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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395746 | Shell retention device for ammunition loading machine An ammunition manufacturing machine has a frame with a die receptacle, and a reciprocating ram having a free end movable toward and away from the die receptacle. The free end of the die receives a removable shell holder having a recess shaped to receive the base of ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7017466 | Primer removal method A method for removing a damaged primer from the primer chamber of a cannon. The method comprises the steps of running a starter tap into a damaged primer, and shaking the damaged primer loose from the primer chamber so that the damaged primer comes out of the primer... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6397718 | Device for reducing the eccentricity and non-uniformities among cartridge cases A device for machining a cartridge case that has a neck comprising a circular neck wall, a mouth and a primer pocket. The device includes a gripping assembly, adapted to accept and retain a cartridge case and a neck machining assembly, positioned to engag... | 06/04/2002 |
| 5932828 | Reloader with snap-in tools and quick release shell or shot shell holders To permit operators to change dies quickly and easily and to remove shot shells from any station, inspect them and replace them, bayonet snap in dies may be easily inserted into a tooling section of a reloader and shot shells can be removed from shell pla... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5837916 | Noakes spent primer discharge hole apparatus An apparatus and method for facilitating the removal of spent primers from a press having a ram is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of punching a primer hole at a specified location, drilling the primer hole to a specified diameter and specified ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5831197 | Primer strip loading tool A device and method for loading primers into primer receptacles of a rectilinear primer holder strip. The device includes an elongated track for longitudinally guiding the primer strip through a primer loading station. The primer strip includes a series o... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5731537 | System and method for reforming shotshells A shell reforming system and method is shown comprising an automatically temperature-controlled and detachable heat mandrel on which a shell may be situated for a predetermined period of time. The system and method further utilize a plurality of detachabl... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5649465 | Resizing die for use in a reloading press An apparatus for resizing the neck of a cartridge case which includes a housing secured to a stationary head of a reloading press. A support sleeve is attached within the housing such that the support sleeve can slide within a bore of the housing. The app... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5335578 | Automatic shell feeding attachment for a reloading machine The present invention provides a retrofitting shell feeding attachment for shotgun shell reloading machines. The invention includes a declined tray held by a forked tray support, a funnel tube member leading from a discharge port located in the tray, and ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5309813 | Semi-automatic ammunition case processing apparatus A multifunctional cartridge case processing apparatus for use in the handloading/reloading of ammunition. The apparatus resizing the cartridge case, trims the case to its precise standard length, decaps the cartridge case primer pocket, and evacuates the ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5179243 | Ammunition assembly device The present invention provides an automatic feed mechanism for the assembly of ammunition. Ammunition is assembled in the feed mechanism by the joining of bullets with their respective shell casings, one at a time. The automatic feed mechanism is utilized... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5146043 | Bullet extractor A bullet holder for extracting a bullet from the cartridge casing that includes an elongated body portion having arm members pivotally connected at one end and movable toward one another in a pincer-type movement. Intermediate the arm members is positione... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5054362 | Controlled shotshell advancing mechanism for shotshell reloader The invention is a shotshell advancing mechanism on a shotshell reloader with rotating turret held on a work table, a relatively movable tool carriage, and means to move the tool carriage so that the tools are in contact with the shot shells. The shotshel... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5050475 | Bullet casing deburring tool An apparatus to recondition used ammunition cartridge cases in order that they can be reloaded and reused. A stand includes a base and an upright column. A plurality of bearing sleeves are located in the column disposed about parallel horizontal axes. A p... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5040449 | Shotgun shell reloader In a shotgun shell reloader, a manually operated lever drives a carriage reciprocally on a central post for shotgun shells mounted to the carriage to engage with reloading tools arranged on a support which mounts to the upper end of the post. A circular s... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4869148 | Loading die for ammunition A loading die for use within an ammunition loading press that is designed for maximum accuracy. Whereas prior art loading dies are inaccurate due to angular and axial misalignment of the various die, ram and ammunition components, the invention has cleara... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4836078 | Multifunctional ammunition case reloading die An ammunition reloading die having a generally cylindrical axially bored body and an external thread for mounting it in a reloading press. In one embodiment, a case sizer element is threaded onto and is removable from the nominally lower end of the die bo... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4779535 | Slug assembly for shotgun shotshell A slug assembly for a shotgun shotshell having a case in which the slug assembly is incorporated, comprising a metal slug having a center axial cavity, an elastically deformable stabilizer which is fitted in the cavity, and a filler which is charged in th... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4637291 | Combination ammunition reloading die A combination ammunition re-loading die having an elongated housing. The housing is externally threaded at both ends to enable entry of either end into the die holder of a reloading press. An expander post is integrally formed at one end of the housing. T... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4615255 | Shotgun shell reloader apparatus In order to increase the efficiency and reliablility of shotgun shell reloader apparatus of the type in which an empty shell is entered and removed at a single entrance/exit station and the shell is transferred in a circular path from station to station a... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4593598 | Cartridge resizing apparatus An apparatus for resizing rifle cartridge cases comprising the die fixedly positioned with respect to a frame and a ram operated by a lever mechanism adapted to raise a case into a resizing cavity within the die. A punch is loosely supported in the die an... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4566366 | Hand held cartridge reloading press A hand held cartridge case reloader has a first elongated handle body on which there are spaced apart laterally extending members. The upper member is threaded to receive standard cartridge reloading tools. The lower member is bored to receive a reciproca... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4522102 | Semi-automatic cartridge reloading machine A semi-automatic cartridge reloading machine of the type including a lower travelling platen with a rotatable support for sequentially positioning a plurality of cartridges in each of a series of operating stations and including an upper stationary platen... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4510842 | Manually operable resizing cartridge press and method for operating same A method and apparatus for resizing a spent firearm cartridge using a press for reshaping the cartridge is disclosed. The press includes a base block, two parallel rods vertically positioned transversally with respect to said block, and a pressure bar sli... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4502363 | Method and tool for reconditioning expended shotshells The thermoplastic shotshell reconditioning tool includes an elongated member having a front conductive tip portion adapted to be heated to a high temperature sufficient to melt the thermoplastic material of the shotshell tubular portion. A reduced diamete... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4385545 | Reloading device for metallic firearm cartridges A reloading device for metallic firearm cartridges, the reloading device incorporating improved means for depriming and resizing a previously fired cartridge, thereafter repriming the cartridge and subsequently seating a bullet in the cartridge to a desir... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4186646 | Adjustable charging bar A charging bar for loading or reloading small arm type shells or cartridges. The charging bar comprises adjustment means for incrementally varying the volume of a powder or shot measuring chamber of the charging bar. Such adjustment means may include a ro... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4157053 | Adjustable charge bar An adjustable charge bar for a shotgun shell reloading machine includes an elongated body having longitudinally spaced powder and shot receiving slots open at the top and bottom of the body, and a longitudinally movable slider in each slot forms variable ... | 06/05/1979 |
