The ammo I created with those old Herter's dies was none too straight, a condition I discovered later when I got my first concentricity gauge. It shot ok but nothing to write home about. Those first couple years I persisted in using only factory ammo for hunting. Subsequent equipment purchases opened my eyes to the possibilities of making truly first class ammo. The important thing was that early gear taught me the basics, for which I'll always thank old Mr. George L. Herter.
As for memories, I can't smell cherry blend pipe smoke without flashing on my Dad sitting in the shop/reloading bastion cranking out (half crooked) .30-30's. "Fire hazard? Not unless you're an idiot and get ashes in the powder." He could be a hard head when he wanted to.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
