Re-loaders Please Help ID this stuff

[candutch]

I've been thinking of getting into re-loading and had the opportunity to get this re-loading stuff from a buddy who doesn't re-load. I realized after I got it that I was missing key components (press, scale etc) and that the dies are mostly handgun (which I don't have).

This is all I know about it and that's from reading it off of the dies:

across top from left to right:38-357 Taper crimp for 3, 9mm lee and 9mm luger speed seater, 44 (lee loader, mg seat #3, sp & mg combo F.L.), 38sp lee loader and rcbs seat, 45 ACP sizer, speed seater, Taper, Seat #3

2nd row are 308 and 223 dies, under that I know are the shell holders. No idea what the rest of the stuff is used for.

I figure this stuff is useless to me and I should just sell or trade it all but I don't even know what most of it is or if the dies are complete. This is where I need some help, any info on what it is and what's its value would be greatly appreciated.

Candutch

[Ceilidh69]

The flat plate with two round holes looks like a part from a RCBS Uniflow powder measure, to the left of that are some internal parts from decapping dies. Looks like many of the seating and decapping dies have been taken apart and many of the parts laid out are the guts. Hard to tell what all the rest are - maybe take some closer pics.

[candutch]

Thanks for that...here is a closer pic but not sure if its good enough.

[32-40win]

Looks like mostly leftover die parts, hard to tell what some of the stuff is from the pics. Maybe some Lee trimmers in there? Not sure what some of the lower right items are. Maybe some lubesizer pcs??? I guess if you were going to load the cartridges you have the dies for, you may at least have dies. You'd have to measure all the sizer buttons on the spare rods to see what they were for, check to see if the nuts on them are for the dies you have. Essentially you have a few dies and someodds & ends, all accessory stuff. If it was free, price was right. Something like a Lee or Rockchucker kit will be, what you need to buy yet. If

[barsik]

it looks to me the lower items are bullet seating punches for handgun rounds, also on the bottom are primer seating cups. don't discard any of those items, they are useable and someday may be difficult to obtain if the liberals/ ndp win the next election.

[candutch]

Thanks everyone for your replies and PM's, I have a little better understanding now even though I have no clue what the parts you named are used for. For those that asked I will take some better pictures and post them up.

[Big Daddy Badger]

Just a by the side... there are a number of gun auctions coming up... might be a way to get rid of em fast.
Course... that route can either net you less or more coin...its pretty hit and miss.

[twofifty]

I see three main bearing caps that need drilling.

[candutch]

Here's a few closer pics.

[candutch]

Originally Posted by twofifty

I see three main bearing caps that need drilling.

What does that mean?

[u_cant_rope_the_wind]

I see a lee hand loader the kind you used a hammer to resize, seat, de prime and reprime

[Lefty-Canuck]

Some of the parts are die body internals....some are for sizing and decapping and some are for seating.

Some shell holders and hand gun cartridge charging dies as well I think.

Take it to a gunshow and sell it as an "all or nothing" lot of spare parts.

LC

[candutch]

Thanks for the idea LC and BDB. Got some interest here but I may have to try that if it doesn't work out.

[Dean2]

Candutch

If you are located anywhere near Edmonton I would be happy to put the parts together for you into actual dies sets. After that is is easy to label them and label whatever spare parts are left over. You can get much better pricing as complete sets rather than random spare parts.

[candutch]

Thanks for the offer Dean2 but I'm in Calgary. Great of you to offer.