Device and method for reloading ammunition
AssigneeMighty Armory, LLC
InventorWayne Patrick Connetti
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Abstract
A reloading die comprising a die housing, a cap element, and a guide element. The die housing has an inner surface forming a housing chamber. The cap element is coupled to a first end of the die housing, and the guide element is coupled to a second end of the die housing for mounting at least in part in the housing chamber. The guide element has a main body having a first end portion and an opposed second end portion and an inner surface defining a guide chamber. The inner surface of the guide element has disposed at a position axially spaced from a first end portion and from a second end portion a radially inwardly extending guide flange element. The guide flange element has a guide flange opening formed therein, and is configured and positioned to move axially within the housing chamber.
Claims20
A reloading die for reloading an ammunition cartridge, comprising
- a die housing having a main body having a first end and an opposed second end, the main body having an outer surface and an opposed inner surface forming a housing chamber,
- a cap element coupled to the first end of the die housing, and
- a guide element coupled to the second end of the die housing for mounting at least in part in the housing chamber, the guide element having a main body having a first end portion and an opposed second end portion and an inner surface defining a guide chamber, wherein the first end portion has a first guide opening formed therein at a first end face for communicating with the guide chamber and the second end portion has a second guide opening formed therein at a second end face for communicating with the guide chamber, wherein the inner surface of the guide element has disposed at a position axially spaced from the first end portion and from the second end portion a radially inwardly extending guide flange element, wherein the guide flange element has a guide flange opening formed therein, and wherein the guide flange element forms, from the guide chamber, an upper guide chamber and a lower guide chamber,
- wherein the guide element is axially movable within the housing chamber.
A reloading die for removing a spent primer from an ammunition casing, comprising
- a die housing having a main body having a first end and an opposed second end, the main body having an outer surface and an opposed inner surface forming a housing chamber,
- a spacer element coupled to the first end of the die housing and having a central spacer opening,
- an ejector rod having a main body having a top section, an intermediate section and a bottom section, wherein the top section is sized and configured to contact the spacer element and a portion of the intermediate section seats within the central spacer opening,
- an ejector pin coupled to the bottom section of the ejector rod,
- a cap element coupled to the first end of the die housing and having an inner surface forming a cap chamber, wherein at least the top section of the ejector rod seats within the cap chamber,
- a first biasing member disposed in the cap chamber and contacting the top section of the ejector rod and the inner surface of the cap element,
- a guide element coupled to the second end of the die housing and for mounting at least in part in the housing chamber, the guide element having a main body having a first end portion and an opposed second end portion and an inner surface defining a guide chamber, and
- a second biasing member disposed within the housing chamber and coupled at a first end to the spacer element and coupled at a second end to the guide element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.