Binky
08-23-2019, 11:13 PM
While there is another thread on Lee Loaders currently running, I chose to start another rather than step on that discussion.
While patrolling the local shops , this week, I came across a Lee Loader in 6.5x55. Part of a group of used reloading dies, some of them hard used and some near pristine. I am not a user or collector of these tools but because of the regular discussions on the board about these products and their collectability, I took notice. I have seen many of these tool sets over the years. Most were the paper box sets I remember from the late 60s when I was getting into reloading. This set is in a plastic box and has a price tag on it from a regional sporting goods chain (Sunset, which closed, in this area in the late 80s or early 90s, if I remember correctly). The price, new, at Sunset was $11.98 The used price was $10.00. The loader appears little used and except for the lack of instruction sheet is complete. I know that checking several suppliers that the 6.5x55 is no longer listed a currently available. (I know that doesn't necessarily mean that they aren't still available as a special order or that somebody might be sitting on a dozen sets someplace) I was just wondering if anyone here might recall when Lee started/ stopped making the Lee Loader in 6.5x55.:!:
While patrolling the local shops , this week, I came across a Lee Loader in 6.5x55. Part of a group of used reloading dies, some of them hard used and some near pristine. I am not a user or collector of these tools but because of the regular discussions on the board about these products and their collectability, I took notice. I have seen many of these tool sets over the years. Most were the paper box sets I remember from the late 60s when I was getting into reloading. This set is in a plastic box and has a price tag on it from a regional sporting goods chain (Sunset, which closed, in this area in the late 80s or early 90s, if I remember correctly). The price, new, at Sunset was $11.98 The used price was $10.00. The loader appears little used and except for the lack of instruction sheet is complete. I know that checking several suppliers that the 6.5x55 is no longer listed a currently available. (I know that doesn't necessarily mean that they aren't still available as a special order or that somebody might be sitting on a dozen sets someplace) I was just wondering if anyone here might recall when Lee started/ stopped making the Lee Loader in 6.5x55.:!: