Press Parts?

[Roundsworth]

Hi everybody. Does anyone recognize these items? I have absolutely no experience with presses, but I am guessing that these are replacement parts. The decapping pin and crimp starter fit a 12 gauge hull perfectly. Any ideas? Thanks!

[Autumn Daze]

Mark, The two assemblies shown at the top are resizing dies for a MEC.

[Jack Kuzepski]

Mark,

I know the upper left press part is a resizer for a MEC and I think the one on the upper right is for a Texan press.

Jack Kuzepski

[Paul Harm]

In a Mec 650 a coin can be put under the prime station to raise it . I have a penny under mine - it puts the primer a bit up, level with the bushing. I'm not sure without seeing a better photo, but the item next to it, if about an inch thick and made from plastic, looks like a crimp starter. I believe they were made for Lee hand Loaders.

[Roundsworth]

The crimp starter is made of an alloy and has a threaded hole on the side not shown in the photo. I recently bought some neat Val Scott 12 gauge dies, sans sizing die, and these items. I shoulda figured there was absolutely no correlation between them

[John Farrell, Charter Member #33]

Mark - is the shiny tube on the left threaded on the interior top? Inasmuch as it is not threaded on the exterior top it will not work in a MEC reloader.

There would be no way to hold it in the press after resizing and trying to eject the full length sized hull in stage one. It needs a little more study to determine its usage. The dark steel die is as identified here earlier, I believe. It might possibly be a base resizer using a plastic mallet to drive the hull into the resizing ring and then a wood mandrel to drive the hull out before or after decapping. As you know, the old hand reloader tubes had a flare at the top, they were not straight cut. The flare was necessary to retain the tube in the hand while hitting the wood mandrel inserted into the decapped hull to eject the hull.

[Roundsworth]

John, the nickeled tube is, indeed, threaded inside. The inside of the blued ring is just the right size, very smooth and shaped to facilitate forced insertion of the head on a 12 gauge shell. It is not constructed as robust as the other die.

[Paul Harm]

John, the item on the top left is for a Mec 650 reloader. They used to [ not sure if they still do ] give you that part and a resize adaptor to keep the shell above the carrier. The bottles have to be removed and the primer tray removed - all you're doing is resizing. For a 600jr the support tube is threaded on the outside - 650's inside. I'm guessing but the top right looks like a support tube and resizing ring for a 650 - the resize ring goes on the other end [ long threads ] with the lock ring to keep it in place once adjusted. The item in the middle may be a early deprime punch.