Ammunition reloader press wad cutter

A wad cutting device for use with an ammunition reloader press, comprising:

• (a) and anvil adapted to be attached to a first portion of a reloader press, the anvil having a first end and an internal bore that has an edge at the first end which acts as a cutting edge for cutting wads from wad material;
• (b) a guide attached to the anvil, the guide having an internal bore for receinving a punch, the internal bore of the guide communicating with the internal bore of the anvil, the internal bore of the guide having a portion that engages the anvil to connect the guide to the anvil, the guide having a slot for receiving wad material, the slot being aligned with and intersecting the internal bore of the guide;
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• (c) a punch adapted to be attached to a second portion of a reloader press, the punch being an elongated cylindrical shaft with a first end having a cutting face with a peripheral edge which acts with the anvil cutting edge to cut wad material, the punch being movable along the internal bore of the guide and into the internal bore of the anvil when the first portion and second portion of the reloading press are moved relative to each other.

A conversion kit for adapting a cartridge reloading press to produce cartridge wads the press including a first and second relatively moveable holder elements, one of the elements comprising a cartridge casing holder and the other of the elements comprising a die body holder, and a actuator mechanism therefor, the kit comprising:

• an anvil adapted for attachment to the first holder element;
• a wad material receiving structure mounted in operative association with the anvil;
• said anvil including an internal bore and the wad receiving structure being constructed and arranged to position a supply of wads from the wad material to spam the bore;
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• a cutter adapted for attachment to the second holder element and engagable in the internal bore cutting wads from the wad material upon operation of the actuator mechanism.