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This is a matter of personal preference. When I moved my reloading equipment into the house from the garage, the bench height changed considerably. I have an RCBS RC2 press and a Dillon 550 that I was using their roller handle on. I was using the 550 on the Dillon strong mount and the RCBS...

I have bought some components or tools/equipment that I have no use for, usually as a package deal that has something that I can use. I don't have much that I can't use left. Just a couple weeks ago, I gave some .22 Hornet dies, a few boxes of bullets, and a loading manual to my brother to give...

My eye doc tells me that I have astigmatism. I wouldn't know, I haven't had the opportunity to look through someone elses eyes. I've been nearsighted since I was 10 years old. I am now 64. I started wearing contacts when I was 17. A few years ago, the fine print got a little too fine. My...

I shot USPSA matches for about 6 years around 20 years ago. I remember that my goal for my first match was to not be dead last. I realized that goal as there were about 4-5 shooters behind me. A couple were DQ'd. I was shooting an EAA Witness 9mm that was because it was ported put me in open...

I remember when I was working at a gun store 20+ years ago, a man came in with his friends and wanted a Henry .22 rifle. This was shortly after they first came out. We ordered it for him. When it came in, it had very nice wood with excellent figure. Nicer than the pics shown above. We...

I have a 6" 686+ that I used in USPSA competition 20+ years ago until it got replaced with a 610. I used HKS speedloaders which were necessarily very thin between chambers and had a tendency to crack there and would not release rounds into the chambers. I had to keep a close eye on them and...

Many years ago, I worked at a gun store and was a Dillon dealer. When I called them to make an order, they would tell me that a part or two would be free. Such as when I would give a part from a demo machine to a customer that said that he had a loader that had something broken. They said...

I have had a couple of cheaper tripods for photography and chronograph use for many years that have worked well. Then I bought a used Zeiss spotting scope that came with a Manfrotto tripod with a quick release mount that beats the heck out of them all.

The earliest one I have is a 2003 which is the first one I ever encountered. I have an almost complete collection to the current one, however I'm missing 2005 and 2012. I don't know if I failed to buy them at the time or they got misplaced over the years.

I have 9mm cases that have been fired 12 times without any problems. I lose a fair amount of them. Case lengths have not changed. I don't see any problems with continuing to use them.

I have a 605 that I bought 20+ years ago when I worked at a gun store. I don't recall the exact price, but it was under $200. It is the bobbed hammer DAO ported model. As mentioned above, it is a handful with full power .357's. The recoil however, is pretty much straight back. Not much...

I remember those days reloading in the garage. In my neck of the woods, temps rarely get below freezing for very long but reach 100+ in the summer. One blustery day in the winter, even with my box heater going full blast, I was still freezing my butt. I found a that a garage vent was directly...

I have a 686+ 7 shot revolver that I bought 20+ years ago. It is not finicky at all about rounds that shoot well. 125gr jacketed, 158gr jacketed or lead, .38 loads, they all shoot well. I used it for USPSA competition for a while shooting .38 158gr LSWC loads using speedloaders. I did rather...

I have 3 pistols that I've used for USPSA competition years ago. An EAA Witness in 9mm, a Glock 22 .40, and a Para-Ordnance P-16 .40. All have 40k+ rounds through them. The slide/frame rails have gotten a bit shiny but all function and look as new. I learned early on that practicing beyond...

When I worked at a gun store 20+ years ago we had a used 10" Freedom Arms revolver in .454 Casull used that was Magna ported. We decided to take a for a ride at the local range. It had a 2X scope on it. We were shooting at a bowling pin at 25 yards. It was not a problem hitting the pin, it...

When I was about 7 or 8 years old my maternal grandfather took me to my paternal grandmother's house. She raised chickens on her 20 acres which was once a dairy. He decided that he wanted some chicken for the freezer. My grandmother had a coat hanger bent into a hook on the end that she...

With Sierra 168gr bullets I have been using 45.0gr of Varget. This is at or near max in most manuals. This load shoots very nicely in my rifle, a Winchester Model 70 with a heavy 26" barrel. It betters Federal GMM by a small but repeatable margin. This is easily a sub MOA load. I am...

I bought a round tray Lee and a set of shellholders 20+ years ago and it still works just fine. When I load higher volume on my Dillon 550, they get primed on that press. I think the only time the priming setup on my Rock Chucker ever got used was when my father wanted me to load some .25ACP...

I started out with an RCBS Rock Chucker kit 20+ years ago which took care of my needs very nicely for a while. Then I got bitten by the USPSA bug and my ammo appetite grew exponentially. I then bought a Dillon 550. At the time I worked at a gun store and was a Dillon dealer. I still have a...

I ordered some bullets on Sunday, got a call on Monday, they had a problem with my address. Straightened that out in short order, received them on Friday in California. Nice work!