Micro-Precision

[Col. Harrumph]

I wound up winning an eBay auction (which is something I rarely do, being the cheapskate scrooge that I am [see avatar]) for a 2-die set of 300 Savage reloading dies. I've never heard of the brand, though: Micro Precision. Can anyone here tell me about the company? These dies appear to be very well made.

 

[quartermaster]

Never heard of them either, but I do live in a small town

 

[Nature Boy]

Post some pics

 

[Col. Harrumph]

Post some pics

You want a pic of some dies?
OK

 

[forty_caliber]

You want a pic of some dies?
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The lock rings look like modern Forster rings. The sizing die also resembles a Forster assembly but is short one lock nut.

I've never heard of this company before, but it makes one wonder if somewhere in the distant past they were bought out by Forster. Or perhaps they were just copying the design.

.40

 

[tightgroup tiger]

I've never heard of them either.

 

[BigBlue 94]

They look older... Maybe 70s or 80s, judging from the box.

Googling them brings up a patent from 1964 about interchangeable dies...

 

[rfwobbly]

Looks exactly like older RCBS dies. I wonder if the company was bought by RCBS to gain die making capability, like Hornady bought Pacific for the same purpose.

 

[cfullgraf]

The dies may have the year of manufacture stamped in them although the company may have used a date code instead of the actual number of the year. Look for a two digit number along with the other information stamped in the die.

 

[Col. Harrumph]

I looked, an dint see nuffin.

There is one clue, though. Between the box and papers, the maker's name & address occurs four times (Omaha), but only once is the zip code included. I conclude they were made shortly after the USPS introduced zip codes. When was that?

 

[tightgroup tiger]

1963

 

[tightgroup tiger]

https://patents.google.com/patent/US3175456A/en

Here is the patent information for them.
snip out of article.

March 30, 1965 J. M. GooDsELL INTERCHANGABLE RELOADING DYIEs Filed Feb. l0, 1964 INVENTOR. JOHN M. GOODSELL.

ATTORNEY United States Patent i ce 3,175,456 INTERCHANGEABLE RELOADHWG DIES John M. 'GoodselL Omaha, Nehr., assigner to Micro- Precision Co., Omaha, Nebr.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?31622-Dunbar-H-press-info
Skip down to post 13.

 

[WestKentucky]

I have a set of those that I couldn’t identify. Glad I stumbled across this thread. I think mine are .270 or 30-06 and I don’t use them because I have other dies that I had already been using, but it’s nice to know what they are.

 

[FROGO207]

I have a set of those in 45 Colt that I thought were made by Bair but lacked markings and came in a old bullet box. This may solve the mystery.

 

[Col. Harrumph]

Thanks tightgroup. I looked at those patent dwgs and they don't correspond to the dies pictured above, which are conventional, very like what you'd get from RCBS etc. today.