I was sitting in my shop cranking out .45 ACP's with my Dillon 550B when I started to remember my first casting and reloading efforts about 55 years ago. I had a cast iron pot (about 10 lb Lyman pot) on a kitchen gas range and a single cavity mould for the 358429 bullet. I had no one to ask anything of and was solely guided by Elmer Keith's little blue book "Sixgun Cartridges and Loads" (not a bad guide at all, as it turned out). I cast fifty bullets in a row (after I figured out "kind of how to cast") and thought I had done a REALLY big thing. I lubed these up (soon got a Lyman lube/sizer) and loaded some up as per Elmer's directions.
Every one of them went BANG! Man, what an achievement!
Now, if i can't run 500 to a 1000 loaded, match grade rounds in just a couple of hours, I think that I am wasting my time. How time changes things...
We are SO fortunate to have guys like Mike Dillon, Richard Lee, and Fred Huntington (to name just a few) who have not only supplied our needs but have made a well-earned buck or two for themselves. LIfe is GOOD.
Now, back to pulling the handle on that Blue Machine and watch a round drop into the catch bin every time I pull the handle...
Dale53