Originally Posted by
georgerkahn
I have a couple of these; we used to call them "porcupines" and after you trimmed and decapped your cases they were dropped onto the dowels. They were then removed, one at a time as needed, to start the reloading process. An added note is that this was used pretty much exclusively in the days of, say, the early single stage -- e.g., Fred Huntington's first RCBS models, old Pacifics, and the like presses. Part of the "safety regiment" of loading was one can visually SEE the case ready for a primer, and then subsequent following steps to produce a round. Back in these days (I've done it :() it was a possible to charge a case with powder, then seat the bullet, to "oops" then notice one forgot to put in a primer.