[greg_r]

In an effort to keep my mind occupied, I thought I would tidy my reloading areas up a bit. At the primary house I have a Hornady Iron with all the accessories set up on a computer desk in my bedroom. In the mud room / reloading room I have 2 MEC 500 JR presses one in 20 gauge, the other in 12, along with a MEC 20 gauge progressive. I also have my Lyman Brass Smith All American 8 turret, Brass Smith Ideal C press, and all the brass smith accessories.

At the second house I have what I call my antique bench set up on a computer desk in my den. It’s a vintage RCBS RockChucker with all the accessories. I also have my Lee Classic Cast Turret, Reloader C press, and the Breechlock Pro 4000 all housed on my Lee Reloading Stand. A 12 ga Lee LoadAll II with a 20 ga conversion kit stays under my antique bench. And my Lee Hand Press stays in the drawer, only occasionally used.

In the basement of the 2nd house I have the Lyman Spar-T, dedicated to the 300 BLK. 2 Lyman Spartans, one for the 30-30 Winchester, the other for the 22 Hornet. A Hornady/Pacific Multi Force with all the accessories - this I call my Sherman Tank press. Very fond of it, just don’t use it anymore. It was my dedicated 223 press which is now loaded on the Classic Cast Turret(5.56) or the RCBS RockChucker (223). I also have a RCBS RS5 that is dedicated to brass 12 ga shotshell loading. And a RCBS Jr press.

I don’t use the MEC presses anymore. I just prefer the Lee LoadAll II. Nor do I use any of the equipment in the basement of the second house. I sold a couple of presses in the past and regretted it. And thought of selling the presses I no longer use not too long ago, but backed out of it. I really ought to seriously think of selling them.

 

[ajole]

The good thing is, they don’t eat anything, so holding them costs nothing.
But I know that feeling, I hate getting rid of things that work, even if they are spares.

 

[Rerun]

Really missing my Lee equipment.

Rerun

 

[greg_r]

Really missing my Lee equipment.

Rerun

I like my Lee stuff too.

and my Lyman…..and my Hornady…..and my RCBS…..and especially that little tank of a press, the Hornady/Pacific.

but honestly, the Turret Presses, both styles, the Lyman and Lee, are the ones that have grabbed my attention. Those two and their C press counterparts are the ones getting all the love today. The Lee 4000 is all that I thought it would be too. I don’t have the case feeder or bullet feeder, and I place my primers by hand, but it will fill up my 9mm ammo cans in a minute. I do have the Auto Disk Powder Measure on it.

The new Lee 6000 has my attention too. I keep telling myself no, my Lee Classic Cast Turret does a great job and dosent need to be replaced, but I have somewhat grown to like the sound of a completed cartridge dropping into the tray every time I pull the handle. IF I get one (I do have it on back order at Midway USA) it will become my dedicated 5.56x45 press. My Hornady/Pacific would turn back into my 223 dedicated press.

The Lee 6000

 

[Pistolkitty]

This thread gets me all excited for reloading! I've had to pause on my whack-a-mole setup for 44mag due to space and time constraints, but at some point when we are more settled we want to get set up for at least our most common calibers- 9mm and 223 as those will be the most common rounds we plink and practice with, and I'd also like to do 38sp, 44mag, 45lc, 25acp, 6.5cm, 6mmrem, 338lapua, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Husband's got everything for 12g and 20g new in box in storage we'll do too.

 

[greg_r]

This thread gets me all excited for reloading! I've had to pause on my whack-a-mole setup for 44mag due to space and time constraints, but at some point when we are more settled we want to get set up for at least our most common calibers- 9mm and 223 as those will be the most common rounds we plink and practice with, and I'd also like to do 38sp, 44mag, 45lc, 25acp, 6.5cm, 6mmrem, 338lapua, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Husband's got everything for 12g and 20g new in box in storage we'll do too.

Believe me, you do not want to do 25 acp. During the .22 rimfire drought I decided to make a .25 acp Squirrel rifle. Took a .251 barrel liner and lined a Handi rifle barrel. The rifle itself came out ok. But that teeny tiny cartridge did not want to cooperate. I finally gave up and gave it all to my brother. I just got tired of pinching my fingers with the Ram. My brother didn’t last as long as I did.

 

[Pistolkitty]

Believe me, you do not want to do 25 acp. During the .22 rimfire drought I decided to make a .25 acp Squirrel rifle. Took a .251 barrel liner and lined a Handi rifle barrel. The rifle itself came out ok. But that teeny tiny cartridge did not want to cooperate. I finally gave up and gave it all to my brother. I just got tired of pinching my fingers with the Ram. My brother didn’t last as long as I did.

Good to know. And that caliber is definitely not near as important as the others. I only have one pistol in that caliber and I rarely even shoot it anymore, but that caliber ammo is harder to find and spendier around here, so that was my thinking on that I guess. I've got maybe 300-400 rounds stocked up that I guess in reality is plenty for that particular pistol and caliber. And if I ever get my hands on a titan tigress, the reality is that will likely be a safe queen anyway.