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Not sure if these presses qualify as ‘ vintage ‘ but along with my Hollywoods and Stars I sure find these old turrets very handy and accurate for handgun ammo. I don’t use the primer attachment but...

I have three Hollywoods, two Lyman All Americans for revolver loads and two Stars. This has been my press line up for 40-50 years and not one has been a problem. Years ago I got the bug for a Dillon...

I’ve got old presses, three Hollywoods, two All Americans and two Stars but I use them so it’s not about collecting. There great reliable presses so why not use them

Rick

Yes Rick moving lead is expensive. When lived in New Hampshire let 500 lbs go to a small group of guys in Maine. Two showed up with a flatbed I fork lifted off two big chunks and they were off. To...

Well I was in the marine surveying business about forty years. After the Cat Losses or hurricanes I go where I’m called to inspect damaged vessels and determine repairs and CTL’s/ Constructive Total...

To the OP where are you located ? I have a pallet full of lead sailboat keel pieces from my salvage days after hurricanes.

Rick

I’ve always cast with steel molds for forty plus years so my procedure and timing have been pretty much automatic. A friend gave be a two cavity aluminum 45 Lee mold and I gotta tell you I was all...

Thirty-five years shooting Bullseye including the 2700 matches so lots of mid- range wadcutters. So free advice and see if it fits. First of all you don’t tell us what gun (s) your shooting as it...

Heated two homes and a shop in ME, NH and now MI with Jotul stoves. They always recommend an inch or more of sand in the bottom to protect from high heat. Yes Locust burns hot and long due to resin...

Sassafras is another of my favorite species but can be hard to find unless you live where they get large and know somebody with a mill. It’s not a heavily marketed species due to unreliable sources....

Reminds me of the old New England Yankee saying that a ‘ Locust post will last two years longer than stone ‘

Rick

I’ve worked with black locust in the boat building industry for many years. We called it poor man’s teak as it as rot resistant as any domestic species. The wood is heavy and despite what some may...

I shot a lot of 4756 years ago in my Clark 45acp Bullseye pistol. I loved it as it offered better case density, burned clean and velocity spread consistency was the best. My two Star Bullseye presses...

Odds and coincidence likely but if you find the same pair of hands worked and built both rifles then I believe we are talking Fate.

Rick

You’d look good in 444 and I know you have some nice trading stock

Rick

I’ve got an early #3 that was my Brothers who guided in Wyoming between drilling jobs. He was always running to Salt Lake to Parker Ackley for various project but one was this #3. Parker pretty much...

2 Hollywood Senior SS
2 Lyman All American Turret
1 Hollywood Universal
2 Star Progressives
Two Arbor seating presses

Almost every powder throw I’ve had over fifty years required a special technique for consistency depending on powder. Balls are the easiest but stick and big flake powders needed a light initial...

Years ago Wilson used to cut custom blanks for me and my wildcatting buddies, call them. If not try Neil Jones in Erie, PA he did also. Neil Jones Custom. And a long time ago so did Dewey ( cleaning...

When I was a kid in the early 60’ my next door neighbor was Frank Snow who founded Sierra Bullets in Santa Fe Springs So Cal. Mr. Snow had several Easton presses and a row of Hollywood’s in his...

That overhead fan should be interesting with your scales

You can save some headaches down the road by forgetting coatings like polyurethane, varnishes or any similar coating systems. All are easily damaged or broken down by many of standard gun cleaning...

Just spit ballin here but most red pigmented paints fade to the orange side. Just a possibility cause I’ve got one that looks orangish the other red. And Lyman’s company color is what ?

Yea me too.