Old REDDING Model 16 shotshell press

Hi

I recently bought an old green Redding #16 press amongst a few other reloading items.

Having used a little Kroil & some elbow grease I have managed to get things moving again, as the two main uprights on the unit were solid with old caked on grease.

I'm now on the hunt to add to it, as a few items are missing.

This is the model of press with the ROUND charge bar - so I need some of the powder bushings...(the flat top/base ones will NOT fit - must be CURVED)

Only has the powder bottle, so I need a shot bottle

No instruction manual - so even a scan of one would be a great help

Only has the 12-ga dies - so ANY spare dies or parts would be most welcome

Please PM me if you can help with any of the above

So far I am very impressed with the overall design of the Model 16, esp. the supported chamber/die system used. Pity they stopped production of them as they seem to have a few unique design features...

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Lee bulge buster vs. Redding G-RX

I tend to agree that bulged brass is going to be weaker, even after the bulge is "fixed" by sizing it down with a special die.

Whether it fails is a matter of how it is subsequently loaded and whether the previously bulged area ends-up facing an unsupported chamber location in the chamber. If your gun does not have such an area, then it is less of a problem. But, if you are shooting it in a gun that makes those bulges, then sooner or later the previously bulged are of a "fixed" case will probably end-up unsupported when it is fired again. If that is done repeatedly until the case fails somewhere, that sooner or later one of the case failures could well be a blow-out at the web/wall intersection instead of the usual split case mouth.

Because other people may very well have previously "fixed" .40 S&W brass that I pick up at the range, I relegate .40 S&W range brass to mild loads, around 25,000 psi peak pressure. And, I am shooting those in Sigs which do not normally bulge brass with 35,000 psi loads.

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