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    Comments thread: August-September 2016 Photo Contest

    Conversation and comments about the submissions go here.
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    Are you able to start that ball without a ball starter ?



    Quote Originally Posted by Team Termath View Post
    Old school portable reloading press.
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    Nope!

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    Well then, that should be part of the "press" operation,,,right ? LOL
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    Team Termath seems determined to win this round! I like it!
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    I thought I would post a pic of the Lee Hand Press and some 150 cartridges that I loaded up one afternoon using it. I didn't feel like breaking out my big press to load the ammo and so I sat down and used the handpress instead. I think that people forget that reloading can be fairly inexpensive if you don't use the higher end presses and equipment. Plus the hand press doesn't use up any table space per se either, thus it can be handy if you are living in a RV, out camping, or even want to load up some test rounds at the gun range.

    I still remember my first reloading experience as a teenager was with a Lee reloading set where you used a hammer to pound the brass cases into submission and reloading them without using a press. The Lee Hand Press is much better to use instead of those old reloading die sets. But I reloaded quite a few different cartridges using those old hammer die sets at the time.

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    Nothing wrong with the hand press. I enjoy sitting in front of the TV with mine decapping brass before it goes in the tumbler.

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    Oh, now I'm going to have to find my round ball mold, cast some bullets and shoot my own Patriot!

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    I love seeing everyone pics. I already have and Idea of my photo submission. I don't know if I will be a winner, but it should be pretty good if I can get an overcast day.....................even if I have to do it in bright sunshine, you boys will still like it!

    PS- I have no camera skills, I have a cheap little digital camera. I just try to take pics like you'd see in gun books and magazines

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    I like that, Marvel!

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    [QUOTE=JonB_in_Glencoe;3736862]Are you able to start that ball without a ball starter ?

    I did notice that in his picture that he has a ball starter in it.
    Last edited by Earlwb; 09-11-2016 at 09:11 PM. Reason: typo correction

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earlwb View Post
    I did notice that in his picture that he has a ball starter in it.
    I honestly didn't see it, til just now...I'm kind of embarrassed, because sure enough, it's right there in front, practically falling out of the photo. Thanks for pointing that out.
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    Jon,

    It got added after you pointed it out.....in case you were questioning your memory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Guardian View Post
    Jon,

    It got added after you pointed it out.....in case you were questioning your memory.
    Yes I was questioning my memory. I'm glad someone is looking out for me. My grandma had the 'Alzheimers' during the last 15 to 20 years of her life...I'm sneaking up on the age that it started for her.
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    anotherred said

    Heres a picture of my auto bullet feeder assisting me.


    Eeeeemmm, I do know about that one. In another 10 years he will need at least 3 deer a year to keep functional. Might be more expensive than mechanical or electrical, but probably worth it.
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    Thanks, and days like that just make it that much more fun.
    Swaging. Keeping the 40's running for the price of .22's
    and .223 bullets for a fraction of a cent!

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    I'll get to judging this soon.
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check