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01 November 2011, 21:38

jeffeosso

favorite gadget/widget/thingie for reloading?

Mine is the lee factory crimper.

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02 November 2011, 03:54

Nakihunter

Mine is the Hornady case lenght & bullet seating measuring thingy.

02 November 2011, 04:07

doubledown

It has to be the Giraud power case trimmer. It almost makes trimming brass fun.

02 November 2011, 04:37

Gerry

quote:
Mine is the lee factory crimper.

I've got one for just about every cartridge I load for and even had a couple custom ordered for cartridges that can really use a good crimp like the 9.3x72R.

02 November 2011, 06:31

ted thorn

Mine.....Hornady micrometer bullet seating stem, interchangable with all my Hornady die sets

02 November 2011, 06:54

bartsche

My 55 year old Hollywood Senior press!

roger

02 November 2011, 07:06

BigJakeJ1s

Forster Co-Ax press.

Andy

02 November 2011, 08:07

Shooter973

Lee hand primer....

The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

02 November 2011, 08:14

Idaho Sharpshooter

SA Development makes a counter/idiot proof-er electronic unit for most auto or manual indexing progressive presses. I got one for my 550B.
Take about fifteen minutes to hook up, then it walks along side you as you load. Every step of the reloading process is monitored. Fail to index the 550, buzzer and readout display tells you. Forget to fully seat a primer, readout tells you.

It works well enough that I am going to order a second one for my other 550B. I have one set for small, and the other for large primers.

Rich

02 November 2011, 20:41

Kevin Rohrer

My vernier calipers. I can't believe how often I use them.

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02 November 2011, 22:22

richj

RCBS universal priming tool.

02 November 2011, 23:02

phurley5

Mine is the Lyman Universal case trimmer with power adapter. Good shooting.

03 November 2011, 03:10

woods

Lee Zip Trim

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03 November 2011, 06:02

Clem

Dust devil vacuum.

03 November 2011, 07:47

Kevin Gullette

My RCBS Precision Mics, that I use for case headspace guages only.

I make "adaptors" for different cartridges. Very useful for case resizing and forming.

Kevin

03 November 2011, 07:58

wasbeeman

Chrony. You can have all the thingies in the world and w/o a Chrony, you're shooting in the dark.

05 November 2011, 22:46

SR4759

quote:
Originally posted by wasbeeman:
Chrony. You can have all the thingies in the world and w/o a Chrony, you're shooting in the dark.

Not really.
Speed means little to me.

05 November 2011, 23:17

wasbeeman

quote:
Originally posted by SR4759:
quote:
Originally posted by wasbeeman:
Chrony. You can have all the thingies in the world and w/o a Chrony, you're shooting in the dark.

Not really.
Speed means little to me.

Speed is only a snippet of the info you get from using a Chrony.

06 November 2011, 01:54

BigB

Harrel powder measure

06 November 2011, 02:01

SR4759

quote:
Originally posted by wasbeeman:
quote:
Originally posted by SR4759:
quote:
Originally posted by wasbeeman:
Chrony. You can have all the thingies in the world and w/o a Chrony, you're shooting in the dark.

Not really.
Speed means little to me.

Speed is only a snippet of the info you get from using a Chrony.

It sure does not measure accuracy or pressure.

Snippet sure - and all the rest has to do with speed too.

06 November 2011, 06:29

Sam

Dandy Products Handy View. Makes my scale easier to read.

Not getting involved in another chronograph discussion. They are a tool. Get one.

06 November 2011, 07:10

DaMan

quote:
Originally posted by Kevin Gullette:
My RCBS Precision Mics, that I use for case headspace guages only.

Kevin, I use the measuring tool on my resized/fired cases too. To establish headspace measurments.

AND ...... I use the gauge on my seated reloaded bullets to esablish true ogive measurements.

But I sure as hell don't think that "sliding bullet gauge" feature for establishing OAL is worth a damn!

07 November 2011, 00:36

DannoBoone

quote:
Originally posted by Kevin Rohrer:
My vernier calipers. I can't believe how often I use them.

