Rimless case
Looks like these early Bench reloading tools were made obsolete by the introduction of the 30-06 rimless case (1906) and other pistol rimless cases like the 45 Auto, etc. The semi-auto and automatic actions. The earlier 30-40 Krag has a rimmed case.
This also supports the last inspection date being 1907. That basically marked the end for these tools only because the design could not be easily converted to reload rimless cases. So they were basically done in 1907.
Interesting research.
Murph
Last edited by BMur; 12-12-2022 at 11:26 PM.
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