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Lee loader?

Hand press. No need to mount to a table. Official name is "Breech Lock Hand Press Kit". $78 off of Amazon. Add in a scale to weigh powder charges, dies, and bullet/power/primers.

Probably take 8 boxes of ammo to pay it all off.

Cranked out a lot of ammo on one of those Lee hand presses when I was in my crappy little college apartment. Pinched the bejeezus out of my fingers more times than I'd care to admit, too 🤣

You will definitely gain an appreciation for compound leverage if you size many 06'+ class cases through one. They work great for smaller stuff, just takes a bit of getting used to not to spill powder while seating or get bullets started straight.

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I still have it, but haven't used it in years. It had gotten pretty sloppy from FL sizing several years worth of .270 Win. Seeing that post sorta makes me want to crank out a few rounds with it for nostalgia.

Don't forget the Lee Loader too. My incessant banging away with one drove my Dad nuts so he broke down and got a loading press. The heckuvit is they make pretty darn good cartridges too.

Lee Loader, that's what I was trying to remember. I recall my dad using one to reload 25-20s. I was always nervous of all the hammering when I was a kid.

I gave my son my hand press. It is definitely not for full length sizing military brass. I'd think factory 250 cases would be fine. You'll need something for measuring powder, I've never used a dipper. By the time your done buying, a single stage, collet press kit makes better sense. Get your powder measure that way, and a powder funnel. I really like the Lee hand primer too. I use it even with my 4 hole turret press and auto prime.

I started on the Lee Classic Loader, but finding one in 250 Savage is probably not going to happen.

And totally agree the hand press is NOT for full length cartridges.. it's just not fun any more doing those. Words great for 250/300/243/308 tho.

Lee loader for the 250 l’ve got one I would part with. Shoot me a PM

Steve

Bought a Ruger Blackhawk .357 about 1969. Came with a Lee reloading set. I pounded just long enough to know that if I was going to reload it was going to be with something a lot better.

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.

Ken Waters had good luck with 100 grain bullets in his 1 in 14" 250 Savage. I recently bought a 250 Savage with a 1 in 14" twist. I shot a little off my deck with 100 grain Hornady's. They seemed to shoot OK, but the weather is bad and the snow is deep. It will be a month or more before the range is assessable.

I had an EG in .250 once which shot 100 grain Speer flat base bullets into about one and a half inches with an over book max of 4895. Lost interest and sold it.

I think my buddy got a box of 100 gr Hornady's in a box lot. He loaded up 10 and they shot to the same point of aim at 50 yards as my 1950R shoots the 100 CL's. We haven't had time to move back to 100 with them. I trust that rifle to the point I have taken to shooting deer in the eye. I also shot pig in his little beady eye. That particular rifle has no problem ringing a gong at 250. I thought my field was 300 yards, but some questioned my hold over, and ballistics, and said something was off. So, I bought one of those wheels you roll along and it put my long table at 250 yards. So, my guesstamate was off buy 50. I have 300 87 gr Hot Cores, but I'm saving them for when the supply of 100 CL's dry up.

i have to keep looking for 87s my mid 50s 250 does the 100s ok but i am starting to run out of them.

norm

Which 100 grainers? Speer has the 100gr Hot Cors in stock now.

https://www.speer.com/bullets/rifle_bullets/hot-cor_rifle_bullet/19-1405.html

I'm getting ready to start my adventure of loading for my 250-3000. I've got a mixture of 87gr bullets and some older 100gr I was able to pick up from PHASMID here on the Fire that I will try. From what I've gathered here the Hot-Cors should be good to go, but I'll run them all through their paces.

I've got a variety of powders that I can use. Varget, 4166, H380. Anybody have suggestions as to which one to start with.

Here's looking forward to spring and some range time.

LHS

Of the 3 I'd use Varget first.

Reloder 15 has been the best in the .250 for me. Good velocity and no pressures signs.

10-4 on Lightfoots post. I've used alot of Varget and RL15 for both of my 99's and a Ruger M77 (bolt) in 250 Sav. Have heard of 4166 and H380 but no experience with them. Like Vargets and RL15's resistance to temperature swings, esp in cold weather. Both powders give me excellent accuracy. Use alot of IMR3031 also for the 250, excellent accuracy. Load only Hornady 75 grain V-Max and Speer 87 grain SP Hot Core's. Just getting into using a NOE 86 grain cast for plinking/target work.

I know a 87 Grain Speer SP over around 33 grains of Varget will drop a deer. Can't hunt em in Iowa with bottle neck rounds (only some selected straightwall rounds, shotgun slugs, and muzzleloaders/bow). Was out coyote hunting sometime back and ran across a banged up doe that was struggling, hit by vehicle more than likely. Called Game warden (knew him) and he advised to put her down as he was tied up across the county. Direct hit at around 50 yards and she dropped pretty fast. Too far gone to process. Other wildlife feasted on carcass for several days.

4166 is a Varget analog I'm told. Even more tolerant of temperature and supposedly less copper fouling. I snagged a bunch of it when my go to powder for my 7-08 was unobtainium.

I've seen Varget used in a bunch of calibers-testimony to it's broad spectrum of application.

Thanks for the input.

LHS