Rock Chuck Bullet Swage

Rock Chuck Bullet Swage (later abbreviated RCBS) is a handloading equipment manufacturer operating in Oroville, California.

In 1943 Fred Huntington was unable to find suitable varmint hunting ammunition for shooting rock chucks.

Working in the back room of his father's Oroville laundromat, Huntington devised a swaging machine converting spent .22 rim-fire cartridge cases into jackets for soft-point bullets.

Huntington's swaging dies became popular after the war as returning soldiers used their firearm skills for hunting.

[2] The Oroville factory expanded to 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m2) with over 150 employees[3] producing bullet casting equipment, powder measures, and reloading presses with dies for removing spent primers and resizing fired centerfire ammunition cartridge cases before seating new primers and bullets.

This powder dispenser is an example of the wide variety of handloading equipment manufactured by RCBS.