Buckshot Bear Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Anyone else start off with one of these for reloading? I bought one 41 years ago and loaded thousands of 30-30's with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Not that, but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 That looks like it took some muscle to use Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blarney Kid Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Yeah, I got one from a relative of my wife in .38/.357. I still have it later I got one in 45-70 and12 gave. I sold the 45-70 but I still use the 12 ga. for my paper black powder loads, because the crimp station on my lee load-all sometimes rips the case off the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: That looks like it took some muscle to use Joe. It wasn't all that bad. I got it when I bought a sporterized Swedish Mauser from a coworker. 6.5 x 55 Mauser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I probably have 10 sets in various calibers. I couldn't say any of them are complete. I've loaded a million rounds with the Lee hand press even though I had a Dillon 450 on the loading bench. I've not used these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I learned to reload on a friend's Rock Chucker. I went partners with him on a Lee 1000 (worst piece of crap I've ever loaded on). Then, when he moved off, I bought a pair of RCBS Junior presses. That was 1988, and I'm still loading on one of them. I do have a set of 38 special Lee hand dies. I loaded 50 rounds just to see if I could and they currently reside in a drawer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 YEP, I did. My caliber was for .357 ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 And I thought the single press was time consuming!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Similar to SDJ, I have used this 1875 Winchester reloading tool: And I have a couple of these though I have not used them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Just picked up a Lee Loader for 45-70. They still are useful in the 21st Century even with Progressive and Turret presses on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 No, I started out with a Rock Chucker press circa 1973. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I have never seen a Unitized Lee Loader. Looks like you had a deluxe model. Being a humble peasant all I had was the standard Lee Loader in .30-40 Krag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 12 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Not that, but Bought one of those back in '71 right after I got my Marlin 336. Ol' Hank and I were living in the Kappa Phi Delta fraternity house in the middle of San Francisco, and on weekends we'd hie ourselves on down to the range at Sharp Park* in Pacifica. Well... we had my Lyman Tong Tool, brass, bullets, and primers - but the only powder we had was a few pounds of fffg for our cap 'n' ball revolvers. So what if the .30-30 was never meant to be a black powder round - we loaded 'em up anyway and off we went. Kinda startled a bunch of folks in Pacifica! *Used to be a simple, but decent range, secluded yet easily accessible. But some people just can't stand the idea of shooting; the range was shut down for good back in 1988 when some window-lickers several miles away claimed they were finding spent bullets in their driveways and yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: *Used to be a simple, but decent range, secluded yet easily accessible. But some people just can't stand the idea of shooting; the range was shut down for good back in 1988 when some window-lickers several miles away claimed they were finding spent bullets in their driveways and yards. Had the same issue at a large range in North Phoenix. People on the other side of the Interstate reported there were bullets in their swimming pools. When range staff and police went to investigate the "bullets" were complete unfired cartridges the owners had thrown in the pool. Fortunately the State has passed legislation to protect the range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 12 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: I have never seen a Unitized Lee Loader. Looks like you had a deluxe model. Being a humble peasant all I had was the standard Lee Loader in .30-40 Krag. The hand priming tool was what made it deluxe from memory. How do you seat the primers in yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: The hand priming tool was what made it deluxe from memory. How do you seat the primers in yours? A punch and a hammer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 BFH (Big Frickin Hammer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Creek,5759 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 I still have a few of them. Then i went to the Rock Chucker . which i still use for 45-70, 45-60 , 308 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 9/4/2021 at 9:13 PM, LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L said: I learned to reload on a friend's Rock Chucker. I went partners with him on a Lee 1000 (worst piece of crap I've ever loaded on). Then, when he moved off, I bought a pair of RCBS Junior presses. That was 1988, and I'm still loading on one of them. I do have a set of 38 special Lee hand dies. I loaded 50 rounds just to see if I could and they currently reside in a drawer. Yep, biggest POS reloading press I ever owned. The hours and hours I wasted trying to get that thing to work properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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