Who likes the .41 Magnum?

skeet · #1 02-19-2014, 09:40 AM

He said he has 31 moulds he is bringing. I hope they are worthwhile. He had one mould with him the other day ie a 45 cal LBT . My friend who is legally blind that I take to shows bought a RCBS powder measure from him for 20 bucks and he is bringing that also. So we will see later what he has. One thing I did get from him at the show was a Lyman hollow point pin. Paid 5 bucks for it but it doesn't fit any of the moulds I have with missing pins. I buy them all the time without the pins. People lose 'em So I generally make pins with my little Unimat lathe. About the only thing I use it for now days. Evidently it didn't fit anything he had either.

Adam Helmer · #2 02-19-2014, 01:50 PM

skeet,

Many thanks for the clarification. You must have a big barn, like I do, or many sheds to house 150 presses and such like. It seems there are a lot more reloaders out West than here in the East.

Thanks for the kind reply. Be well.

Adam

skeet · #3 02-20-2014, 09:40 AM

Adam I really don't have a big barn out here in Wy. I do have one on the farm back east. I have a lot of stuff there..much of the presses etc I have were bought in the east. I have bought many at estate sales ...quite a few in Pennsylvania in fact. I bought 4 at one sale near Lebanon one day..just riding down the road and there was an estate sale going on at a house. Bought one of my RCBS A3s there in fact for 40 dollars I couldn't believe I got one of the rarest presses made by RCBS with only one bid . The storage barn back east has to be closed. It costs just too much to keep it heated and cooled. So will come back again probably in June and pack all the guns and reloading stuff up and move it out here. I still have a couple tons of lead in there too. I have 2 of the most rare presses I have back there. 2 Herter's improved model 3 presses. One is still new in the box. They probably only sold a hundred or so before closing their doors. I have actually been offered 1500 bucks for the new one..Think it has to go. In years back I bought quite a few guns in estate auctions in Pa. My sister is going to an auction In W Va this weekend to try to buy a shotgun for me. It is a 10 ga so..hopefully.. won't go too high. LOL! Yeah..I keep telling myself that.

I do have a vault in the basement that has more than 70 presses in it and the un attached garage that we can't park a car in though..LOL. It is heated with in floor heat too.

skeet · #4 02-20-2014, 12:12 PM

For some odd reason 41 brass is very hard to find. I do have a couple thousand pieces of new and quite a bit of fired. If I don't push the envelope too much the brass for the 41 lasts a long time. I have a friend that loads for other people and he is als=ways looking for 41 44 mag and 45 Colt brass. I am no longer selling any of those calibers. 357 Mag is also getting harder to find...brass and ammo. High end 20 rounds to a box is on the shelves locally. about 2 dollars a round or more.