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On Fri, 5 Apr 2013 15:33:05 -0400, Leon Fisk
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On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:36:12 -0500
Richard wrote:

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So maybe a storage box/reloading station on a Workmate would be
worth thinking about? Thanks.


A Lee Loader:

http://leeprecision.com/reloading-ki...loader-pistol/

that came with a used gun purchase wet my appetite years
ago. I didn't realize reloading could be done so easily. But I didn't
care at all for the hammering needed to work a Lee Loader. Started
using a large vise to manipulate the Lee Loader, that was a lot better.
Then I decided that a Lee Turret Press:

http://leeprecision.com/classic-turret-press/

wasn't all that expensive and I moved on to that. I had the press
mounted to a narrow piece of plywood which in turn could be C-clamped
to the kitchen table (when the boss wasn't looking Lee sells extra
turrets which you can leave your dies set up in and they used to come
with a plastic case to enclose them when not in use.

I have a worktable similar to one of these now:

http://www.menards.com/main/tools-ha...03-c-10164.htm

that always has another piece of plywood clamped in it via a 2x4 piece
screwed to the latter (table clamps to the 2x4). I would probably
do the same as Stanley nowadays and clamp the press to that table
somehow.

Lee may not be the best stuff but I haven't had any trouble with it.
But I haven't loaded thousands of rounds either. Just oddball
combinations that you couldn't buy commercially back then. Like .44 mag
shot shells:

http://www.speer-bullets.com/product..._capsules.aspx

or 180 gr SP for the .44 mag...


Lee is ok for starter gear..but it wont hold up to thousands of rounds
of ammo

https://picasaweb.google.com/1040422...29931 0252690

https://picasaweb.google.com/1040422...36549 9398354

https://picasaweb.google.com/1040422...42575 0267234

Cast steel...RCBS, Lyman, Pacific etc etc are what will hold up over a
couple million rounds

Gunner