Mine was a Lyman Turret that I got in a kit in the late 70's. Soon thereafter upgraded to a Rock Chucker.
Mine was a Lyman Turret that I got in a kit in the late 70's. Soon thereafter upgraded to a Rock Chucker.
Wamadet ,still use it 35 years later.
LYMAN Comet, bought at gun show 1967-8. $8 BUCKS I think. Replaced it with a LYMAN Spartan and then a RCBS RockChucker. Gave the Comet to a friend to get him started.
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Happiness is a Warm GUN & more ammo to shoot in it.
My Experience and My Opinion, are just that, Mine.
SASS #375 Life
I started with a Lee Challenger press in the early 90's. Sold it a couple years later when I upgraded to a Hornady Projector. Still have the Hornady in storage.
Lee Challenger, it is my dedicated depriming press now.
Back in the land of boolits.
lee load all 12ga
Within a couple of years of each other I learned shotshell loading on a MEC 600 Jr (20 ga) at the home of a friend and metallic on a TruLine Jr (38 Spl) given to my dad and me by his brother in law. I still have the TL Jr and inherited the MEC on the passing of my friend. I still load 20 ga on the MEC, and the TL Jr still gets used for a variety of calibers for which I have those special little dies. I own about a dozen plus other presses, but neither of those is likely to be going anywhere else any time soon.
Froggie
"It aint easy being green!"
RCBS Rockchucker circa 1972 and still going strong.
If you are going to make a hole in something. MAKE IT A BIG ONE!
Lyman Spar T 1968 or there abouts ,(can't remember exact year)
Hornady 5 Station Progressive and I still use Hornady.
I agree with Reddirt62, better off starting at the top. Saves money & time.
Pacfic "C",blue one,early 60's.
Later,,,,Hootmix.
RCBS partner press, the package deal with manual, 505 scale and a few tools.
back in the 80's it was a RCBS Rock chucker or crusher one of the two LOL , I'm too old to remember
Redding #7 c frame bought new in the 60's for under $15 new. Still my favorite press. One stroke of the handle either up or down completes the stroke of the ram.
Early 60's on a Tru Line Jr . Still using it and 4 more like it .
Eddie
Grumpy Old Man With A Gun....... Do Not Touch !!
RCBS Rockchucker bought in 1974 I still use it today, it is as good now as it was then.
Mtgrs737
Still Learning!
NRA Life Member
Life long OZ resident
Personality type: Compulsive/Excessive - I don't know what that means, all I know is, if I like something, I want a lot of it!
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A Lee Loader in .30-30. It was bought by my Dad for my younger brother and me when we were around 12 and 13 years old, around 1965 or so.
Then about 1969 I walked out of a gun store with a new Remington 700ADL in .270, a Leupold 4X scope, a couple boxes of ammo, a new RCBS Jr. press, a Redding powder scale, RCBS dies in .270, a few extras like lube pads and a shell holder, a pound of DuPont IMR 4831, some primers, a box of bullets (disremember the brand), and a lighter wallet. My older brother was with me, he might have had to sign for the 700ADL, I don't remember, since I was only about 17 then. He walked out with a Remington 700BDL in 7MM Rem. Magnum, a Redfield 3-9X scope, RCBS dies for 7MM Magnum, a pound of powder and some bullets in case I got bored with loading for that "whimpy little .270".
I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning but I can remember that day in '69, summer's worth of hay-hauling wages burning a hole in my pocket and all those articles in gun magazines tumbling around in my head.
Lyman Spartan, 50 years ago and still my primary. 2 Lyman turrets of the same vintage and a Rockchucker are secondaries. My older brother started a year or so before me with a Lyman 310 tool in 30-30. I bought the Spartan, 2 primer pocket reamers and a couple of other small items for 25 bucks. I haven't bought a factory CF rifle round since then that I can remember other than a can of 30 carbine ammo that I bought from the DCM.
It's amazing how simply some of us started. My little Lee Loader loaded quite a bit of ammo during my high school years. Another kid and I in wood shop class made us a couple of wooden hammers for thumping on our Lee Loaders. I still have mine, it got converted to a mold whacker somewhere along the line and is still used for that.
After I got a real press, the RCBS Jr., I loaded a lot of ammo by weighing every charge, using a tea spoon and shallow bowl to dispense powder. I didn't even have a trickler for several years. Now I look around at all the gear I've accumulated over the years and wonder where it all came from.
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 |