[Mylhouse]

Stephen,

Like others on this board, I respect your opinions and your obvious shooting ability. You also seem to have similar shooting styles, habits, and interests to my own, so I thought I'd ask...

What reloading equipment do you use? Press(es)? Dies? Scale? Case lube? Etc?

Just curious...:)

[Stephen A. Camp]

Hello. Thank you for the kind words.

At the current time, I load rifle rounds entirely on an old RCBS "Jr." press that I bought used in '69 for $25.00 including a table.

I still deprime and size pistol rounds on this press as well and prime by hand, using a Lee handpriming tool. When it breaks, I just get another. They seem to last several thousand rounds before the priming handle snaps. I leave one set up for small pistol and one for large and use them on handguns and rifle. I keep a spare. When one's being used and goes kaput; I break out the spare and pick up another next time I'm at the gun shop.

After priming and such, I load on an old Hornady Projector progressive. It's not so fast as is the Dillon progressive(s).

Powder drop is RCBS as is my case trimmer and deburring tool. My scale is an old Lyman D-5.

Dies are RCBS, Hornady, and Dillon.

I don't cast anymore, so I don't have any lube around and don't recall what I did use.

I was given another Projector and may clean it up and mount it next to the one I've already got. I'll leave one set up for .45 ACP with the other for 9mm as these are what I normally load the most of. Eventually, I'm looking at a Dillon 650. I generally keep several hundred tumbled, sized, and primed cases ready to go. Loading them from this point on the Projector, I can crank out around 300 to 400 per hour, if I work at it. Usually, I do about 300 or so.

Tumbler is on old Lyman.

I still handweigh all rifle rounds and use and RCBS trickler.

Best.

For lube in sizing rifle cases, I use Hornady One-Shot spray lube.

[Mylhouse]

Wow! Thanks, Stephen! I didn't expect that detailed an answer!

I'm rather surprised that you're still loading "old-school" style. With the amount of shooting you do (judging by all the range reports and the fact that you teach classes), I was guessing that you were loading on a couple of 650s already!

You obviously spend considerable time devoted to the whole shooting thing, much of which is a benefit to all of us here! :)

[VictorLouis]

HERE - here!:D

[Stephen A. Camp]

Hello. Usually, I work and hour or so per day or every other day keeping myself in primed cases. Then, I'll load for a few evenings.
I shoot mostly slow-fire so it lasts pretty well.

Best.

[Matt G]

Mr. Camp is living the retirement that a lot of us look forward to. (at least I do.) :)

I plan on putting together a setup very similar to his, pretty soon.