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Meet 21st Century Innovation Employee's
Pete Petros- Custom Assembly and tech expert 2 years formally at Sinclair and Midway USA
Josh Perkins- 20 years Machinist and custom assembly
Mark Perkins – Machinist since 1976
Tim Perkins- Official Morale booster 1985
John R Perkins Jr – Owner and Machinist since 1965
Sally Perkins – HR since 1985
Allyson Brown- 5 years Shipping
Kristine Shroyer- 19 Years Sales, Shipping and web design
Kevin Shroyer- 2 Year Customer Service, Marketing - Retired Master Sergeant US Army 1990-2017
Khris Southerland – 24 Years Machinist
- 21st was formally started in 2010 by John R Perkins Jr out of a love of shooting and a desire to supply precision enthusiasts with the best equipment he could design. Before 21st century we were known as PSP manufacturing supplying quality RC airplane parts to the hobbyist and JRP Machine products a do it all Machine shop. All in All, we have been in Business since 1985.
- Some of our most popular products are the caliber specific mandrels which run half thousandth sizes they allow the reloader to really dial in the neck tension in a simple easy to do process, Our power Neck Turning Lathe with its accuracy and ease of operation, the Super Precision Click Head Priming tool and the Hydro Bullet Seater which are both simple and accurate.
- I would say people love our products because of the ease of operation, the engineering that goes into them and the superior quality and customer service that comes with each purchase.
- Our most exciting new product being the Patented Hybrid X front rest which is already available for purchase. This rest is compliant across multiple disciplines of shooting competitions and is totally unique to the rest market with 6 years of research and development put into it before its release.
- All our products are manufactured, produced and assembled in America we do not subcontract anything out to other machine shops. Everything is built in one shop in Ossian, Indiana and is family owned and operated.
Neck Sizing Dies ----- NOW AVAILABLE
We are excited to introduce the 21st Century Innovation Neck Sizing Dies. Unlike traditional bushing dies these dies utilize a special interchangeable black nitride coated stainless steel die insert that will size down to the neck-shoulder junction of the case. The die insert is placed into the cap of the die body and is designed to float and self-center while the neck of the case is being sized. This eliminates any concentricity issue and results in an almost perfect case neck. The die inserts are designed to eliminate case neck doughnuts if adjusted correctly. Once a case is sized with the neck die, you will then follow up with expanding the sized cases with a 21stCentury expander mandrel to set appropriate neck interference. This system has been in development for a few years now, and testing has shown some great results!
A simple set-up, die inserts are laser marked to give .0005” to .005” neck interference. These are available in .204 through .338 caliber sizes.
Die bodies in two lengths are designed to work with short cases up to approximately .308 case-length and long cases up to .338 Lapua Magnum length cases.
Set up of this die is simple. Start by minimally sizing the neck of a test piece of brass and work the die down while checking how much it is sizing the neck. You will work it down by tightening the die body into the press just until you can see it is sizing to the neck/shoulder junction. Once it is set the locking ring in place. If you have gone too far you will see that the shoulder will become deformed and the case is ruined, so use caution. We still recommend a bit of lube while doing this like Imperial wax, but it is not necessary due to the characteristics of the Black Nitride coating.
If you want to switch out die insert sizes simply remove the cap which holds the insert and pull/work it out. Place new die insert in cap and firmly press to lock the o-ring in place. This system will work with any 7/8”-14 reloading press including the Forster Co-Ax.