If the wife was not around, us guys would have out reloading station in the living room!1994. The ex wife moved out, Craftsman tools and .45Colt, 44 Spl/Mag and .38 Spl -.357 Mag Lee reloading equipment took her place.
I still have the same tools and still reload on the same equipment. (She remarried 2x after me so I KNOW I got the better deal! )
Stay safe.
I’m starting to collect Lee Loaders! I want one in all my common calibers !In 1978 I started using a Lee wack a mole for 9mm. In 1984 I bought a used Pro 1000 and have over 60,000 rounds on it.
don’t panic and over spend! it will all come back at normal prices... mabey 15% over normal.Another noob here! Never loaded a round yet, waiting on supply’s to start to show up again. Like a few others I have been piecing together all the tools. (Redding case trimmer should be here tomorrow) doing some reading in the load manuals and here!
oooh thanks!I got that disease in 1988, can't seem to get rid of it! It's got worse every year, just when you think you have whipped,
I get infected with another need!
I got that disease in 1988, can't seem to get rid of it! It's got worse every year, just when you think you have whipped,
I get infected with another need!
nowadays. I have every brand but a dillion. I use mostly military brass, so I would rather deal with a crimp , other ways. I bought used dies,and presses in beginning, and new later, but bought a hertzer a few years ago, it's a tank.oooh thanks!
I guess a Dillion is the next step to my addiction!
hard truth, what model should I get?
I like your set up, very nice.!December 2019 is when I got started. I was gifted a Rock Chucker from a friend that decided not to get into reloading from the 70's that worked like a charm. I was gifted a ton of other stuff from the same era. It was everything I needed to get started to include all the components. They had been shoved aside in a corner of this guys place for decades! When I looked at it all, I knew I could use it. It all worked great. Old beam scale, and even reloading manuals from the 60's and 70's.
But I knew that there were a bunch of the stuff that I could upgrade to newer stuff to make reloading life a little easier. I've slowly upgraded most everything except the press. I'm still going at it on the singe stage rock chucker. It's slow going. But I'm not a competition shooter that needs to have 1000 rounds made up in one sitting. I ended up winning a bunch of stuff from an estate auction as well. And then, I built an 8' long bench and brought it in the house despite my wife not wanting it in the house. But I won that argument to turn one of our kids play rooms into my room. Kids have gotten older now and we didn't need the play room anymore.
I love looking at the old reloading manuals and compare them to the new ones.
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