can this LYMAN press be used to swage slugs for airguns?

[grouch-o]

dear, much more experienced forum users and projectile makers. i recently saw this LYMAN press on the local 2nd hand market for an affordable price but with no further information, besides it being equipped with a .32 kit.

my question is can this quite stble looking press be used or modified to press .306 (for vulcan 3) or .253 (for gk1) slugs?
and if so, what would be suitable parts (dies and sizers) to do so?

thank you.

 

[Ta-Ta Toothie]

You would need someone to make you dies for that and it would be expensive and probably not worth it. Very unique looking progressive press though.

 

[BlackICE]

I doubt that press will be very good for pressing slugs. Looks like a early version of a turret press. Those are not as strong and have more Flex than a O frame press which would be better if you're going to use it for pressing slugs .

 

[Engg.Ken]

Keep a RCBS Rebel press handy we are going to make your dream come true !

 

[TnCnDn]

Keep a RCBS Rebel press handy we are going to make your dream come true !

How so?

 

[ndwind]

That is a very old Lyman jr turret from I believe the 1940s. Its not a very strong press!

 

[gendoc]

Keep a RCBS Rebel press handy we are going to make your dream come true !

do you have a date set for availability, and any information available now ?

 

[Engg.Ken]

do you have a date set for availability, and any information available now ?

Work in progress, Machining is starting this week. So by the end of month we can have a rollout of the kits.

 

[GeneT]

A turret press is a poor choice for swaging because the die head is cantilevered from its mount and the mount is just some sort of shoulder bolt. It's a decent PB reloader though...*

Look for "O" frame presses, preferably cast iron. Those have the structure and rigidity to do light swaging (as in pellets / slugs).

GsT

* A possible exception is the old Hollywood Sr. turret press which had a removable bar that could be installed in one position that would significantly increase the rigidity in that station. The company is gone now, but their presses are still floating around.

 

[Bedrock Bob]

A Bonanza press and the old RCBS "o" press.

Either one will squeeze a slug through a pinhole and take standard base dies.

 

[grouch-o]

thank you all for your responses. in total, they were helpful for me to learn more.