Comments on: Reloading, a Lifetime Hobby (Memories of My Father)

By: dan hamilton

dan hamilton — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 01:22:03 +0000

Dean, I have a box full of herter shell holders I will never use.

By: dan hamilton

dan hamilton — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 01:21:18 +0000

I have boxes of old herters reloading supplies from both my grandfather and my dad. From shot gun dies for the old monster herter presses, to full length 30-06 and 308 dies that look brand new. I have some things , I just have no idea what they are, but they are in herters boxes and have herters stamped into them. Those monster presses are amazing, and my dad had converted them over to accept Lee shell holders, so they are a very important part of my reloading set up, along with Redding and Lee presses. But the herters presses are virtually indestructible and take any round you put in its throat.

By: Dean

Dean — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 23:18:58 +0000

Still use one today as my one and only press, still trying to find all the shell holder at gun shows, have most of them but not all..

By: Nora

Nora — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:39:16 +0000

I taught myself to reload back in the late 70’s with a RCBS Rockchucker kit which I’d bought and which I still use today.

I’d gotten out of reloading in the late 80’s when my dad started having health issues and we just didn’t shoot much any longer. My daughter and her husband wanted us to start shooting again about 5 years ago.

Once I started loading again my son-in-law’s best friend asked me to teach him how to reload. Now he has his own Dillon progressive press and we are always discussing various loads, powders, projectiles and other topics. I’ve also gained a new friend who before I had only known as my son-in-law’s best friend from High School.

Now our whole extended family enjoy getting together when the weather permits and going to the range to target practice and try out new loads.