Recently, I was clearing out some old boxes of shooting stuff - something we all seem to acquire over time. One find I had was my old Lee Load All, shot shell press. This was the first bit of reloading I did, and the learning curve on a progressive was steep at 15 years old! Thankfully, 12ga is pretty forgiving. Of course when I was young I was feeding my Winchester 1200 for all sorts of reasons and the Load All really helped.
I haven’t touched it in 20 years but it still works and will be quickly pressed into service to feed several different shotguns including the same Model 1200. Of course the reasons change - back then I was bird hunting and doing a fair amount of trap and skeet at my local club. Today however, I have my eye on trying some 3-gun, which seems to make ammunition disappear faster than people who testify against the Clintons. Regardless, the press and shotgun don´t care, as long as they get used. The second item I found was a set of .308 Norma Magnum dies. They are from my Great Uncle who passed away several years ago. I got most of his reloading supplies but missed the 308 Norma dies. Don´t have a rifle for that yet…. Both these items cause me to reflect on how timeless firearms and ammunition are. I reload today using some of the very same tools my Great Uncle did 60 years ago. I still use reloading manuals of his and a lot has not changed. Of course, new tools and new calibers have been developed and that´s great…it keeps us interested. But a part of me does really like the nostalgia and the fact that somethings don´t change. Matador Arms.
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