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    Default What are these tools used for?

    These tools are from my father's old stuff and are marked Winchester. I suspect they are for loading lever gun ammo since they have markings for lever gun calibers like 45 government. Am I right? Since I don't have any old lever guns I would like to sell them. Anyone out there know what they could be worth?
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    hard to make out in the small pics, but looks like some bullet molds, , (2 on the left are molds, should be marked somewhere on the side)
    bottom right is a combo mold and either seater or decap/cap for primer, (or all of the above)

    and the rest are loaders,

    any markings on the tools?

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    Post these pics and question on

    antiquereloadingtools.com

    They are antique 310 type "tong" tools.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PWC View Post
    Post these pics and question on

    antiquereloadingtools.com

    They are antique 310 type "tong" tools.
    Thanks, that is a good idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lyman View Post
    hard to make out in the small pics, but looks like some bullet molds, , (2 on the left are molds, should be marked somewhere on the side)
    bottom right is a combo mold and either seater or decap/cap for primer, (or all of the above)

    and the rest are loaders,

    any markings on the tools?
    Yes, two are molds, they say Winchester and have a caliber marked on them
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    When I was in high school I found a 45-70 tong tool and my friend had his grandfather's Springfield 1873 carbine. We cast the 405gr
    bullets, sized them and loaded them in the tong tool. This tool would deprime and prime the 45-70 case. We used black powder, it was
    an easy operation to load 45-70, we cleaned the cases in hot water

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    I have a large carpenter's square marked Winchester. Apparently, at one time, they also made carpentry and hand tools, too.

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