Shotgun shell crimper
AssigneeMayville Engineering Company, Inc.
InventorsTheodore J. Bachhuber, Philip C. Bachhuber
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Abstract
A crimping die which is movably mounted in one end of a shotgun shell crimping sleeve has a conically shaped side wall which permits the crimped end of the shell to overhang the crimping die to cause ironing of the crimped end of the shell against the rounded crimping corner of the crimping sleeve when the crimping die is withdrawn from the crimped shell.
Claims3
In a shotgun shell crimper having a crimping sleeve with a cylindrical interior cavity which is dimensioned to fit over the exterior surface of an uncrimped shotgun shell, having a rounded crimping corner on one end of said cavity, and having a crimping die movably mounted in said one end of said cavity in position to crimp the end of said shotgun shell, said crimping die having an end wall engageable with the end of a said shotgun shell and a side wall joined to the end wall, the improvement wherein said side wall is generally conical and smaller in diameter than said end wall except where said side wall and said end wall meet and the base of said generally conical shape lies on the side of said crimping die toward said shotgun shell, to permit the crimped end of the shell to overhang the crimping die to cause ironing of the crimped end of the shell against said rounded crimping corner when the crimping die is withdrawn from the crimped shell.
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