The one that got me started

[Joe Maisto]

Lyman #45 came with the used RCBS press I got from the guy I worked next to for 10 years. It's still on the shelf but doesn't get used much these days.

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I've got 3 of those square tin cans, but mine say Reloader-11,
I used it in my Whelen.

 

[hpshooter]

" Eventually I was given a Lee 1000, if you pay a little attention to it you can put out a lot of ammo."

That is the most concise, charitable and accurate description I have ever read regarding loading with the Lee 1000 press. Loaded many rounds on them before picking up a used Dillon 450. Now the pistol and revolver ammunition is loaded on a T-25, Dillon 550 or a Dillon Square Deal.

 

[rockrat]

MIne was a Pacific manual, then a Lyman. Have a few more now.

 

[Tommie]

Not the books I first learned with but very cool old classics

 

[justinp61]

These old books are great to read, lots to be learned between the covers.

 

[22turborimfire]

I started 1981 reloading that was my first manual .Speer # 10. Got my first press for my 21 st birthday.

 

[wkdickinson]

I started reloading for my 44 mag T/C Contender in about 1983, using a green loose-leaf Sierra manual as a reference and a Lee Auto-Turret press with the automatic powder measure on it. It been a very interesting ride since.

 

[Twicepop]

My first was a second hand Lyman #45 in about '78 or '79, then a Speer #10, I still have them both.

 

[BigJohnson2]

This one for me, it came with my rock chucker master reloading kit.