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. A bottleneck with a progressive reloader is having to manually fill primer tubes. For the really big volume reloader (or anyone short of time) the electrically powered Dillon filler removes this bottleneck. Magazine tubes are enclosed in steel shields. Bullets are heavy and expensive to ship. It pays to buy in bulk. Generally the bigger the order the more you save, so it’s worthwhile to get a group together when placing an order. Pistol on left is a PPC model from the S&W Performance Center, sold only to police officers. Pistol on right is a .45 ACP from the Springfield Armory Custom Shop. or obscure cartridges not readily available. It lowers cost per round, allowing you to shoot more. It provides the security of having an ammunition supply in times of shortage, and it can be an engrossing hobby in its own right. Start inexpensively with perhaps a Lee “kit” with press, powder measure, scale and the various bits you need. Then, if it’s interesting and fun — which it is — you can build on that first step. For more info: www.leeprecision.com; www.dillonprecision.com; www.forsterproducts.com; www.hornady.com; www. lymanproducts.com; www.rcbs.com; www.redding-reloading.com. * These are the loading tools I started with more than 35 years ago. The Lee Loader originally sold for around ten bucks (and is around $35 today). With a few cartridge cases, a supply of primers, powder, bullets, and a plastic mallet for driving cases into the sizing die, the Lee Loader still works today. It wasn’t fast but it produced good ammo. I once got a 5-shot, 300-yard group measuring just over an inch with .270 Win. rounds loaded with this tool. I added the assortment of powder measuring cups to provide more flexibility in loading. Today Lee makes single-stage and progressive presses but the classic Lee Loader is still in the line. For most reloaders weighing every powder charge is unnecessary except when working up loads, but some accuracy fanatics do like to weigh every charge. The Lyman powder measure/scale speeds the operation considerably, though it is still slower than using a powder measure and is not compatible with progressive reloading tools. This electrically-powered tool has stations to trim cases to length, chamfer and deburr the case mouth of newly trimmed cases and large and small primer pocket cleaning stations. WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM 61