MidSouth Shooters SupplyReloading EverythingRotoMetals2Load Data
RepackboxLee PrecisionWidenersInline Fabrication
Titan Reloading
Page 2 of 11 FirstFirst 1234567891011 LastLast
Results 21 to 40 of 207

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

  1. #21
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Mar 2017
    Location
    Oklahoma City
    Posts
    507
    Quote Originally Posted by HATCH View Post
    Dillon 550 back in the 90s
    I didn't mess with single stage presses until I needed to size some 300 BO boolits
    Me too!

    Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

  2. #22
    Boolit Master


    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    SE Ohio
    Posts
    768
    My first press was a Herters that I "ordered out" in the 60s. I don't recall what model it was now but it was BIG. Probably weighed about 2 1/2 times what my Rockchucker weighs.
    Chuck

  3. #23
    In Remembrance Skunk1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Posts
    464
    Rock chucker, still use it. Kids will probably use it someday.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    Wish list. Things my daughter and I are looking for.

    Ideal and Lyman HP pins
    Kimber micro 9 mags
    Star die removal tool, 430 die & TP.
    Cocking stud and ejector Stevens 15a

  4. #24
    Boolit Master

    Kraschenbirn's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    East Central IL
    Posts
    3,448
    Early 1960s: Pacific C-frame single-stage. Today, that same press is on its third-generation of reloader. Sometime in the 80s, I gave it to a friend who was just beginning to reload and, a couple years ago, he gave it to his youngest son who had recently graduated from college and taken a job out of state (couldn't use his dad's reloading bench, anymore).

    Bill
    "I'm not often right but I've never been wrong."

    Jimmy Buffett
    "Scarlet Begonias"

  5. #25
    Moderator


    Minerat's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Jefferson County, CO
    Posts
    9,545
    A 20ga Bair (honey) from 1971 still have. First metallic RCBS RL Special 1 1984
    Steve,

    Life Member NRA
    Colorado Rifle Club member
    Rocky Mtn Gun Owners member
    NAGR member

  6. #26
    Boolit Buddy
    therealhitman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    USofA
    Posts
    496
    The ubiquitous Rock Chucker. Never did use it to chuck rocks though.

  7. #27
    Boolit Master

    skeet1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Enid, OK
    Posts
    1,214
    My first press was an Texan "C" frame press that was made out of aluminum and took standard shell holders. It was actually a fairly good press and I sold it to a friend and then purchased an RCBS Jr.

    Ken

  8. #28
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    May 2013
    Location
    Eastern WY
    Posts
    1,960
    Pacific C-frame (blue) 1964, lasted to 1971 when casting cracked, cast iron Pacific O-frame with compound leverage replaced it (still using it)

  9. #29
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    MN
    Posts
    707
    Lee 3-hole turret, and still do.

  10. #30
    Boolit Bub
    Join Date
    Jan 2017
    Location
    Dixon, MO
    Posts
    70
    Started with a RCBS Jr 2 that I grew up reloading on, then was passed to me by my dad. Handle doesn't stay up on it's own anymore. But it still gets some limited use.

  11. #31
    Boolit Master MOA's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Concho, Arizona. At home in the White Mountains at last. Formerly living in Mobile Alabama.
    Posts
    1,603
    RCBS Special Reloader, 1981. Since then two Rockchuckers, and a Hornady AP witb all the bells and whistles. Mec 600 Jr's for 10, 12, 16, and 20 gauge. Can't wait to get a new reloading bench made up. Something in the 32 feet by 2, set up in the corner, 16 feet each way, that way I won't feel so cramped with all the presses and lubers and such set up.

  12. #32
    Boolit Master TheDoctor's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
    Location
    Needville, TX
    Posts
    652
    Dillon square deal in 45 Colt. Haven't used it in at least 10 years, probably never will again. Shortly afterward, got an old RCBS Rockchucker, still use it to this day.

  13. #33
    Boolit Buddy sparkyv's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2017
    Location
    Deepinnaheartta, Texas
    Posts
    377
    Lee hand press. Still have it, still use it for depriming sometimes.

  14. #34
    Boolit Grand Master

    Wayne Smith's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Hampton Roads, Virginia
    Posts
    13,617
    1968 - Lee Wack - a -Mole dies in 30-30 and 16 gauge - 30-30 for my Dad's rifle and 16 for my Stevens single barrel shotgun. 1977 or so graduated to an RCBS Jr3. now in the hands of Arisaka99.
    Wayne the Shrink

    There is no 'right' that requires me to work for you or you to work for me!

  15. #35
    Banned
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    In the Gopher State of Minnesota
    Posts
    6,711
    1967, Lyman 310 tool and dies for a Ruger Super Blackhawk. The following year I "upgraded" to a Tru Line Jr. Sadly the Super Blackhawk is gone but the reloading tools are safely in the basement.
    Ken

  16. #36
    Boolit Buddy



    Join Date
    Mar 2016
    Location
    MN
    Posts
    481
    20 years ago then girlfriend now wife bought me the RCBS Rockchucker supreme kit. I unboxed it and it was rusty and parts were missing, brought it back to the store and asked for one that hadn't been on display for years and received a new kit. The one I brought home was the first one I ever reloaded on and I used it yesterday still a great press.
    "Yes or no will almost always suffice as the answer"

  17. #37
    Boolit Master



    skeettx's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Amarillo, Texas
    Posts
    4,102
    FIRST: Lee Loader for 12 gauge shotshells

    SECOND: C-H "H-press"
    What a wonderful little press for handgun ammo.
    Mine is black
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b-8ahUj9eI
    https://www.northwestfirearms.com/th...-press.179057/

    Mike
    Last edited by skeettx; 10-07-2017 at 03:09 PM.
    NRA Benefactor 2004 USAF RET 1971-95

  18. #38
    Boolit Buddy jeepguy242's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Winston Salem, NC
    Posts
    137
    lee pro 1000

    back in 1997

  19. #39
    Boolit Master JMax's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    540
    Ideal C press a long time ago.

  20. #40
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Location
    Tacoma,Wa.
    Posts
    564
    I started reloading with a Lyman 310 tool.The first actual press I had was a Lyman TruLine Jr.That back in the 50's.

Page 2 of 11 FirstFirst 1234567891011 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
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