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Pond, James Pond · August 28, 2014, 01:58 PM

Hand Press, Hand Press!!

I've fallen in love with mine. I loaded for about 5 hours flat yesterday, indoors, with the hand press: about 160 .44Spl and about 75 .44 Mags.

I actually bought the Lee Hand Press for precisely the reason described in the OP: rustling up some more cartridges at the range when I want to try some charges there and then and don't want to waste the visit by having to return.

Include in the package sized and primed cases, some bullets, your powder(s) of choice, a Safety Scale, a Trickler and your data, and you are good to go: I can't believe I hadn't thought of it sooner.

If I don't soon find a powder that meters well, so that turret reloading can be made smooth and rhythmic, I can see myself shifting to the hand press almost exclusively.

August 28, 2014, 01:58 PM	#8
Pond, James Pond Senior Member Join Date: July 12, 2011 Location: Top of the Baltic stack Posts: 6,079	Hand Press, Hand Press!! I've fallen in love with mine. I loaded for about 5 hours flat yesterday, indoors, with the hand press: about 160 .44Spl and about 75 .44 Mags. I actually bought the Lee Hand Press for precisely the reason described in the OP: rustling up some more cartridges at the range when I want to try some charges there and then and don't want to waste the visit by having to return. Include in the package sized and primed cases, some bullets, your powder(s) of choice, a Safety Scale, a Trickler and your data, and you are good to go: I can't believe I hadn't thought of it sooner. If I don't soon find a powder that meters well, so that turret reloading can be made smooth and rhythmic, I can see myself shifting to the hand press almost exclusively. __________________ When the right to effective self-defence is denied, that right to self-defence which remains is essentially symbolic. Freedom: Please enjoy responsibly.