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Hecklerusp45
05-28-2020, 06:35
These tools are from my father's old stuff and are marked Winchester. I suspect they are for loading lever gun ammo since they have markings for lever gun calibers like 45 government. Am I right? Since I don't have any old lever guns I would like to sell them. Anyone out there know what they could be worth?

lyman
05-28-2020, 07:36
hard to make out in the small pics, but looks like some bullet molds, , (2 on the left are molds, should be marked somewhere on the side)
bottom right is a combo mold and either seater or decap/cap for primer, (or all of the above)

and the rest are loaders,

any markings on the tools?

PWC
05-28-2020, 10:45
Post these pics and question on

antiquereloadingtools.com

They are antique 310 type "tong" tools.

Hecklerusp45
05-28-2020, 05:26
Post these pics and question on

antiquereloadingtools.com

They are antique 310 type "tong" tools.
Thanks, that is a good idea.

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hard to make out in the small pics, but looks like some bullet molds, , (2 on the left are molds, should be marked somewhere on the side)
bottom right is a combo mold and either seater or decap/cap for primer, (or all of the above)

and the rest are loaders,

any markings on the tools?
Yes, two are molds, they say Winchester and have a caliber marked on them

RCS
05-31-2020, 06:25
When I was in high school I found a 45-70 tong tool and my friend had his grandfather's Springfield 1873 carbine. We cast the 405gr
bullets, sized them and loaded them in the tong tool. This tool would deprime and prime the 45-70 case. We used black powder, it was
an easy operation to load 45-70, we cleaned the cases in hot water

AZshooter
11-07-2020, 07:07
I have a large carpenter's square marked Winchester. Apparently, at one time, they also made carpentry and hand tools, too.