Reeder Custom Guns - When Winchester quit making them ...

Jim Taylor
When Winchester quit making them ...
Saturday, January 10, 2026, 15:45

the man who designed them went to work for IDEAL. They produced the #3 Tool (for use with rimmed cartridges) the #4 Tool ( rimmed cartridges but with an attached
bullet mold), the #6 Tool (rimless cartridges with an attached bullet mold) and the #10 Tool(rimless cartridges).

Eventually the bullet mold on the tool was dropped and they made just the #3 and the #10. When Lyman took over the old Ideal company they redesigned the tool so it could be used for either rimmed or rimless cartridges. Thus the "310" too.

Hand Loading Ammo - Jim Taylor, 2026-01-10, 14:41
- Makes me appreciate my Dillon 450RL! (nm) - drdougrx, 2026-01-11, 06:36
  - I have one of those, maybe it’s a 550? I’ve - WB, 2026-01-11, 14:02
  - I no longer have a progressive loader ... - Jim Taylor, 2026-01-11, 08:04
    - Hahaha no sense loading more than you got time to shoots (nm) - jthomson, 2026-01-12, 10:30
      - . . . unless you're stocking up for when . . . - ORG, 2026-01-15, 14:28
- old western, maybe Quigley, had the main man loading - Gary Reeder, 2026-01-10, 15:33
  - When Winchester quit making them ... - Jim Taylor, 2026-01-10, 15:45
    - Were they ever marked Tong Tool?I have - Gary Reeder, 2026-01-10, 15:49
      - I have never seen them marked that but .. - Jim Taylor, 2026-01-10, 16:04