Best Purchases

[fredhorace77]

I recently acquired a Frankford Arsenal rotary tumbler to clean my brass using stainless steel pins, I also purchased a Frankford Arsenal vibratory tumbler. I am very pleased with both units and this got me to thinking today what are some of the items you all have purchased over the years that you feel like you wish you would have bought in the very beginning or maybe some items that you would definitely not want to live without.
Mine are:
Rotary tumbler
RCBS Trim Pro 3 way cutter heads
Redding Powder Thrower
Brown and Sharpe Calipers
Stoney Point Shoulder Bump Gauges
Sinclair ogive seating depth nut
Tipton Cleaning rod
Quality aluminum reloading blocks
Aluminum Satern Spun Funnels
Quality Digital Scale

 

[Twoboxer]

There's a lot of reloading stuff I'm satisfied/happy with that may yet be replaced in the future. But buying these things first would have saved a lot of time, money, and frustration:

- A&D FX120i scale: would have saved buying 6 other scales and a lab grade power supply
- RCBS Universal Case Prep Center: instead of Lee hand tools and a WFT trimmer
- RCBS Scale Pan with Integrated Funnel: instead of several pans and multiple funnels

Same with these firearm cleaning tools:

- Tipton Bore Brush Set 13-Piece Rifle: Nylon brushes seem to handle all solvents well
- Tipton Ultra Jag Set: Using smaller bore Jags allows patches to fit better

 

[ireload2]

Stoney Point Shoulder Bump Gauges
A bakers dozen of the Twin 60 loading blocks
A half dozen of the original Lee priming tools with a wide selection of shell holders
AMT Autoscales - 3 of them
.061 to .500 gauge pins.
Multi anvil micrometer
Indicator and height stand combo
Statistics
Use Excel beyond beginner level
Other quality micrometers

 

[Homerange]

Sinclairs Gen2 Flash hole deburring tool.
http://www.sinclairintl.com/reloadi...ersal-flashhole-deburring-tool-prod34127.aspx

Rockchucker press

 

[357Mag]

Fred -

Howdy !

Rockchucker press

O'Haus " Dial-a-Grain " balance beam scale

Sinclair conversion of Lee priming tool

Sinclair 1st Gen Neck Turning Tool

Wilson case trimmer

Forster case trimmer

Sinclair flash hole debur tool

Sinclair primer pocket uniformer

RCBS 1st Gen bench mounted priming tool

Lee hand press ( multiple )

Hornady universal-style bullet seater ( interchangeable case holding sleeves )

Hornady shoulder bump/bushing NS die ( interchangeable case holding sleeves )

LEE 6.5 X 55 FL die ( enabled forming of multiple new wildcats )



With regards,
357Mag

 

[fredhorace77]

Ahhh, I had forgot about the RCBS bench priming tool. Like you @357Mag, I really would hate to do without that for large scale loading.
@Twoboxer, I'm going to have to check out the other Tipton products, thanks for the suggestions.
@ireload2, what do you use the pin gauges on?

 

[joshb]

Add World's Finest Trimmer to the list. I shoot a lot of 308 and 223 and those little trimmers save me a lot of time. Seems basic but Imperial sizing wax is one of my "little heroes ".

 

[ireload2]

I use the pin gauges to measure the size of FL die necks, the open end of the FL die at the case head and the open end of the chamber in old rifles that I form brass for. They also work for measuring chamber necks if you have a way to hold the pin. You can also check in the ID of the case mouth after sizing and after firing. You can also measure the neck diameter of a seater die and the bullet seating diameter of a seating die. This is useful when shooting oversize lead bullets. The die should be large enough to accommodate the bullet diameter in the seating section and it should be large enough to accept the case with the oversize lead bullet in the neck section of the die.

Ahhh, I had forgot about the RCBS bench priming tool. Like you @357Mag, I really would hate to do without that for large scale loading.
@Twoboxer, I'm going to have to check out the other Tipton products, thanks for the suggestions.
@ireload2, what do you use the pin gauges on?

 

[Toolbreaker]

Although I built this instead of purchasing it. It can accommodate .223, .243, .264, .284 and .308. I was frustrated using the inertia-style pullers and was thinking of purchasing a collet-style puller when I seen a picture of a puller similar to this. I sized the openings +.0002" over nominal bullet size, then added a smooth fillet on both sides of the openings. It works better than I would have thought, and hasn't marked a pulled bullet to date.

 

[R.Morehouse]

Hollands Perfect Primer Seater
Omega Powder Trickler
Harrells Premium Powder Measure
Benchrite Case Lathe
Redding Instant Indicator- Case Comparator Dies
Scott Parker tuned ancient RCBS scale

 

[racesnake]

Hollands Perfect Primer Seater
Omega Powder Trickler
Harrells Premium Powder Measure
Benchrite Case Lathe
Redding Instant Indicator- Case Comparator Dies
Scott Parker tuned ancient RCBS scale

 

[racesnake]

RCBS Chargemaster combo.

 

[Cujo]

Boretech cleaning rods and case
FX-120i w/ Adam's autotrickler
K & M Mitutoyo tube micrometer
Mitutoyo Absolute digital calipers
Benchsource annealer
Aluminum loading blocks
Giraud trimmer
Lee collet neck sizing dies

 

[Jdne5b]

FX-120i
K & M Mitutoyo tube micrometer
Benchsource annealer
Giraud Trimmer
Co-Ax
Joy-Pod

 

[dickn52]

Century 21 primer.

 

[6xc-Longshooter]

Century 21 primer.

QuickLoad

 

[Hengehold]

Giraud Trimmer!!!!!
RCBS bench priming tool
RCBS stepped shell holder
Micrometer seating dies
Neck bushing sizing dies
Gempro 250 scale

 

[Hosted]

QuickLoad

Wilson seater die
Lee collet die
Starting to really like my Gempro 250 I just got.

Ugh, don't say Quickload. I want Quickload so bad because I love playing with numbers but can't bring myself to paying that much for software.

 

[sfldiver]

RCBS Chargemaster combo.

+1

 

[LHSmith]

#1- Rick Grahams windflags....nothing improved my scores in SR BR Score shooting than learning how to hold for conditions.
#2-Farley Coaxial Rest.....2nd biggest aid to better scores....allows me to traverse the record targets and sighter bulls faster than turning knobs