Old Stumpy
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I made a set from used rifle and pistol cases and heavy duty copper wire. It took some time to modify the cases to hold my favorite loads, but once that was done, soldering the wire handles to the cases was easier than I thought.
I used small diameter brass tubing from the hobby shop that I hammered flat at the end and then curled around the case.
Then I soft-soldered it in place.
Back then I was loading for .45ACP, .455 Eley/Webley, and .45 Colt. I used a .45 ACP Lee Loader for all three with a spacer for .45 Colt.
I used a Lyman 452374 bullet mold and .22 range lead to make 230 grain round nose bullets, which I also used in all 3 cartridges.
I cake cutter lubed them and sized them for .45 ACP in a Lee drive-through sizer kit, and as cast for the other two.
I even made the bullet lube with beeswax and vaseline. The classic recipe.
As a cash poor teenager necessity was the mother of invention.