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US Patent: 161,682
Cartridge-Loading Implement
Patentee:
Lewis L. Hepburn (exact or similar names) - Ilion, NY

USPTO Classifications:
86/30, 86/37

Tool Categories:
armaments : firearms : cartridge tools

Assignees:
None

Manufacturer:
Unknown

Witnesses:
Will W. Dodge
W. C. Chaffee
William Jackson
Louis N. Walker

Patent Dates:
Applied: Jan. 18, 1875
Granted: Apr. 06, 1875

Patent Pictures:
Lewis L. Hepburn patent April 6, 1875
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Description:
Tool for loading cartridges, inserting and removing primers. The drawings show the tool working on a shotgun cartridge. A known example is marked with the patent date.

The specifications note handle designs that would facilitate use for reloading rifle cartridges, and setting the wadding in shotgun shells.

Hepburn was a noted designer for Remington, and later, Marlin.

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