First dies were RCBS 8x57. I loaded my first ammunition on an RCBS Jr. press. I still have that rifle and dies.from about 1963 or 1964.

After college I was in the USAF stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB in North Carolina. I ordered my own first press and other reloading equipment through the base Rod And Gun Club. That was probably about 1970. I still have and use that same equioment today.. I bought my first handgun dies then too. A set of steel RCBS 357 dies. Carbide dies were very expensive. Most people used steel dies.