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.

RCBS 257Wby for me. Still got them, and many more.

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.

7x57 rcbs. Still have them 2 nd set 7 mm rem mag rcbs still have them too.

Lee Loader 270. Then an RCBS Jr press and 270 dies.

RCBS 38/357 for an 8" Colt Python that was a Christmas gift...

first rifle dies were Redding 7x57... then RCBS 7mm Express Remington...

Lyman 310 set in 30-40 Krag .

Lee classic 308 loader

Lyman 280 Rem.

.222 RCBS

Lee Loader, 7x57

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.

Lee loader 30-06 1978.

Lee Loader 243, probably around 1976-77 time frame. Turned out some very accurate loads with it, and still have it.

Lee Loader .30-06, back in the late '60s

Lyman .260 Rem, as it was just 6 years ago.

RCBS .44 Magnum steel (not carbide) dies bought in 1975, long gone. First rifle dies were RCBS .308 bought about 6 years later.

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.

338WM

RCBS 25-06, 1989.

30-06 2003

RCBS 270 WIN.dies.they came with my press kit that they were selling at that time.

The press has some wear around the shaft but the dies are still in use to this day.

Hornady 45 ACP/AR. Long gone, replaced with RCBS and Redding. Wore out the hornadys.

Old 70

RCBS in 270 Win.

GreggH

Rcbs 22-250 still have them

A set of RCBS 6.5x257 dies came with a converted Arisaka Type 38, so I guess I bought them indirectly.

The 1st new dies were RCBS 9mm steel. Date code is 83. Found out about dicking around with case lube on short pistol cases. I still have these but the sizer was replaced shortly after with a carbide one.

RCBS 22-250 and a rockchuker kit. Bought in 1998 and still using. Many more sets of dies over the years.

Rcbs 30-06 and rcbs 7mm mag.

Either 30’06 or .223

Lee 9mm

45 ACP Lee Loader sometime in the mid 70s, then a RCBS Jr and RCBS dies a few years later. Still have the Jr and use it occasionally.

RCBS 30/06 dies...

RCBS 300WBY FL die set. Still have them. Bought the rifle, thinking I got a hell of a deal on it, until I saw what factory ammo sold for. The dies have more than paid for themselves. I think after the first 200 rounds I loaded for the 300WBY, it also paid for the RCBS supreme kit at the time as well.

Lee 280 REM.

RCBS FL 22-250 Remington.

Herter, 30-06, 1955. Also bought the Herter press which I ultimately sold cheap to a guy at Brownell's who was a collector of old reloading stuff. That press was MASSIVE with very little mechanical advantage. $15 and he paid for shipping! Added several presses since then!

RCBS 44 Mag SWC

FL set of Forster 7mm08 Rem. Early 90's.

RCBS 30-30 about 1963? Still have the dies and the rifle.

I bought most of what I have now at the same time all at once. Lyman expert kit w turrett press. Dies assortment of all the components to load everything the family shot so we could have ammo. I did it when Hinkley shot Reagan and there was a big push to ban everything gun related. It was a purchase I have never regretted.

RCBS 308 Winchester sometime in the mid or late 70's. Still have and use them.

Lyman 243. Full length resizing die and their standard bullet seating die. They came in a kit with a Spartan press. I got it for Christmas when 16 or 17. I think the whole set was going for about $30.

First was a Lee Loader in .22-250, but it only neck sized. When the brass got too snug in the chamber, I bought a set of Lyman dies and borrowed my uncle's Lyman Spartan press.

Same here.....
My brother had a LeeLoader for his 06’ during the same time frame.

Lee Loader 30-30. Early '80s.

Lee loader for 30.06 and a Redding #1 scale in 76

Lee Loader hand set in .222

RCBS .303 British and .45 ACP (non-carbide), along with a Rock Chucker press and other tools and supplies in 1969, when I was 14 y/o. Saved my yard mowing, leaf raking, coal furnace cleaning, coal skuttle filling, car washing, weed pulling, boat bottom scrubbing, paper route, and other odd jobs money to buy it.

Sold the .45 ACP dies a couple years later and replaced them with carbide dies, after learning about them. Still have the .303 Brit dies.

7mm rem mag rcbs. For the first center fire I bought at 17. A savage 111 package gun. Shot the crap out of that. Sold the gun and tried a hundred plus other rifles in last 20 years. Havnt owned another 7mm mag since but still have the dies. Need to remedy that.

