Actually we were all pretty dumb by pounding those buggers with a hammer. A vise works wonders, and better yet an arbor press. I saw where a guy made a crude arbor press out of a couple 2x4's and it worked pretty slick. There's guys who pay righteous dollars for custom straight line sizing and seating dies for perfectly straight precision ammo, used in arbor presses. The old Lee dies do the same thing. We had an advantage and didn't know it.
