Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. The Lyman Turbo Case Tumbler in the background and a supply of polishing media helps ensure a supply of clean, polished brass is always on hand. Brass doesn’t need to be shiny but it does need to be clean, and the electric case tumbler is the best and easiest way to do the job. Before I had progressive loading tools dropped powder charges in thousands of cases with the RCBS “Little Dandy” and the old Bonanza powder measures. Magnetically-dampened powder scales such as this old Pacific may not be as convenient as electronic scales, but they don’t require electricity either. Every reloader should begin with a single-stage reloading tool to learn the basics of reloading. Even if you acquire a progressive tool, the single-stage tool is useful for running off small batches for special purposes, load testing, and for bottleneck rifle and handgun rounds. The RCBS Rockchucker is a classic single stage tool and its compound leverage provides lots of power. use bullets like the Nosler Partition — which at the time were not available in factory loads. The other motivation was improved accuracy. In those days even a novice handloader could assemble ammunition significantly more accurate than the typical factory round. Current factory ammunition is so accurate it takes a good deal of reloading skill to equal it, much less surpass it. But accuracy fanatics are almost always handloaders. The Competition Solution For about 15 years, starting in 1980, I competed in practical and action handgun matches. In the peak years I Handgun reloaders usually use powder measures as it’s far too slow to weigh each charge. Modern electronic scales such as this Dillon D-Terminator are accurate and can be used to set the charge for your measure. A powder trickler is handy for adding powder to the weighing pan a kernel at a time. The original Dillon 450 sold factory direct at under $200. The appearance of the 450 in the early 1980s was a dream come true to action shooters of the era. For most reloading purposes it provides an ideal balance of price and speed. For priming batches of 50–100 cases at a time, the thumb-powered Lee priming tool is fast and dependable. Carbide sizer dies eliminate the need to lube cases and are virtually essential for volume handgun reloading. The plastic hammer-looking tools are inertia bullet pullers, for disassembling loaded rounds. Revolver on left is S&W 19 .357 Mag., on right is a 2nd generation Colt single action .38 Special. WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM 59