A small collection of vintage shotgun and rifle cartridge loading tools, comprising: a Cocker patent

A small collection of vintage shotgun and rifle cartridge loading tools, comprising: a Cocker patent 12 bore combination tool, brass with steel lever and wooden handle, patent 5535 of 1884; two Hawksley type table standing de-capping and re-capping tools, twin columns and double function levers supported by a frame, one 20 bore and the other 12; a Hanbury Barclay type wad loader for 16 bore pinfire, tubular brass body with internal 'fingers' to guide the wad through the case mouth, wooden pusher; a nickel-plated bullet seater with open-sided tubular body and hand screw; and three other similar tools; together with a group of bullet moulds, comprising: a mould to cast a 60 bore winged bullet for the Daw-Jacobs rifle, single-piece brass mould block impressed 'G.H. DAW'S IMPROVED MOULD', steel sprue cutter, tuned ebony handle; a mould with a brass single-piece block for casting a 38 bore round nosed hollow-point bullet, block impressed 'No 38', steel sprue cutter, screw-in nose plug, block and plug each with turned mahogany handle; another similar mould for casting a 44 bore hollow round nosed bullet; and a brass scissor type mould for casting a 10 bore hollow nosed bullet with three cannelures, one arm stamped 'No 10', steel sprue cutter, separate nose plug with turned mahogany handle. [12]

The George Geear Collection