Same here. I'd be lost without them.

07 November 2011, 00:43

jeffeosso

quote:
Originally posted by wasbeeman:
Chrony. You can have all the thingies in the world and w/o a Chrony, you're shooting in the dark.

i have to agree with you.. its a basic tool, like a press.. sure you can reload without one . but you don't know what you've got till you measure them...

great data is presented in merely ploting the load and velocity, looking for those significant changes.. big steps up, or down, or deviation from step charge to fps gain...

heck, you can even tell the difference in primers on things like velocity and SD ..

of course, having one of those makes one aware of what is missing ... and ABSVEL is only one of the things one learns.

08 November 2011, 00:16

mad_jack02

Mine is a tool I made to save time setting up my brass trimmer to the desired length, the first time.

08 November 2011, 08:29

delloro

kinetic bullet puller

more seriously, the rcbs chargemaster dispenser. when the keyboard is not on the fritz.

I am a big fan of the hand primer too (only used the Lee).

the lee case trimmers sure are easy, and consistency is perfect.

08 November 2011, 17:41

scottfromdallas

quote:
Originally posted by woods:
Lee Zip Trim

10 November 2011, 23:16

Pancho

quote:
Lee hand primer....

Pancho
LTC, USA, RET

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11 November 2011, 01:24

F. Guffey

Datums, I use datums, chambers and case measurements do not lock me up.

F. Guffey

11 November 2011, 01:34

F. Guffey

I make datums, collect tatums and on occasions I purchase datums, the last purchase was at the Big Town Gun Show in Mesquite, Texas, and I make datums up if it is more convenient than making one.

F. Guffey

11 November 2011, 05:40

woods

quote:
Originally posted by F. Guffey:
I make datums, collect tatums and on occasions I purchase datums, the last purchase was at the Big Town Gun Show in Mesquite, Texas, and I make datums up if it is more convenient than making one.

F. Guffey

11 November 2011, 09:12

prof242

Delloro: +1

Another is the Forster bullet seating dies.

11 November 2011, 21:06

Fasteel

The RCBS hand primer. The big grip it comes with is MUCH more comfortable to use than the Lee tool. I leave one set up for sm primers and another for large primers.

Digital calipers
Powder dispenser
Hornady case prep center. FS

11 November 2011, 21:30

tiggertate

My automatic case resizer on the right.

11 November 2011, 21:43

Reloader270

My Hornady Priming Tool, Foster Benchrest Powder Measure, Foster Classic Trimer, Lee Case Trimmers.

12 November 2011, 05:52

noylj

Chronographs are so critical that I have been loading for almost 40 years and never saw any need for one.
Only "needed" where your reloading is strictly geared to "Power Factor".

I like the Lee FCD for handguns and rifles.
I like a good 6" caliper
I like a good 1" micrometer
I like a good press (Co-Ax, Hornady L-N-L AP, Dillon 1050)
I like the Lee Pro Auto-Disk
I like my RCBS ChargeMaster
I like the RCBS Lock-Out die

12 November 2011, 18:26

jeffeosso

quote:
Originally posted by noylj:
Chronographs are so critical that I have been loading for almost 40 years and never saw any need for one.

okay, that's funny ..

quote:
Originally posted by noylj:

Only "needed" where your reloading is strictly geared to "Power Factor".

actually, no .. in fact, "power factor" only relates to pistol shooting, on making major power.. i'm fairly certain that i've NEVER shot an autoloader pistol over a chrony, just so i could compete..

what i have done is to be able to tell when the loads are consistent, the powder gives me the results as expected, or unexpected, what the difference in primers and temps actually DOES, how much impact a crimp has on vel, as well as quite a bit more data.. far more data than one gets with measuring fired cases...

the entire world of EXTERNAL ballastics is opened up...

15 November 2011, 07:32

model7LSS

An accurate rifle.

16 November 2011, 21:09

BarryG

Now THAT'S what I'm talkin about, sharing your time and your world with her!

Barry

quote:
Originally posted by tiggertate:
My automatic case resizer on the right.