Hanco: I was 12 years old (1959) when I bought my first set of loading "dies" (Lee Loader system) in caliber 30/06.
Taught myself how to reload as family was poor back then, and we could not afford a lot of shells for our lone firearm (sporterized Winchester Model 1917).
Surplus 4831 powder was 99 cents a pound back then and Nosler 165 grain Partitions were $2.99 per 50! Primers were 49 cents per 100 if I recall that price correctly.
Times have changed.
Collected a LOT of pop and beer bottles to pay for that new hobby of mine back then.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

.204 Ruger Redding Deluxe dies the year the .204 Ruger came out was the first set of dies I purchased. That was in 2004, if I recall. I couldn’t get ammo and it wasn’t cheap and we were going dog hunting.

Other than that, had my father’s stuff he gave me; .30-30, 44 Remington Magnum, and I think there was another set in there. I had these before the .204 Ruger.

Herter's for .308 used on an old Pacific press

RCBS 7x57 Mauser

Lyman 243 Win while stationed in Germany.

You've got me beat by about 12 years.

I bought my first centerfire rifle, a Herter's Model U-9 .30-06 barreled action and semi-inleted walnut stock, along with Herter's .30-06 dies, press, and scale.

Did that ever grow into a monster!

Lee 7x57 and .257 Bob dies. 😎

I think the first dies I ever bought were Lee carbide 44 Mag. Still have the dies, but I haven't owned a 44 in years.

Herters (Model Perfect) 38/357

1978 LEE Classic Hammer em in hammer em out, in .280 Remington. I bought an RCBS Beam scale and weighed my powder.
1981 Traded a nice Savage 99C in .308 for an RCBS Rock Chucker Reloader Kit. Picked 7mm RM dies to start.
I loaded for friends, if I didn't have the die, I had them buy the dies/powder/components to load 100rds. I kept the dies as payment
which RCBS were locally available. Anything odd I ordered via catalogs.

'83 bought my first Redding Dies for the 257 Ackley Improved. Sold them with the rifle, cash poor.
Used the RCBS dies I had earned loading for a friends 30-06 (only rifle I had in Bible College)
In '93 bought my first 338WM and ordered a set of Forsters dies. Later on, when Hornady came out with the New Dimension dies, I try to use them. I have used LEE Pacesetter dies just fine. I still use Redding dies for Ackley Improved dies. Old Dawg, slow to learn New Tricks, so have never needed the fancier dies and neck turners/Reamers, I don't measure case heads, nothing fancy. I have never annealed anything, but will try it via candle/mid grip fingers method this year. ( I want to see if it extends my case life enough to warrant my style of shooting.) Plus, brass getting harder to find, so hey. But I do love it so...its great "therapy" for my wearied Soul...:)

RCBS 222 Rem

RCBS FL 22-250 along with a used RCBS jr press

Set of Lee dies in 44 mag because I had 6 44 handguns to feed. Loaded a bunch of rounds on the Lee press. Still use it for decapping but use a Rockchucker for everything else.

.222 Remington RCBS in about 1991. Still have them, and many more.

LHS

I'm pretty sure is was a set of RCBS .30-30 dies.

30.06 RCBS about 40 years ago.

Was that Lyman C press a Spartan?

I bought several dies with my RCBS RockChucker Master Kit back in 2000.

30-06
44 Mag
357 Mag
223 Rem

I'd been saving brass for 20 years at that point.

All were RCBS. The first load I did was some light 44 Magnum.

All of them are still in service. The 30-06 was an X-Die, and I finally got tired of replacing parts that continually broke. I replaced it a few years later with a standard sizing die purchased used from this august forum, and have had no problems since.

Forster 338 Winchester Magnum dies in 1997 when I bought my M700 KS. I had been reloading with my father since the mid eighties but this was the first set I bought and still have them.

RCBS .222 remington bought 1984. Still have it.

RCBS .222 remington bought 1984. Still have it.

Yep, Lyman dies for a .308 Winchester……probably around ‘71. memtb

RCBS 30-06 and used a RCBS junior? my grandfather gave me.

RCBS .25-06 Rem



Just used them again to size a small batch of brass for my 700

Lee Loader in 22-250. Worked excellent and still have it from 1978. Edk