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No its a crimp finisher for a 12 bore, it has a spring inside it ans a rod runs through it, as it goes down the threads rotate the head as iuts crimping it works great on paper which i sispect it was made for, and indeed plastic cases, i have run it in a texan nmodel L now and again and an old Mec 650 i have, But i would like to know what pres its from.

I have a few preses coming in from the states a mate has been gathering them up as i buy them off ebay and off vthe trade over there and mexico, if i can find out the pres type ill try and find one to add to the others. Anybody know what its off? .

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Its just a crimp head but as the crimp is being folded the big thread imparts a slight spin on the final crimp it acctualy works very well.

I have several American cartridge rolled turnover tools but I never seen a crimp one like yours ,has for which machine it came from I cannot say maybe it was a single item

Feltwad

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I have several American cartridge rolled turnover tools but I never seen a crimp one like yours ,has for which machine it came from I cannot say maybe it was a single item

Feltwad

Yes there were a few wierd and wonderfull ideas being thrown about back in the day, its an idea that works and with a soft spring it can rto finish in a single stroke, if you dont have the centre bolt not in the pic adjusted long enough it rols but leaves a spur on the roll like if you had rolled on in a drill too fast if you get me.

But if it does a full stroke it works great.

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It came with 1 and a part of 1 savage 630 12ga preses i got from an old chap now sadly dead i used to wildfowl with from near hesketh, there was a french rto tool with it and some .222 dies. all sat in a box for 20 years or more untill about two years ago mate needed some .222 dies i went and got them picked this oiut the box at the same time stood it on the shelf, i keep looking at it and just like to know what its from, i dont think its savage i long ago sold the savages the part 1 i turned into an 8 bore pres . but i have fitted this head in a texan l series for tests and it works ok.


hello tony, i chat over the internet to a gunsmith (Terry) in the Michigan state of USA he runs and lives in the wilds outback gun smithing/ shooting shop/ all manner of shooting stuff, i can ask him if you can email photos??

Be great that mister, drop me a pm with your email and ill send them.

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What,s the size of this? I have a Savage 630, pretty sure it,s not for that.....What,s the thread at the end of it? Is it an american thread? I,ve looked through a pile of old paper catalogues, but nothing like it. Yet I am pretty sure I,ve seen something like it before....I,m currently ploughing through Stoegers 1939 catalog for the New York World,s Fair....a bit like a giant Freemans catalog.

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Its american and its just over three inch long and just over an inch wide, 12 bore head in it, Not sure of the thread its pretty coarse thread lots of different threads back then not sure.

It did not fit the savages it was just vwith a load of bits came with them.

One was incomplete as i said i converted that for the 8 bores.

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I,ve had no luck with my old catalogues, so I have contacted a friend in Oregon, he has a huge collection of old catalogues, some pre-WW2, to see if he can shed light on this.

I dont know why i feel this, just a hunch here, but i think it is indeed pre WW2. . I must say i really do apreciate the effort you are putting in here to try and find this out for us, Thank you Sir.

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No luck from my pal in Oregon, but I,m off to the states for a month on Tuesday, and will be dropping into P/W factory, amongst other places, will take the picture with me...It looks too professional to have come of a "home made" device. I thought it might have come of a Stout machine, but on closer inspection of the only picture I have of these rare beasts, it is not.

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