I think Wyman needs a new rest!

[butchlambert]

Sitting in the living room floor at age 14 with my second hand Lee Loader, purchased for 5.00 at Clonts Hardware in Knox City, I methodically knocked out fired primers, reseated new ones, poured HI-Vel #2 powder from a small scoop into the casing and seated the bullet with a hammer and seating tool. Loading my own ammo at a fraction of the cost of factory ammunition was so much fun as a young boy, that is until a primer would ignite with a loud “pop” and my mother, ironing clothes a few feet away, yelled at me to get that stuff outside!! LOL!!!
Although unnerving for my mom, the appreciation for reloading began with custom loading for that 30-30 Marlin and continues to this day, six decades later, although my infamous Lee Loader has found a place in a trunk filled with memorabilia from yesteryear.
Experimenting with loads in an attempt to wring out the best accuracy in a rifle is fun and now I’m busy at the bench once more testing loads in my new 7mm-08 Ackley Improved. Thanks again to my friend and a competitive precision shooter, Butch Lambert, for creating this beautiful rifle for me!

 

[Big Mc]

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Sitting in the living room floor at age 14 with my second hand Lee Loader, purchased for 5.00 at Clonts Hardware in Knox City, I methodically knocked out fired primers, reseated new ones, poured HI-Vel #2 powder from a small scoop into the casing and seated the bullet with a hammer and seating tool. Loading my own ammo at a fraction of the cost of factory ammunition was so much fun as a young boy, that is until a primer would ignite with a loud “pop” and my mother, ironing clothes a few feet away, yelled at me to get that stuff outside!! LOL!!!
Although unnerving for my mom, the appreciation for reloading began with custom loading for that 30-30 Marlin and continues to this day, six decades later, although my infamous Lee Loader has found a place in a trunk filled with memorabilia from yesteryear.
Experimenting with loads in an attempt to wring out the best accuracy in a rifle is fun and now I’m busy at the bench once more testing loads in my new 7mm-08 Ackley Improved. Thanks again to my friend and a competitive precision shooter, Butch Lambert, for creating this beautiful rifle for me!

That,s the way i started Butch. It only gets better. Tommy Mc

 

[jds holler]

He's a man after my own heart. jd

 

[Evlshnngns]

7-08 ackley in a beauty of a rifle....sign me up.

 

[LuvDog]

Nice Front Rest and Rear Bags... time to trade in my Seb for a custom setup like yours

 

[nmkid]

I wonder how many of us still have the Lee Loader we started with?

 

[FNSafari]

I still have my original Lyman Spartan C reloading press and dies I bought in about 1968. Gosh, remarkably it still produces good ammo! Add to that my Lyman 450 lubricant/sizer, my Lyman 454424 Keith 240 gr semi wadcutter 45 mould and on....and on...

 

[FNSafari]

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Sitting in the living room floor at age 14 with my second hand Lee Loader, purchased for 5.00 at Clonts Hardware in Knox City, I methodically knocked out fired primers, reseated new ones, poured HI-Vel #2 powder from a small scoop into the casing and seated the bullet with a hammer and seating tool. Loading my own ammo at a fraction of the cost of factory ammunition was so much fun as a young boy, that is until a primer would ignite with a loud “pop” and my mother, ironing clothes a few feet away, yelled at me to get that stuff outside!! LOL!!!
Although unnerving for my mom, the appreciation for reloading began with custom loading for that 30-30 Marlin and continues to this day, six decades later, although my infamous Lee Loader has found a place in a trunk filled with memorabilia from yesteryear.
Experimenting with loads in an attempt to wring out the best accuracy in a rifle is fun and now I’m busy at the bench once more testing loads in my new 7mm-08 Ackley Improved. Thanks again to my friend and a competitive precision shooter, Butch Lambert, for creating this beautiful rifle for me!

Whatever works for someone I guess. Lots of folks revel in being reactionary

 

[ebb]

Butch does Wyman have any friends in the gun business that could get it done for him? You know that have rest making experience? When I needed a rest I was working on an old building in downtown West Palm Beach FL that was the office to a guy that built a business that supplied concrete and rebar for many of the buildings in Florida, Rinker Materials Corp. This building had a repair shop that worked on his mixer trucks and they keep all the parts upstairs, and moved them with an elevator to the upper level to store them. We disassembled the elevator while renovating that building, and I made my rest from the shafts of that elevator and bought a Ron Hoen top for the base I built. I told you that so you would know that you don't need to be a rocket surgeon to build a rest, even I can do it.

 

[butchlambert]

Butch does Wyman have any friends in the gun business that could get it done for him? You know that have rest making experience? When I needed a rest I was working on an old building in downtown West Palm Beach FL that was the office to a guy that built a business that supplied concrete and rebar for many of the buildings in Florida, Rinker Materials Corp. This building had a repair shop that worked on his mixer trucks and they keep all the parts upstairs, and moved them with an elevator to the upper level to store them. We disassembled the elevator while renovating that building, and I made my rest from the shafts of that elevator and bought a Ron Hoen top for the base I built. I told you that so you would know that you don't need to be a rocket surgeon to build a rest, even I can do it.

I looked around and found a little al u min iam.

A work in progress. I will need to find a local tig guy.

 

[jds holler]

I wonder how many of us still have the Lee Loader we started with?

I've still got mine; three of em. 20 ga, 243Win, and 30 Carb. jd

 

[ebb]

Butch mine looks almost like that but out of steel, and much heavier, probably illegal in a real match. I got my race builder buddy to tig mine and it should have been preheated before welding was attempted. But it has worked very well for many years. Wyman will love it. If it is on the list for a Shadetree top. It will be so nice he will be afraid to use it.

 

[butchlambert]

Butch mine looks almost like that but out of steel, and much heavier, probably illegal in a real match. I got my race builder buddy to tig mine and it should have been preheated before welding was attempted. But it has worked very well for many years. Wyman will love it. If it is on the list for a Shadetree top. It will be so nice he will be afraid to use it.

Not Wyman. He uses his things, but is very careful with them. My tig guy retired a couple years ago and so did his BIL that did a few things for me.

 

[DonB]

I bet they had to work around holes in the knees to make those custom bags.

I use old shot bags.

 

[JPB3]

Please tell us about that rifle ..

 

[CJ6]

Tell Wyman that there's this guy on here ( think his name is Butch something or other) that makes rest tops. Wyman should contact him.

 

[jpjulian]

I wonder how many of us still have the Lee Loader we started with?

Yep. .30 Carbine

 

[Kracken McGraw]

I bet they had to work around holes in the knees to make those custom bags.

I use old shot bags.

I have out grown so many still good pairs, it’s kinda sad.

 

[Fire Dog]

I still have my original Lyman Spartan C reloading press and dies I bought in about 1968. Gosh, remarkably it still produces good ammo! Add to that my Lyman 450 lubricant/sizer, my Lyman 454424 Keith 240 gr semi wadcutter 45 mould and on....and on...

I still have my Bonanza Co-Ax... Think it might be going toward 250-300K rds...
Still Lovin it...

 

[HTSmith]

I wonder how many of us still have the Lee Loader we started with?

I do. I was too young and dumb to be afraid of pounding in those primers.