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Shell Loaders
- Material
- METAL-STEEL; METAL/ALLOY-BRASS; WOOD-UNKNOWN; PAINT
- Description
- A) This tool is about 29.7cm long, made of steel and painted green. It has a clamp on the top end which has a large screw for tightening the clamp. It also has two levers with round wooden knob handles, one at the top and one at the bottom. The bottom half of this tool has a brass cylinder shaped a…
- Other Names
- Loader and Crimper
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- ARMAMENT ACCESSORY
- Description
- A) This tool is about 29.7cm long, made of steel and painted green. It has a clamp on the top end which has a large screw for tightening the clamp. It also has two levers with round wooden knob handles, one at the top and one at the bottom. The bottom half of this tool has a brass cylinder shaped attachment. The bottom part of this attachment pushes upward. Also, wired to the top of this is a small brass measuring cup with handle for measuring gun powder. It looks like a short fat bullet shell with a finger sized handle attached to it, and a small curved spout on the top for pouring the powder. It also has an adjustable measuring device on the bottom of it. Engraved on it is 'POWDER 2 1/2 2 3 3 1/4 3 1/2 SHOT'.
B) This shell loader has a clamp for attaching loader to table top, a handle on the left hand side to hold the empty casing in place and a handle on right.
- Narrative
- This tool was used for loading and crimping shotgun shells.
- Material
- METAL-STEEL; METAL/ALLOY-BRASS; WOOD-UNKNOWN; PAINT
- Length
- 29.7
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 1971.1.15 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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