACIFIC PRESS.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:01 pm

Terry Murbach wrote:IT IS A PACIFIC PRESS.

Darn tootin that makes sense.

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