Anybody know anything about these?

The Ideal 310 are small diameter dies, won't fit standard press.
Orginally made for the small 310 tool, squeezed together like pliers.
Later, they made a turret press for them.
A great number of handloaders started out with the Lyman (Ideal) 310 hand tool.
 
They are what most experienced reloaders refer to as "Old School"

Small thread , most calibers don't FL resize, They were mainly used in hand presses (vs bench models).

Not worth the trouble IMO.
 
They are in the 1964/65 Ellwood Epps catalogue. The 310 tool, sometimes called a tong tool, with standard dies for one calibre was $24.95. (Hey, in those days we didn't have any type sales tax!)
They also have full length resizing dies for $5.30, in any calibre, rifle or pistol.
When people talked about table top reloading, this was the outfit they were talking about.
 
An adapter is or was available from LYMAN that let you use the 310 or TRULINE dies in a normal single stage reloading press. Buying this set of dies and the adapter might be an inexpensive way of loading your .218 Bee, but getting a regular set of dies will be much better.
 
The 310 "tong" tool is very much alive and kicking these days.
It's true that it only neck sizes most rifle calibers; but that's not a bad thing.

These tools are perfect for small volume reloaders or when you want to do some reloading on the road. Thing of them as a step up from the Lee Loader.
If you have a Bee to reload for, and you're only going to make a couple hundred rounds per year, it'll work just fine.
 
The annual Rifleman's Rodeo in Salmon Arm drew shooters from many parts of BC and Alberta. One contender was a park warden, from Wells Gray Park. The routine at the shoot was a barbicue at supper time and an evening of story telling, and such.
This park warden was a fantastic story teller. He could entertain for the entire evening! However, all the time he was story telling, he was loading the ammunition for his next days shoot, on a picnic table, using a 310 tong tool!
Many people thought his story telling, 100% clean, the type your were proud to have a ten year old listen to, was the highlight of the shoot.
I know, rule three of handloading, "Don't let anything distract you." I guess Jim had never heard of this rule, but in any case he would end up with accurate ammunition for the next days shoot.
 
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