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Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? #19156810 01/28/24 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,837 Likes: 20 Texas hanco OP Campfire Savant OP hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,837 Likes: 20 Texas 7 mag for me, many more after that. I’m cutting back, be selling some once I figure out what I’m keeping, ain’t selling the 7 mag dies. I’ve had them and Rock Chucker press 50 years. Last edited by hanco; 01/28/24.

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157332 01/28/24 Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 3,082 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI T TATELAW Campfire Tracker TATELAW Campfire Tracker T Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 3,082 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI RCBS 257Wby for me. Still got them, and many more. Those who must raise their voice to get their point across are generally not intelligent enough to do so in any other way.

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157368 01/28/24 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,400 Likes: 1 Idaho, USA Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,400 Likes: 1 Idaho, USA Lee Loader for .38/.357 back in 1968. Long gone when I got a Lyman C press and a set of RCBS dies for the same caliber a year or so later. Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157378 01/28/24 Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 8,924 Likes: 3 M Magnum_Bob Campfire Outfitter Magnum_Bob Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 8,924 Likes: 3 7x57 rcbs. Still have them 2 nd set 7 mm rem mag rcbs still have them too. " Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157534 01/28/24 Joined: May 2018 Posts: 1,510 St. George, Utah S StGeorger Campfire Regular StGeorger Campfire Regular S Joined: May 2018 Posts: 1,510 St. George, Utah Lee Loader 270. Then an RCBS Jr press and 270 dies. Old guy, old guns.

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157673 01/28/24 Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 2,445 Likes: 3 7 7mm_Loco Campfire Regular 7mm_Loco Campfire Regular 7 Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 2,445 Likes: 3 RCBS 38/357 for an 8" Colt Python that was a Christmas gift...

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157681 01/28/24 Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 2,445 Likes: 3 7 7mm_Loco Campfire Regular 7mm_Loco Campfire Regular 7 Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 2,445 Likes: 3 first rifle dies were Redding 7x57... then RCBS 7mm Express Remington...

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157689 01/28/24 Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 773 Minor Hill TN / Hillsboro AL E EddieSouthgate Campfire Regular EddieSouthgate Campfire Regular E Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 773 Minor Hill TN / Hillsboro AL Lyman 310 set in 30-40 Krag . Grumpy old man with a gun.....Do not touch . Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. Don't bother my monument and I'll leave yours alone.

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157776 01/28/24 Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 25 Texas 1 12308300 Campfire Greenhorn 12308300 Campfire Greenhorn 1 Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 25 Texas Lee classic 308 loader

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157785 01/28/24 Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,080 Glen, NH 9 99in22_250 Campfire Regular 99in22_250 Campfire Regular 9 Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,080 Glen, NH Lyman 280 Rem. "Dying ain't much of a living, Boy." Josey Wales

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157870 01/28/24 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,796 Likes: 2 Wyoming W WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger W Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,796 Likes: 2 Wyoming .222 RCBS Molon Labe

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157888 01/28/24 Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 1,919 Feral_American Campfire Regular Feral_American Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 1,919 Lee Loader, 7x57 I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children may live in peace. ~~ Thomas Paine

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19157987 01/28/24 Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,283 Likes: 5 West Slope of Colorado A alpinecrick Campfire Ranger alpinecrick Campfire Ranger A Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,283 Likes: 5 West Slope of Colorado In 1973 my birthday present was a RCBS JR kit that came with 270W dies. I still use the press for decapping and the 505 scale often. Casey Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19158079 01/28/24 Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,227 Likes: 3 Phoenix MikeS Campfire Regular MikeS Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,227 Likes: 3 Phoenix Lee loader 30-06 1978. Too close for irons, switching to scope...

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19158115 01/28/24 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 19,227 The Pennyrile of Kentucky JamesJr Campfire Ranger JamesJr Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 19,227 The Pennyrile of Kentucky Lee Loader 243, probably around 1976-77 time frame. Turned out some very accurate loads with it, and still have it.

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19158129 01/28/24 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,234 Wet Side, WA P Puddle Campfire Regular Puddle Campfire Regular P Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,234 Wet Side, WA Lee Loader .30-06, back in the late '60s It's you and the bullet, and all the rest is secondary.

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19158138 01/28/24 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,050 Alaska Hudge Campfire Tracker Hudge Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,050 Alaska Lyman .260 Rem, as it was just 6 years ago.

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19158148 01/28/24 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 6,670 Oklahoma City S Son_of_the_Gael Campfire Tracker Son_of_the_Gael Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 6,670 Oklahoma City RCBS .44 Magnum steel (not carbide) dies bought in 1975, long gone. First rifle dies were RCBS .308 bought about 6 years later. 'Four legs good, two legs baaaad." ---------------------------------------------- "Jimmy, some of it's magic, Some of it's tragic, But I had a good life all the way." (Jimmy Buffett) SotG

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19158249 01/28/24 Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1,085 Australia R rockdoc Campfire Regular rockdoc Campfire Regular R Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1,085 Australia 1980. RCBS 38/357 for a S&W Highway Patrolman. Think I still have them. Came as part of a Rockchucker loading press kit, 10/10 scales etc.

Re: Do you remember the first set of dies you bought? hanco #19158283 01/28/24 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,303 Likes: 1 Chassohowitzka, FL M Muffin Campfire Outfitter Muffin Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,303 Likes: 1 Chassohowitzka, FL 338WM "...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867 ( . Y . )