Reloading Press perhaps a granddaddy to the Bonanza????

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The press has no name on it, have not seen one like it before. One shell holder is RCBS. I've tried it out works well in that I resized a few 303 brass that were not straight, after resizing they measured .002 or less.
All brass or bronze bushings and no sign of wear. Any help on this would be appreciated.
Thanks. Bill
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It looks like a home workshop project to me. I've seen plans for those many decades back.

Whoever made that one up, did some excellent work.

I just googled "home made reloading press" and there is a picture of an identical press, but with multiple stations
 
Im going with the home built theory on this, or more precisely, an "afterhours" built in a shop with some very good equipment. The base, crown & sliding mechanism would be easily built but I'll bet those cantilever brackets took some "trial & error to work in perfect unison to the slide travel. Nice find and if you ever endeavor to do a little wildcatting & brass forming you have a press that will take the torque easily.
 
What about the long rcbs shell holder?

As far as I know it was lyman (j style) that had the long stem shellholders. Never seen one from Rcbs.
 
looks homemade but there were a few other company's that made them in this style too I have thought about building my own with 3 spots for dies/shell holders since I have some plate and round bar kicking around since I missed out on the herters super 81 that was on EE a while back
 
b72471 said:
I don't think it was a home made press. There is no machining marks plus it has a nice finish on it.
Thanks for your help on this.
Bill
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There really isn't any reason for a good machinist to leave machine marks on something like that. Just takes a bit of time to finish it properly.

Check out Google. There are several pics of presses exactly like the one in your pics.
 
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