I went from the Lee Loaders up to the RCBS Jr and a Knee Bench. You'd set it on the floor and hold it down with your knee. I used it for all my reloading while I was in the Navy. Lately I've been using Wilson dies and an arbor press. My son has a Dillon with a lot of pre set plates.
I was stationed on the Lexington and once we pulled into Galveston. My folks had split up and Mom was moving. I grabbed all my reloading stuff, brought it on-board and stowed it in my bunk. On the way back to Pensacola we had a bunk inspection. Master Chief about fell out when he saw all the powder, primers, bullets, and even Grandpa's blackjack and brass knuckles(he was a prison warden). No loaded ammo though. Chief just said to get it all off the ship.
I had a Lee press, mounted to an old kitchen slide-out counter section (those cabinets were gone, that was the surviving bit), and I'd clamp it to the dining room table.
A group of us would get around one of those old spools with three rockchuckers and pass the cases around the table until we had enough to go shooting, and then go heat up the rifles. Those were good times.
I wanted to get a Dillon, but by the time I could afford it didn't have the room and when I had the space, didn't have the money (spent it on guns or optics or ammo
). Anyway, excuses aside, that hasn't happened yet. As far as anyone griping about anything firearm, well, not in my house
Mrs. Joe likes to shoot as much as I do, and she's a crack shot to boot.
