I recently purchased an old single barrel shotgun in .410 and wish to reload a couple of boxes of ammo. Targets will be the occasional Blue Rock, starling, and maybe a squirrel or two. The quantity of ammo I wish to produce will certainly not justify buying a modern press such as MEC.
An old Lee mallet kit would work fine, but these things are going for an absurd price on ebay.
Are there other simple vintage hand tools out there that I can scout for that won't break the bank? I have a Pacific DL250 and a Lyman Vandalia for the larger gauges, but I don't know if .410 dies were ever available for either.
I won't have any trouble de-priming and priming with various simple shop tools. The big hangup is going to be sizing case heads that were not fired in my gun.
Seems likely that Lyman might have made and sold a single mallet-type die for sizing, and I wouldn't be surprised if the same company had wad-seating tools as well. But I don't know what to look for.
Look forward to your suggestions.
PBSmith