I have been wanting a Lyman 45 Colt reloading rig for a time now. These are popular items on Ebay with prices always higher than other 310 tools and dies. It is not uncommon to see die sets sell for more than current Lyman prices.

I checked this morning and found a vintage set (tool,box and dies) for sale at a very good price.Much lower than I would expect to see it sell. It has only be listed for a very short time, so I pounced.

Now to polish up some 45 Colt cases and await it's arrival. It will be old school all the way..454190/6.5/Bulleye and shot in a 1921 Colt New Service.

Bulleye was the powder used to develop the 1909 military load and all 45 Colt and 45 ACP military rounds were loaded with BE up until the start of WWII.

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Sincerely,

Hobie

we have done enough serious shooting for a lifetime and now it is just for play and fun. That is where old school takes us back to simpler times.

and i like it. it is really putting the fun back into it ! i enjoy the leisurely pace of these tools and the feeling of doing it like they did 'back then'.

That's why I still like single stage presses. I have manufactured all manner of production tools from priming to loading, polishing and boxing, and after some 300,000,000 plus rounds assembled at age 80 still enjoy reloading in single stage.
Started with a 310 tool in 1947

i still use single stage press, i even enjoy using lee loaders and their little hand held press. esp for loading 45/70s

Cable, at one time I had 7 of the little Lee presses set up for each of 7 different 17 calibers. 17 Hornet to 17/. 225 Fun playthings.

Bolted on my reloading bench are three old black Pacific single stage presses. Two are pre-war and one from the 50's. There is an old RCBS A2 and my only concession to the modern era is a Redding turret press.

I also have an arbor press and a collection of hand dies.

Not a Dillon or any other kind of progressive in sight. Old school all the way!

....that I decontaminated your loading bench by buying that Dillon from you years ago?