Renowned trainer Clint Smith famously says “Two is one; One is none.” This means odds favor one of anything being carried to fail, so take this into consideration! If you begin your adventure with only one of an item, be ready to have none.

As I said in my article on Dillon’s Primer Flip Tray, “I’m not fond of primers. Those slippery devils have been a pain to work with from my reloading beginning. Spill a box and forever crawl around on the floor, recovering a max of 97 out of 100.” I actually do hate handling them but…

As I have mentioned, during the birth of my ammunition-reloading sojourn, I bought a single-stage press and standard carbon steel dies. Pretty much everyone did. When I realized the thrill of lubricating cases wasn’t, I bought a sizing die with a carbide insert. A whole new world!

I’m not fond of primers. Those slippery devils have been a pain to work with from my reloading beginning. Spill a box and forever crawl around on the floor, recovering a max of 98 out of 100. Early on I realized I needed more than the two primer pickup tubes included with the press (small…

I’ve mentioned the trials and tribulations of the pre-Dillon press world. Size and de-cap a case, then prime if you wished. It took a lot of practice to develop the correct feel for priming – not too deep and not too shallow. And it interrupted the flow some. My group used a hand primer, which…

In my time working in laboratories, in different careers, balances seemed more and more integral to the work – just as scales/balances always have been in reloading. Working with true black powder, adding a powder charge by scooping it up with the case might have been OK (NOT that I’m advocating such a thing!) but…