And they weren't as good.
I've got several of the older "antique" hand presses, and the hand press in the photo is much easier to use and makes straighter, more consistent ammo.
Reloading at the range?
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I've got several of the older "antique" hand presses, and the hand press in the photo is much easier to use and makes straighter, more consistent ammo.
Sometimes I'm not even sure I got the powder weighed good enough at home in a lab grade environment... so I think weighing powder at the range would be the hardest part to accomplish. However.... I suppose if you were chasing certain things youd know just how good your charges at home were vs charges at the range.
Yes, I've used a few in the past. They are compact and handy. - dan
I’ve had several, all but the last one ended up being given away on over-seas trips to people that could see very practical applications for a portable set-up and just in pure economics. They are cheap enough to give away too
I’d like to find a higher quality hand press, for whatever feel good effect can be be gained from that.
There are actually some decent little presses out there that seem to be designed for portability, like Harrel's, there is another one similar to it that comes in two sizes and I believe does larger stuff like 284's and the like. RCBS Partner press is popular as it's light, makes good ammo for a lot of people, versatile with cartridge size capability. You can always add Forster or Whidden graduated rings to a die for micro adj if you don't want to spend loot on micrometer dies or Redding and Derraco shellholders.
https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2018/03/new-high-quality-portable-press-from-evo-engineering/
Stand you can use for presses, modify to suit as it says in the article;
https://precisionrifleblog.com/2012/11/12/portable-reloading-press-plans/
https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2018/03/new-high-quality-portable-press-from-evo-engineering/
Stand you can use for presses, modify to suit as it says in the article;
https://precisionrifleblog.com/2012/11/12/portable-reloading-press-plans/
In a past life I did lots of testing with woodworking equipment and using a particle counter to test different systems.
I made a simple sealed box that had my sander, wood, particle counter, etc and it had a clear top with two rubber gloves attached to it, like what you see in the movies when someone is working with a virus and they don’t want to touch it.
You could do the same with reloading. Put your scale, trickler, powder, brass, funnel in a sealed box that you can manipulate from outside. The scale wouldn’t be affected by any kind of breeze that way.
There is always a way to get things done.
I have - lee hand press with collet die and seater die, hand primer and a trickler with a digital scale (have to do the powder measuring on the dashboard or out of the wind anyways). Caliper to measure brass and OAL….it worked with minimal equipment and space.
