Multifaceted
Jerk of all Trades
Hey folks, we just got back from northwest Pennsylvania visiting my wife's extended family, and her grandfather who was a veritable jack-of-all-trades happened to pull this from his collection to show me.
Now, I don't know shit from Shinola about reloading, but I thought this was pretty interesting. This is a Jordan Multiple Reloading Press from that my wife's grandfather helped learn to machine and assemble (and reload) in Brookeville, PA just before the war. It's all precision machined with a sliding block or anvil that has 6 cylinders that can be interchanged with different dies and their respective counterpart in the turret below. It can even accommodate up to two sets of dies for rifle cartridge reloading.
It's currently set up for .38 Special and the manual states that for pistol reloading it can only hold one caliber set of dies, punches, sleeves, etc. because the lubricator is needed to lube or swedge the bullets before seating. I'm not sure if that's still required by today's standards. Anyway, below are some pictures of the press. Not sure how common or unique these are, but I found it to be rather interesting.
By the way, I've got an original brochure, copies of the instruction manual, and an old photo of the machine shop where these were made and used to reload before the war. If anyone's interested, I'll post them too. Enjoy!
Now, I don't know shit from Shinola about reloading, but I thought this was pretty interesting. This is a Jordan Multiple Reloading Press from that my wife's grandfather helped learn to machine and assemble (and reload) in Brookeville, PA just before the war. It's all precision machined with a sliding block or anvil that has 6 cylinders that can be interchanged with different dies and their respective counterpart in the turret below. It can even accommodate up to two sets of dies for rifle cartridge reloading.
It's currently set up for .38 Special and the manual states that for pistol reloading it can only hold one caliber set of dies, punches, sleeves, etc. because the lubricator is needed to lube or swedge the bullets before seating. I'm not sure if that's still required by today's standards. Anyway, below are some pictures of the press. Not sure how common or unique these are, but I found it to be rather interesting.
By the way, I've got an original brochure, copies of the instruction manual, and an old photo of the machine shop where these were made and used to reload before the war. If anyone's interested, I'll post them too. Enjoy!