Tad-blody Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Hi there I have recently aquired a 12 bore redding model 16 (round charge bar) and I only have 1 each of bushings, a no 20 powder and a 1 1/16oz shot. Redding don't have any as it's 30 -40 yrs old. Does anyone out there know of any that are available or how to make them (they are not straightforward to make like mec or hornady ones)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Best I can think of is what you`ve done in posting on forums ! There will be some spares out there somewhere. I bought spares in the late 80`s from T.Bland,unfortunately their doors closed long ago.Given the shaping required the bushes would be tricky to replicate. HTH ,good luck ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tad-blody Posted August 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Thanks Matone, I live in hope because it turns out a nice cartridge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 They`re a well made press aren`t they? Got to say mine wouldn`t turn out as nice a crimp as MEC machines tho`. Hope you get sorted,they`re out there somewhere ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarepeg Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Yes, i have some,will try to sort them out for you. john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tad-blody Posted August 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 That would be fantastic snarepeg, Thank you. Let me know what you've got and want for them when your sorted. Being new to this forum business I'm not sure of the next move so I'll trust you to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarepeg Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 TAD, Have found 4 powder 17 /19/ 20 in alloy, and one new 22 stamped redding, also one alloy shot bushing marked F. £5 posted ok? john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tad-blody Posted August 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 P.m. Sent. I am still on the lookout for other sizes that snarepeg doesn't have. Having just re-read the manual that Redding kindly sent me when I asked them for bushes I see that they at one time did a 20 bore die-set I wonder If anyone out there has one of those they no longer require? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 (edited) Contact somebody through Model Engineer magazine or a local model engineer club who has a lathe and loves to tinker. There are loads of skilled but redundant or retired engineers out there who would be happy to take on a challenge in exchange for a few bob. Get them to make you up a range of dies. I had a 16. Thats what I did. Also got him to make me a longer crimping die which worked perfectly. He also made me some other things which we don't need to discuss here but have been "lost" since so it doesn't matter. Edited August 8, 2012 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tad-blody Posted August 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Thanks for that Vince, I have already asked a neighbour of my parents ex-toolmaker and now makes steam engines in his spare time (retired) and he couldn't figure out how to make the radius to match the round of the charge bar. Any ideas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tad-blody Posted August 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Any one out there have experience of making or know how to make the round charge bar bushes for the Redding model 16 ? Any help gratefully accepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 You do it on a face plate easily enough,Make up a bracket to hold it. Or you can make up a dummy charge bar with a hole the right size through it to take a blank and then turn it between centres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tad-blody Posted August 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 You do it on a face plate easily enough,Make up a bracket to hold it. Or you can make up a dummy charge bar with a hole the right size through it to take a blank and then turn it between centres. Thanks again Vince will take this information to the guy when I next go to see my parents. He's already lined up to make me a shorter die (once I get the steel) to hold the case through the loading process so I can do 65mm cases. Do I understand from your earlier post that you converted a press to another bore? or were they just bits to improve the 12 bore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod the Revolver King Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Hello there, my son has just spent his birthday money on a really old Redding model 16 reloader - the one with the round charging bar. He has cleaned it all up and it all works well. The dies are mostly serviceable, but the de-priming one has a rather soft pin, which keeps bending. My worry is that after several goes at straightening it with pliers, it will snap off If anyone has, or knows of someone who has a set of 12 gauge dies for the Redding model 16 which they want to sell, then please do get in touch - especially if one of them is a de-primer. Cheers Rod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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