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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18103 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	My new breech seating tool. Apr 21^st, 2017 at 8:44pm	Print Post
	Just received this from Jerry Cleave, and I'm extremely happy! I saw pictures before ordering this breech seating tool for my Hepburn Match B, but honestly the tool is so much nicer in person! (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Sent Jerry two fired cases and he built this fine tool to custom fit my Hepburn Match B's .32-40 chamber. My groove diameter is a quite large .327" so I'm using a .328" bullet that wont allow fixed ammo. So breech seating is the only option on this rifle, and Jerry's tool will see a lot of use with the Hepburn! Really a precision machined tool, that is finished extremely nice! It drops in nicely, and then the anchor bar swings into position and fits the breech block mortise great! Plenty of leverage to seat the bullet with little effort! And the handle can be reversed to right or left by removing one screw, and flipping the pushrod around 180 degrees! Takes a few seconds to change right to left! (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Hope the rains stop here soon, so I can get out and try it!

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3995 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #1 - Apr 21^st, 2017 at 9:49pm	Print Post
	That's a nice tool. I'm glad to see you making progress on my favorite Hepburn. Here's something so you can shoot in the rain....


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18103 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #2 - Apr 21^st, 2017 at 9:54pm	Print Post
	I ended up grabbing a Lee aluminum mold for a 180 gr. 8mm bullet. Still too small, but I got out my decimal drill index and gradually bored the base band out to drop at .328" diameter! It's a spire point mold, and not sure if it will be what I end up with, but gives me a cheap bullet mold to begin with. Not a fan of aluminum molds, but they're OK once I polish the mold tops and bottom of the sprue plate with 500 grit.

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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #3 - Apr 21^st, 2017 at 10:00pm	Print Post
	Jerry is a close friend and his tools are real Jewels and everyone should save up and buy one of his Re&De Cappers it too would be money well spent. JLouis

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18103 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #4 - Apr 22^nd, 2017 at 10:34am	Print Post
	JLouis wrote on Apr 21^st, 2017 at 10:00pm: Jerry is a close friend and his tools are real Jewels and everyone should save up and buy one of his Re&De Cappers it too would be money well spent. JLouis I don't have one of his re-decapper tools John. but may have to get one! From the fit and finish I see on this tool, it's some of the finest work I've seen!

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7675 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #5 - Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 11:45am	Print Post
	Vall, What is the purpose of the tappered screw? To allow the anchor to swing up? Frank

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PORK AND BEANS Junior Member Offline Posts: 70 Location: clovis,ca Joined: Sep 13^th, 2009	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #6 - Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 3:29pm	Print Post
	I can attest to the quality of Jerry Cleave's workmanship. I have use one of his breach seaters for my FBW and it works great. His "Pool Tool" is the best thing going for capping and de-capping. Rich$


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18103 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #7 - Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 7:11pm	Print Post
	frnkeore wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 11:45am: Vall, What is the purpose of the tappered screw? To allow the anchor to swing up? Frank The screw isn't tapered Frank. It is straight shank screw, and yes it allows the anchor to move up above the action to drop into the mortise.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18103 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #8 - Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 7:14pm	Print Post
	Along the lines of really cool tools! We had our collector gun show today, and another cool tool showed up! An Ideal #2 re-decapping tool! I've searched for one of these little guys for a very long time, and now own this one! (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) I'm told Schoyen included these Ideal #2 re-depcappers with the shooting kits that he offered when people purchased guns from him!

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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #9 - Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 7:30pm	Print Post
	Very nice find Vall its the first one I have seen not just being pictured in a book. JLouis

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18103 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #10 - Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 7:50pm	Print Post
	Same here John! I first saw a picture on the internet about 20 years ago. Then noticed John Dutcher showed a picture in his Ballard book as part of a Schoyen shooting kit. They're a very compact tool at about 7" long.

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Chris C Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 327 Location: Deep in the woods of Oklahoma Joined: Feb 12^th, 2014	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #11 - Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 9:39pm	Print Post
	That's just plain cool, Vall.

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bwdog Participating Member Offline Posts: 34 Joined: Mar 8^th, 2015	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #12 - Apr 24^th, 2017 at 2:13pm	Print Post
	Can the seating tool be used with a Lyman or Unertl scope mounted on the rifle ? tia Barry


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18103 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: My new breech seating tool. Reply #13 - Apr 24^th, 2017 at 8:14pm	Print Post
	bwdog wrote on Apr 24^th, 2017 at 2:13pm: Can the seating tool be used with a Lyman or Unertl scope mounted on the rifle ? tia Barry Absolutely! It's designed just for the purpose of allowing use with any scope mounted.

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