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Thread: What was the first press, that you owned, that you reloaded on????

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    I bought, mail-order, a RCBS kit from Gander Mountain when it first started up as a catalogue/mail-order only venture. The press was a single stage; don't recall the model, but it was quite inexpensive in cost. (After my first infection with the disease called reloading I bought a Lyman All-American, and now? Way too many!)

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    Like several others, my first press was a Herter's model 3 in the early 1960's. Previously, I was using a boy scout leader's equipment for my cheap Springfield 1903 "sporter". However, I started reloading "with my own equipment" on 12 gauge black powder shells for my $8 black powder double barreled shotgun with a LEE Loader when they first came out about 1960. As this stuff had little intrinsic resale value, they did not get sold off with much of my shooting gear to help finance two daughters through college. ... during Thursday's storm, I used the HERTER press to reload a bunch of 9X57; this old work horse continues to function well.


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    Herter's Model 3 - with shell holder adapter.
    Still use for different tasks.

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    I remember seeing a Rock Chucker at the gunshop in the late 70's and marveled at the idea of making my own ammo...bought it, learned the art on it & still use the very same press though now it's just one of several. I suppose it'll out-live my sons too.
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    Back in 1980 a buddy bought a RCBS Jr2 off a newspaper ad. $85 for the press, Redding scale, and #3 measure,(love that powder measure) plus 38 spl, 44 Mag dies a bunch of brass, and bullets. He told me to take it home and play with it. He didn't have time to reload. I was astounded. I only reloaded like 2 or 3 boxes of 38 spcl for him, then he moved to AZ. Left the stuff with me. Couple of years later, he calls me and offers the whole shebang for $50. Didn't have a whole lot of play money then, but I sent him a check. I'm still using it. Later, I picked up a Lee press to play with. Actually took the lee press to work with me, in a back pack and I was resizing brass during my lunch hours. The lee press will see more action now, since I picked up a Lee universal decapping die.

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    At a yard sale in Fallbrook, CA, I bought a pacific "c" press, a Lachmiller 38 WC mold and a 3 cavity Cramer 140 grain WC mold at an estate sale. IIRC, I paid 25 bucks. The press was missing parts, but I was able to write to Pacific and order the parts from a vendor back east. I don't suppose I have spent more than 200 or 300 times that since then "saving money" reloading.
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    RCBS 4x4

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    1978. I bought an RCBS Rock Chuck kit. Still have it all and use it regularly.

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    Herters,I had both one for shotgun and one for rifle both were good presses.
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    Lee nutcracker for 44 mag. Still have that little bugger, works great!

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    in late 50's Dad got a Herters C-press.

    I kept breaking off the handle as it would come loose and break at the threads.

    Had a classmate whose dad was a machinist so got it rethreaded at least 3 times.
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    Lee hand loader in .357. First press was a rockchucker.

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    RCBS #3 JR that I purchased new in 1974 for around $60. My records of primer purchases say I load around 1000 rounds per year. 2018 - 1974 X 1000 = 44,000 rounds loaded. Still going strong.

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    Rcbs Rock chucker Sometime in or around 1975

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    My father's Pacific C press ~1970

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    RCBS Junior in 1971 along with a set of RCBS 6mm Rem dies for my newly purchased Rem 788.

    Still have 'em all..
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    Mine was a C-H c press in early 60's. It used a different ram for each case head size.

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    Lee hand (hammer) 308 press- 1966. RCBS Jr 1967, still using the Jr.

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    Lee Handpress that I gave to my oldest son this year. I told him that I bought it before he was born 20 years ago and he would be able to pass it along to his own son or daughter in a couple of decades also.
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    RCBS Rockchucker that my dad bought for me 42 years ago. Dad is gone but that ****ed Rockchucker is still going strong.

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    MEC 650 about 1985, had been using a Lee whack-a-mole for 12 gauge before that.

    Now:
    4 650's
    1 9000g
    1 Lyman T-mag
    2 Rockchuckers
    1 SDB
    1 Dillon 550
    And the original Lee whack-a-mole.

    Plus probably 30 or 40 dead guy presses over the years. Craigslist is my friend.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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