$3.00 Tool find, Stumps us All

[Cal78]

Picked this up at a old tool booth at a antique store Just because it looked cool, Most times i can Id what it is, but this time i am stumped, No markings really not sure if its even a tool and not something else

 

[RivennHewn]

Cable splicing? For making the eye loop on the end of a cable?

 

[montess84]

old primer seting tool (reloading equip) looks like shotgun but there is no size referance

 

[RivennHewn]

Looks like it would have the same effect as a firing pin.

 

[Filson]

Medieval ****** piercing device.

 

[dragonballz]

Medieval ****** piercing device.

What a stupid guess! They didnt have ******* back in medieval times

 

[G_P]

Medieval ****** piercing device.

Vintage device for giving a price albert

No way in hell I would seat a live primer with a pointed pin!

 

[Filson]

What a stupid guess! They didnt have ******* back in medieval times

Oh ****, my bad.

 

[Outlawmws]

It's not a priming tool; its a De-capping tool for removing the primers.

 

[rlitman]

It's not a priming tool; its a De-capping tool for removing the primers.

Is it? It looks like one part de-caps, and the other caps.

 

[RECox286]

I doubt that it is a decapper, the pin would have to be a

lot longer, thinner, and the radius of the hinge to pin would

have to be longer. I've never seen anything like it, and

my guess is that it has some propriatory use and that it

is a part of some kit, rather than a stand alone item.

But, I'm still young and foolish, so, what do I know ?

My best guess: a device made to put a hole in corn-

cobs so they could be strung up in the necessary.

Uncle Bob

 

[Outlawmws]

Simple to test, get a shotgun shell and see if a 20, 12, or 16 Ga fits and try it. the sharp decapper part come at the edge of the primer up at an angle from the outside, not inside like today's presses do. And rlitman is right: The second flat piece recaps the shell.

 

[fivespdcat]

Kind of looks like some sort of pitting tool for olives or cherries...

 

[BFHtime]

It looks like some to puncture the seal of capped container. To make it easy to pour out. Something that either took time or effort to access.

 

[jeremy v]

Outlaw is right. Read this thread and there are several posts on how it is used.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1853

 

[camit34]

For putting holes in leather belts

 

[getahammer]

Originally had a wooden handle on the stationary grip. Outlaw is correct. Used for decapping berdan primers.

 

[Daves69]

From the Parker guns thtread


Multi-tools of the day, cappers and decappers. Though, I can't quite figure out how the decapper works coming in from the side. Maybe just a primer pocket cleaner?

 

[Provincial]

Although I haven't seen or used one, I can see how it works. The Berdan primer is a shallow cup filled with priming compound. There is a pocket in the end of the cartridge that this cup presses into, and the pocket has a "***" or anvil that the priming compound is crushed against when the firing pin distorts the primer cup.

Since the open end of the cup is toward the anvil, and there isn't a center hole to use a punch to press the cup out, removing the cup is a complicated process.

I believe the pointed punch of this tool penetrates the cup at an angle, distorting the cup and stretching it away from the primer pocket. I doubt that it lifts the cup completely out of the pocket, but it distorts it enough to make it loose and easy to pry it out. This tool may be able to complete the removal in a second motion, or the cup may have to be pulled out with another tool in a second operation.

Berdan primers are now used only on ammunition that isn't intended to be reloaded, and this discussion helps explain why!