Lyman Tru-Line Jr and a couple of nutcrackers

[kopcicle]

I recently got inundated with odd, old, weird, and curiously effective reloading tools.
Remember the Ideal Lyman 310 combo and nutcracker tools?
How about the Lyman Tru-Line Jr? It came with multiple die plates milled, drilled, threaded, for 5/8"-30TPI as well as standard 7/8"-14TPI. This gave me some ideas as I have a mill and a lathe.
Then a brother from another mother shows up with a second Tru-Line Jr and a bag of dies.
This just hours after I found another Tru-Line Jr on a local gun board for $40.
I'm beginning to wonder if these things breed in shipping or just come in bunches.
I now a combo tool for brother's 32-20, original, 1884 pat date.
A 30 U.S. (30-40 Krag) tool that now has .303 dies living in it for her custom Martini-Enfield
A .270 win nutcracker for neck sizing adventures at the range.
Die sets for 32-20, .303, .270, 45ACP, 38-357, 6.5x55, and I still have to go through a bag of jellybeans.

It's been an interesting week.

 

[Milt1]

I started reloading with a tru-line jr, it was a great little press. I reloaded 38 Special, 218 Bee and .222 Remington on it.

 

[Austin Albright]

I recently got inundated with odd, old, weird, and curiously effective reloading tools.
Remember the Ideal Lyman 310 combo and nutcracker tools?
How about the Lyman Tru-Line Jr? It came with multiple die plates milled, drilled, threaded, for 5/8"-30TPI as well as standard 7/8"-14TPI. This gave me some ideas as I have a mill and a lathe.
Then a brother from another mother shows up with a second Tru-Line Jr and a bag of dies.
This just hours after I found another Tru-Line Jr on a local gun board for $40.
I'm beginning to wonder if these things breed in shipping or just come in bunches.
I now a combo tool for brother's 32-20, original, 1884 pat date.
A 30 U.S. (30-40 Krag) tool that now has .303 dies living in it for her custom Martini-Enfield
A .270 win nutcracker for neck sizing adventures at the range.
Die sets for 32-20, .303, .270, 45ACP, 38-357, 6.5x55, and I still have to go through a bag of jellybeans.
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It's been an interesting week.

Wow, that is a blast from the past.
Remember seeing those in old magazine advertising when I first started reload with a lee whack-a-mole.