Just wondering if any of older Gentlemen here have ever loaded on an inline Belding and Mull. I got my first look at reloading when I was about 5 years old watching my Dad load 06 cartridges. circa mid 50's. My Uncle has it now as a Momento of my Dad. He passed last year at 96. I will get it back someday He told me. They both moved on to RCBS equipment but the old press is still in the Family. I remember He had it mounted on a solid board and it hung in His man cave upstairs back then. I used to really enjoy watching Him reload. 4064 if I remember right. Kept me out of Moms hair for awhile I guess.
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Jack: I used a B&M powder measure some time back (+25 yrs. ago) for black powder, but it jammed up all the time. Was surprised, since it was probably originally mfg. during the BP era.
Didn't even know they had a single-stage press.
Hank M.
Jack: I used a B&M powder measure some time back (+25 yrs. ago) for black powder, but it jammed up all the time. Was surprised, since it was probably originally mfg. during the BP era.
Didn't even know they had a single-stage press.
Hank M.
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I have a press very similar to that. I always assume it was mounted vertically so the powder didn't spill. The sets of dies I have are 375 H&H and an unknown 45 cal dangerous game round similar to a 450 Lott but with a shoulder.
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I still use there powder measure with certain powders.
I believe it to be one of the most accurate measures
ever made.
Denny
I believe it to be one of the most accurate measures
ever made.
Denny
My first reloads were with a B&M powder measure. It was very accurate.
I have one of those B&M presses sitting on a bench where my computer is. Never used it and I even have dies for it. In fact at the last gun show in Cody the first of the month I got some dies to fit it. And for 20 bucks I got 2 B&M powder measures sans the charge tubes....when I got the dies etc there were 2 of the powder measure adj powder tubes in the box. Sold one of the measures for 50 bucks about 2 hours later. The other measure has a broken glass in it. . I also have a horizontal CV Schmidt around here somewhere too. Odd presses but they musta worked ok. I was looking in that same box today and lo and behold there was a Herter's 243 kit that had to have been made by Lee for Herters..no instructions or powder scoop though
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Never used one, but the first loading press I ever saw was a Belding & Mull, around 1963, I think. The Belding & Mull powder measure remains in demand today. Unusual in design, it was slow as it required a two-step process to charge one case. However, it had a reputation for being the most accurate (consistent) measure available for coarse rifle powders. May still be, I don't know.
Some on this forum will know more about this company than I do, but I think they've been out of business for at least twenty-five years.
Some on this forum will know more about this company than I do, but I think they've been out of business for at least twenty-five years.
Still there but not like they used to was https://beldingandmull.com/
Ivan the Butcher
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I just dug mine out. It is a W.H.English "Pak-Tool"
It does neck sizing only so I can do lots of similar cartridges. My note list the following cartridges:
38/357mag/357 max
44 Special/Mag
300 Norma/Winchester/H&H/Weatherby
375 H&H/Weatherby (maybe 378 Weatherby)
458 Winchester/Lott/ Unknown
And with an additional shell holder or two
303 British
45 Colt
44-40
30-30/375 Winchester/38-55
30-06/308
45 ACP?
This fits right in with my other "Primitive" loaders; 310 tools and Lee "Whack-a-Mole" Loaders.
This seems like the thread to disclose what you know about the type of loaders.
Ivan
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