Loading Tools and Case Accessories
Loading Tools - A selection of hand tools included with a properly cased vintage gun to ensure its usefulness in the outer reaches of the Empire, far from reliable sources of ammunition.
1. 1. Combination capper/de-capper --- seats and/or removes primers
2. 2. Bullet crimper --- stakes loaded bullet, securing it into neck of brass cartridge
3. 3. Turnscrews (the name for an expensive English screwdriver) --- for removing the rifles locks
4. 4. Firing pin retaining nut wrench --- to facilitate removing and replacing firing pins
5. 5. Combination case extractor --- for manually removing recalcitrant cartridges stuck in one of the rifle’s chambers
6. 6. Case trimmer --- the cylindrical end is inserted into the empty case mouth and revolved. A short cutting blade at the upper end of the cylindrical portion skives off a bit of excess brass
7. 7. Oil bottle with applicator tip inside screw-cap --- for applying small quantities of lubricant
8. 8. Hollow-point bullet mold insert --- fits into a hole in the bullet mold, adding a male form to the mold’s cavity, for casting hollow-point bullets
9. 9. Bullet mold with sprue-cutter --- for casting bullets in the field
1 10. Dispensing powder-measure/funnel --- for loading one powder charge directly into an empty cartridge case
1 11. Wad-cutter --- using a hammer, a rock or anything handy, for cutting disk-shaped wads from fibre, leather or anything available
12. Bullet seating tool --- remove the long tapered end cap, insert first the bullet and then the charged case, replace the tapered cap; insert into the other end a concave-faced plunger (hidden in the rifle’s case beneath the bullet seating tool) and drive the bullet home
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