SHOT Show: New Products from Redding Reloading Equipment
Video Report by Robert Whitley
Redding Reloading Equipment unveiled some new products at the 2012 SHOT Show. In this video, Dave Dibble, staff engineer for Redding, showcases some of Redding’s new items. These include the new small-caliber drop tube adapter, the Micrometer Seating Stem Retrofit kit, and Redding’s New Imperial BioGreen Case Lubricant (for pad application).
17-20 Caliber Drop Tube Adapter
This is a Lexan replacement fitting that goes on the bottom of a Redding powder measure drop tube to provide a better fit on small cases. The adapter is a simple friction fit and works with all Redding powder measures and the Redding powder funnel. The adapter simply slides onto the existing drop tube. The adapter should fit any Redding drop tube of 1960s vintage or newer.
Micrometer Seating Stem Retrofit Kit
Redding offers a unit that upgrades existing Redding standard seating dies to a micrometer-top seating die, with hash marks corresponding to .001″ (one-thousandth) movements in bullet seating depth. Note, before you order, check the part number on top of your existing standard seating die, and find the corresponding upgrade kit.
Imperial Bio-Green Case Lube This new, non-petroleum lube, said to be “as slippery as traditional Imperial Die Wax”, can be used on any pad type-lubricant applicator. Clean-up is easy because the lube is water-soluble and the lube won’t stain your brass. Redding recommends this for folks who use ultrasonic cleaners as there is no petroleum to contaminate the ultra-sonic cleaning solution. Redding says reloaders should be able to “clean a lot more cases before changing the [ultrasonic] fluid.” |
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Any word on the price for the Micrometer stem? I see Redding selling a TON of those if they are reasonable.
I see them around for about $35, give or take a few bucks.
It looks like a great product but will it fit other manufactures dies.
I’d also like to know if the micrometer will accommodate dies from other manufactures.
Although I would have preferred for Redding to comment privately to me on the information I sent them a couple of years ago – they haven’t – I am pleased to see they decided to use my idea for a slip on adapter to their powder measures for the easy fillings of the 17’s and 20’s and offer it to the public in its simplest form.
It dawned on me several years ago that it might be possible to manufacture an adapter for Redding, RCBS and other powder measures which would allow for quick and accurate conversion of any given measure from standard drop tube to sub caliber or compact loads without having to disassemble anything. I was/am right, but, alas, none of the likely established outlets for same could be bothered at the time. All the more their loss. The adapter I use on my Redding measure works great. Switching among the four drop tubes I utilize couldn’t be easier.