Pacific tool 22 shellholder

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Hand stoned to ream the finest chamber finish possible, we're not kidding when we say it's the most accurate chamber reamer on the market. All prints are finalized by Dave Kiff.

B With the addition of a precision grooved screw for maximum coolant flow when using muzzle flush, this Premium HSS Chamber Reamer is designed to streamline the chambering process.

C Comparable to Brownell's Premium Chamber Reamers, these reamers are hand stoned and ground to perfection with the addition of a C-Clip to hold the bushings in place. Add precision grooved screws as a customization and we do the rest. The handle works on the up swing. I don't know if they can be changed to work the other direction. Thanks skeet1 , at least that seller has an idea of what's going on. Some of the sellers I see on that site to paraphrase "Gone With The Wind" seem to say "Ah don't know nuthin' 'bout no reloadin' presses!!

I can only guess they represent a era of time for Pacific. Since my "" press is the same color as the red I will offer a guess that they are at least close in time period. With that guess offered then I'd say the blue is from an earlier time. None of my guesses confirm the use of universal shell holders though.

The older brown color I had seen advertised as pre-war with caliber specific ram. I've been watching the gun show for a decent press at a fair price to buy for my nephew.

It seems some of the stuff on the auction site is more "fair" even after shipping than what the locals want. Of course the thought has crossed my mind to upgrade my old "" to a new Redding and give him the old "" to use.

Not that I need a new press mind you , I'd just hate having to investigate and see what American makers are having their presses made in china , it's way to depressing. Pressman , are ya out there?? In fact, it was Pacific that initiated our now universal die and shell holder system. Most of the older simple toggle lever systems are reversable, including Pacific. Jack Stanley, I think that the difference between the red and the blue Pacific tools is when they were making the transition over to Hornady.

Other than the color I don't believe that there is any difference. One thing about the Pacific Super Deluxe; I have one that takes universal shellholders, but they are held in by a small set screw. Not quite as handy as snapping them in with a spring, but it works okay. After WWII they added the top of frame lugs for a primer feed tube. Deitmeier fixed that with his purchas of the company in In RCBS came out with the snap in shellholder that we all use today.

Pacific never picked it up, even though it had no patent protection. Again, Deitmeier fixed that. The Pacific press was so popular that everyone entering the reloading tool market copied it in one form or another. The original Pacific ram is the "standard dimension" ram of the market for many, many years. Well then , maybe I can add the later Pacific presses to the "look at" list for the lad's loading kit. A fella I know offered to give the boy an old Herters press but I don't know which one or condition as of yet.

He says it has a conversion for universal shellholders. Well Press, you read a bit more into what I posted than is there.

What I would like is for more people to know how much reloaders owe Pacific. What I was referering to is the head dimensions of the shell holders at.

Pacific originally cut shell holders into the top of interchangable rams but that ended in the late 60s when they went to interchangeable holders but they sure started the idea of interchangable shellholders.

The method of retaining current shell holders, screw or spring, isn't a part of the shell holder itself. Pacific probably sold more presses after the explosive growth of reloading in the 60s than had been sold previously but I don't know that.

It is a ram cut to fit the button. Features relieved clearance for spent primer removal, a quick detach clip for easy shell holder insertion and removal, which also gives you floating shell holder action for perfect alignment. On top of that they standardized the dies size and the ram dimensions. Their marketing was lax after WWII and sales dropped a lot, though they made several variations and new models.

When Dietmeier bought the company in he turned Pacific into a modern reloading tool company with a complete redo of the model line. It was the C framed model and looked almost new.