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Search function doesn't work so well, so point me to a thread if this has been specifically discussed before.
Haven't reloaded for years, and gave my RCBS press to a friend because I wasn't using it. I still have several smaller presses and equipment.
That said, I want to get back into it a bit - mostly with light loads and some other loads that are not that easy to come by commercially (I don't particularly enjoy reloading, but I do like to have "special" loads).
I finally got some Trail Boss and I want to work up some light loads for both revolver and lever/bolt actions.
That got me to thinking about portable loading setups - not as a primary reloading setup - a conventional press would be much better for that (I am thinking of getting a Dillon setup), but rather as something a person could take into the field and do some reloading there if necessary or desirable (such as working up a load).
Of course, there is the Lee Loader kit I am sure everybody is familiar with (no press, just the kit and a mallet required), but then there are also the "hand" presses - Lee, Lyman, etc.
Q: If you wanted a portable hand operated reloading kit that you could reload with in the field (assuming you have the components), what would you go with?
Why?
I would prefer something that would fit into an ammo box no larger than a "fat" .50 caliber box, along with the components and dies/etc.
Haven't reloaded for years, and gave my RCBS press to a friend because I wasn't using it. I still have several smaller presses and equipment.
That said, I want to get back into it a bit - mostly with light loads and some other loads that are not that easy to come by commercially (I don't particularly enjoy reloading, but I do like to have "special" loads).
I finally got some Trail Boss and I want to work up some light loads for both revolver and lever/bolt actions.
That got me to thinking about portable loading setups - not as a primary reloading setup - a conventional press would be much better for that (I am thinking of getting a Dillon setup), but rather as something a person could take into the field and do some reloading there if necessary or desirable (such as working up a load).
Of course, there is the Lee Loader kit I am sure everybody is familiar with (no press, just the kit and a mallet required), but then there are also the "hand" presses - Lee, Lyman, etc.
Q: If you wanted a portable hand operated reloading kit that you could reload with in the field (assuming you have the components), what would you go with?
Why?
I would prefer something that would fit into an ammo box no larger than a "fat" .50 caliber box, along with the components and dies/etc.