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Here is a short history on Bond Machine and Modern-Bond Co, that was put together with the help of many individuals for an ARTCA display
These tools were a result of short supply, high cost, and great need after WWI. According to an article printed in the March 15, 1920 issue of Arms and the Man, Bond Machine Co. of Wilmington, Delaware had been working with the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and the NRA to develop, market, and supply reloading tools to the military/law enforcement (in the form of bench mounted high output (for the times) tools) and the civilian markets (in the form of bullet moulds, hand reloading, and powder handling tools).
Modern Machine was not a novice at manufacture of tooling as according to the Reference Department of the Wilmington Public Library, the business associates that formed Bond Machine Co. and Modern-Bond Co. had been accustomed to manufacturing tooling and components used in the bottling industry, as well as having Modern Machine Co. and Bond Machine Co. that dealt with all aspects of metal working and manufacturing.
The first tools were produced under the Bond Machine Co. name which then changed to Modern-Bond Co. in later half of 1920.
Modern-Bond is credited with the use of interchangeable bullet mould blocks and handles. This would have been prior to the introduction of the separate mould block and handle combination announced by Ideal in September 1927.
More on the Company, Chronology of tooling, literature, full line of products offered, and the use of the Lefax Record keeping system can be found in Issue #5, September 2003, of the Antique Reloading Tool Collectors Association Newsletter.
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