UK MIS ALPHA CAP 3

Item number                           :           UK MIS ALPHA CAP 3

Origin                                     :           United Kingdom

Style                                       :           2 pillars Capper / decapper

Gauge                                     :           10, 12 and 16. Changeable

Maker                                     :           ALPHA

Markings                                :           “PATENT Nº14901” and  “TRADE ALPHA MARK 10, 12, 16” on bottom plate

Bottom sizes                           :           Bottom oval ø  55 x 70 mm

Weight                                     :           280 grams

Materials body                       :           Brass with steel decapping pin.

Black painted wooden handle on press lever.

Paint                                       :           N.a.

Condition                               :           Good.

Repairs                                   :           None

Remarks                                 :

There is nothing known about “ALPHA”. It is not mentioned in Nigel Brown’s “British Gunmakers”. Alpha worked for gunmakers. See ALPHA CAP 1, where Alpha made a capper for W. Chalkley in Winchester, apparently a gunshop – not a gunmaker, because not mentioned by Nigel Brown.