Cleaning and deburring tool for spent cartridge cases
OwnerBetty L. Christenseninventor
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Abstract
A tool for cleaning and deburring spent cartridge cases by means of a cleaner at a first end of the tool used to clean the primer pocket of carbon and other residue remaining in the pocket is disclosed herein. The other end of the tool is adapted to deburr the bullet end of the cartridge. The deburring tool is adjustable through a range of sizes to accommodate various sized cartridges. The cleaner end of the tool may be provided with different size cleaners to accommodate various sized primer pockets and may be used alternatively to reshape the primer pocket when crimped primers were used.
Claims3
A tool for cleaning and deburring spent cartridge cases comprising:
- a body member,
- the body member having a first end and a second end,
- a bore extending axially therebetween,
- an outer deburring means formed in the first end of the body member for deburring the outer periphery of a spent cartridge case, internal threads at the second end of the body member,
- an inner member telescopically supported in the bore of the body member adjacent the first end thereof,
- an axially extending slot in said body member and a screw extending through said slot and threadably engaging said inner member,
- said screw having a head,
- said head engaging the outside of said body member for holding said inner member relative to said outer member,
- the inner member having external deburring means for deburring the inner periphery of a spent cartridge case,
- the deburring means on said inner member and the deburring means on said outer member being adapted to engage a bullet end of a spent cartridge case whereby said cartridge case will be deburred when the tool is rotated about said cartridge case with the inner and outer members in engagement therewith,
- a holder,
- said holder engaging the internal threads at the second end of said body,
- a cleaner supported at a first end of said holder,
- and a reamer tool supported at a second end of said holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.