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Bullet die identification

Cory porter

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I am making my way through things I acquired through an estate and have no clue on these. My assumption is they are bullet making dies, I assumed they would be 6mm but one die has 22 on it

Any help would be appreciated, I don’t plan on making bullets so they will probably be for sale if I can get them identified and valued

Thanks,
 

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I'm with Joe on this, looks like Clarence Detsch carbide dies. The die on the right is a core forming die. The other 2 are probably core seat and point up dies. If you loosen the nuts and take them apart one should have a solid ejector rod( core seat) , one should have a smaller diameter ejector pin( point die).
Not much experimentation in ogive shape back then probably a 7 flat base.
Get them in the hands of a .22 bullet maker to evaluate ( he will have jackets,lead wire, assorted diameter punches, etc)and make some samples, then you can decide how much to sell them for.
 

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