Back to reloading after 51 years

[Trooper Joe]

In 1971, I gave all my reloading equipment to a local small town police department. At the time I was casting all my bullets from wheel weights and loading only straight wall handgun cartridges.

In the mid 90's, after I retired from a state LEA, I got back into guns (mainly lever guns and some revolvers) I started to wonder if that PD still had that reloading gear stored some place, unused.

When I called that department, the young patrolman who answered my call advised that he wasn't even born in 1971 !

A few months ago, I bought a basic Lee Loader in 45 Colt, along with a couple of scales.

Just found this great forum and feel that it will encourage me to start using this Lee Loader. Not sure if I will get into a bench press and more advanced equipment, but I may.

Not sure about casting bullets again. In the old days my mobile home used to be full of lead fumes. No wonder my kids are so goofy.

Just some rambling,

Trooper Joe

[RBHarter]

Welcome back .
I would never discourage a real press .
Loading Colts you can't go wrong casting even if you buy "better" gear .

I berm mine etc and with Unique even luke warm Ruger loads only run about $6/100 . That's a far cry from 25-30/100 for jacketed bullets alone or the $11/100 for commercial cast .

[GasGuzzler]

Welcome and thank you. I have a Texas Trooper friend. I cast for all mine except .22 caliber and I was not yet born in 1971.

[mr surveyor]

Joe, get you a Lee Breach Lock Hand Press and dies for each caliber you plan to load. All in all, it's a pretty inexpensive set up, very compact, and will actually run as fast as most single stage bench presses, especially if you "batch load" (speaking of hand gun cartridges mainly)


jd

[Ranch Dog]

Welcome to the forum!