Press for reloading rifle and pistol cartridges

A press for reloading cartridges comprising:

• a base member,
• an elongated ram mounted for moving axially on the base member and a holder at an end of the ram for holding a cartridge,
• means for driving the ram axially in opposite directions,
• a turret ring and means for supporting said turret ring rigidly above the base member in a plane that is transverse to the axis of the ram, said turret ring having an axially directed bore and a plurality of lugs extending radially inwardly of the bore, said lugs being angularly spaced apart around the bore and defining angularly spaced apart gaps between them,
• a generally circular turret for carrying dies and for fitting into and for rotating in the bore of the turret ring, said turret having a radially extending flange whose diameter is greater than the diameter of the bore so the flange will interface with the turret ring around said bore to thereby support the turret over an area that is radially spaced from its center,
• said turret having a plurality of radially outwardly extending lugs angularly spaced apart around it and defining angularly spaced apart gaps between them, said lugs being axially spaced from said flange on the turret,
• said turret being freely insertable and removable from the turret ring when the lugs on the turret are registered with the gaps between the lugs on the turret ring and said turret being retained in the turret ring against axial movement when the turret is rotated to a position wherein the lugs on the turret are under the lugs on the turret ring, and
• means for engaging dies with the turret for the dies to perform a sequence of operations on the cartridge when the turret is rotated to positions wherein it is retained and the dies are sequentially aligned with the ram.

A press for reloading cartridges comprising:

• a base member,
• an elongated ram mounted for moving axially on the base member and a holder at an end of the ram for holding a cartridge at its rim end, said ram having an axially extending slot in its side,
• a generally circular turret and means for supporting the turret for rotation in a plane to which the axis of the ram is perpendicular, said turret having a plurality of threaded holes radially spaced from its center and angularly spaced apart around its center, one of said holes being for receiving a die used for driving a spent primer out of a cartridge and for sizing the cartridge when the cartridge is driven into the die by the ram and another of which is used for fixing a bullet in said cartridge when it is driven into said other die by the ram,
• manually operated means for driving said ram toward and away from said turret,
• said base having a generally V-shaped socket adjacent said axially extending slot in the ram,
• a priming arm having a leg portion for fitting into said socket and having a tip on the leg portion which nests in the apex of the V-shaped socket so the arm can swing toward and away from said ram,
• said priming arm having oppositely disposed wings at an end of the leg opposite from said tip, each of said wings having primer supporting and releasing means thereon respectively for primers of different sizes, said wings being aligned with the slot in the ram when the priming arm is in the socket,
• said priming arm being swingable to dispose one of the wings and the primer supporting and releasing means in the slot of the ram for enabling a primer of one size to be forced into the cartridge under the influence of axial movement of the ram and said priming arm being free to be lifted out of said socket, rotated and returned to said socket to allow disposing the other of the wings and the primer supporting and releasing means thereon in said slot.