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Old 03-19-2011, 08:49 PM
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I find that sometimes I spend a few minutes staring at rounds that are particularly well put together when using the lee classic loaders. I like the simplicity of it, and there is somethin very satisfying almost hypnotic about a newly finished round.... Maybe its just me...

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Old 03-19-2011, 10:47 PM
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I find that sometimes I spend a few minutes staring at rounds that are particularly well put together when using the lee classic loaders. I like the simplicity of it, and there is somethin very satisfying almost hypnotic about a newly finished round.... Maybe its just me...

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Ummm GOB..back away from the table and calm down..it will be ok..really it will.. Those things are just too much of a pain to use..The Lyman tong tools are ok..but not a whole lot better than the Lee tools.

Doing a gun show this weekend and for some odd reason..well except the price..I got an as new 1970 Rockchucker press with the primer feed and some other stuff for 50 bucks.. They are even a bit slow for pistol rounds..but easier. And for a reason we all should know... bought a Star Universal machine. Now i gotta figure out what I'm gonna do with it. I also got a Star Luber Sizer...but I do know what I'm gonna do with it.

GOB we gotta get you to a reloading counselor...LOL SOON
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Old 03-20-2011, 02:04 PM
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"Ummm GOB..back away from the table and calm down..it will be ok..really it will.. Those things are just too much of a pain to use..The Lyman tong tools are ok..but not a whole lot better than the Lee tools."

Whoa there! Don't be badmouthing my beoved tong tools.
I'll agree the Lee's are a total PITA but I have 310 tools and dies for almost half the cartridges I load for. No, I don't use them all but I do collect the things. For theraputic use, I cast lead 30 caliber bullet from a very old Ideal mold, thepredecessor to the Lyman #311291. The bullet mold came with the 1911 M94 30-30 carbine I inherited that belonged to my Great-grandather. I even cast the bullets with a pot and dipper and pan lube and size with the sizer die made for the 310 tool. It's kind of a time machine in a way taking me back to a time when life was less hectic and the pace a hell of a lot slower. The only concession to modernity is I still use the Uniflow powder measure to throw the charges. I just can't get proper uniformity with a dipper. Ammo made with the 310 for the 30-30 is very accurate and does quite a number on deer.
My other use for the 310 tong tool is when I make up my .308 Win. match grade ammo. I get more accurate cast bullet loads that I shoot in out local burrito match than I do with the expensive RCBS competition dies. Go figure. A burrito match fwiw is just a group of us who get together and shoot a ten round match, offhand, metallic sights at 50 yards with cast bullets. Low man buys the burritos at one of out local mexican food places. I've been lucky as long as I use my Winchester M54 30-30 with peep sight or the pre-64 M70 .308 that I stupidly sold that also had a peep sight I never had to by burrito one. Sometimes we shoot 4 or 5 matches and low man's aggregate buys.
The sad part is most of the shooters have moved out of town and the ones left have moved on. Sure would like to get that going again.
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