Winchester reloading tool help

[senior]

Below is an old Winchester reloading tool I received with my 40-65. I have been reloading for years so most I can figure out fairly easily. BUT, how does it remove the spent primers?? It looks like you just drive it out when the case is in the sizing handle. Am I missing a pin to do that or are you expected to just pick up a nail to do it?

 

[H4831]

Senior, I hope someone answers that, because then I will know, too!
My 30-30 tool is exactly the same and I haven't figured that out, either.

 

[senior]

Has to have something to do with the hole in the end of the handle but I kinda would expected it to come with a pin of some kind to do it

 

[VICIOUS]

? could it be for digging out berdan or miltary primers from the cases ??

 

[stocker]

That was the last tool Winchester made of that type. It was called the Model 1894 and was available for cartridges from 25/35 up to 50/110. There was a separate pin that accompanied it for decapping. I did a web search for Winchester antique reloading tools and found several posted at different locations on the results. One showed the decapping pin along side the tool but in a picture too small to tell you much, the other referred to the pin as being missing from the tool. There are probably additional references but I didn't search any further after basically identifying the model and learning about the missing pin. Nice piece to have and you can probably search further for additional information.

 

[stocker]

Got curious so visited some of the sites that were selling old reloading equipment. Found a picture of the pin for a 45-60 that was for sale. This may or may not be the one that should have accompanied yours but it would work any where you had a light mallet and an object to support the case and let the primer drop through. Basically it was a steel piece longer than the cartridge case and most of the pin was of a diameter to be close to the same inside dimension of the cartridge case. One end had about 1/2 " to 3/4" turned down to flash hole diameter. Drop the pin in the case, it self centers and give the top end a tap with the primer over a hole so it can fall free.