On my days off and of course it is raining again. Guns are whistle clean, done organized the reloading bench--did not want to watch the idiot box.
So.......out comes a lee loader in 45 colt.
It's been a while---a long while since i made handgun rounds on a lee loader. The rifle rounds are so much easier with a Lee loader as it only neck sizes and does not require so much pounding.
Borrowed the cutting board and crisco from the wife's kitchen, got to the table and away i went. Took a while to get back in the groove so to speak. [:I].
With all the hammering and banging you would have thought i was throwing up a wall in the house. It all came back to me and eventually i was pounding away making ammo.
Kept the mind occupied for a while and in its own obsolete charming way it was fun to roll them out one at a time by hand with no press.
Kept it very basic and true to its design with no cheating. finger rubbed a very thin film of crisco on the cases for lube, used my pocket knife to chamfer the cases, used the supplied powder dipper and some Hodgen Clays powder. Even got the primer pounding done without touching one off.
Took my sweet time and did not get in a hurry. Did 50 rounds in around 2 1/2 hours more or less with some interuptions. Could had gone much faster but what would be the point?
Does make one appreciate a press as i could have cranked out a 150 rounds on a turret press in an hour---but still was a lot of fun---guess i am just easily amused. Of course the wife put in her two cents about all the hammering but what the heck.[]
Think i'll talk daughter into grabbing a hammer and joining in next time![^]
On the down side---they don't build cuttin' boards like they use to![:0] Going to have to buy the wife a new one![8][B)][]
So.......out comes a lee loader in 45 colt.
It's been a while---a long while since i made handgun rounds on a lee loader. The rifle rounds are so much easier with a Lee loader as it only neck sizes and does not require so much pounding.
Borrowed the cutting board and crisco from the wife's kitchen, got to the table and away i went. Took a while to get back in the groove so to speak. [:I].
With all the hammering and banging you would have thought i was throwing up a wall in the house. It all came back to me and eventually i was pounding away making ammo.
Kept the mind occupied for a while and in its own obsolete charming way it was fun to roll them out one at a time by hand with no press. Kept it very basic and true to its design with no cheating. finger rubbed a very thin film of crisco on the cases for lube, used my pocket knife to chamfer the cases, used the supplied powder dipper and some Hodgen Clays powder. Even got the primer pounding done without touching one off.
Took my sweet time and did not get in a hurry. Did 50 rounds in around 2 1/2 hours more or less with some interuptions. Could had gone much faster but what would be the point?
Does make one appreciate a press as i could have cranked out a 150 rounds on a turret press in an hour---but still was a lot of fun---guess i am just easily amused.
Of course the wife put in her two cents about all the hammering but what the heck.[]Think i'll talk daughter into grabbing a hammer and joining in next time![^]
On the down side---they don't build cuttin' boards like they use to![:0] Going to have to buy the wife a new one![8][B)][
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