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anyone know anything about these dies.they are very large 3 die set. also a tool called a thompsons jim dandy i have a 12 and 20 ga.also any one know the vintage of a lyman ideal straightline reloading set.20 ga.in the info sheet it talks about the new star crimp (it has the roll and star crimp.thanks mc
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The Ideal Straighline shotshell reloading set was a long running item, which preceded the purchase of the Ideal Co by Lyman in 1925. It was still listed in Lyman catalogs at least through the late 50's, I do not know the actual extent in either direction. The Star/fold Crimp was not introduced by the industry untill the late 30's, just prior to WWII. I do not know how long it was before Lyman added the Star/fold Crimper to their line which was confusing as their old delux model of roll crimper had been known as the "Star Crimper" for many years. I have a Lyman handbook #37 (dated 2-50) & the star/fold crimper is shown for use with the Straightline loader in it. I expect it had already been listed for several years by then. No help on the other dies. I have an old set of Herter Shotshell dies wich fit either their #3 or the Lachmiller presses having 1¼" threads. It was very slow in operation as the parts were interchanged in one body, though extra bodies were available for use in their turrent press.
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thank you.the val scott are 1.250 thread 3 dies like a pistol set just very large.it is a roll crimp but it folds the roll crimp down.the other tool (thompson)is a decapper, crimper,no resizing and modern in its look (made out of aluminium)are the large presses still being made? thanks again mc
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MC; The Herter dies had a 1¼-18 thread. Their #3, #81 & #234 presses would accomadate them. The #3 was a C-press, the #81 A C-type put with two rams & stations. I am not certain if the stations were located far enough apart to handle two of the big shotshell dies or not. The #234 was a six station turrent & normally came with only one station having the large thread. It could be had on special order with alternate holes (3) threaded for the shotshell dies. I do not recall the models of the Lachmiller presses with this thread but neither has been available for some time now. RCBS did, & may still offer a press having a large thread but it was different than this one. The Herter presses show up on E-Bay quite often & the single station #3 often sells rather cheap, but shipping is high, they are heavy presses of all cast iron. That #3 would resize a GI .30-06 brass into a 7x57 Mauser case with one stroke & not break a sweat.
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