Long, long ago, I reloaded .30-30 with no tools to speak of, or rather, all my tools were home made. Taking it even a step further, I even reloaded Large Rifle primers using cap gun caps. It can be done. I had a stash of once-fired .30 Carbine bullets and used them also. First powder I had was a couple of cans of the old King's Semi-Smokeless powder and some black powder. The King's SS powder was once very popular among the muzzle loader fans, but hasn't been made since the 1940s. Single loaded one round at a time in an ancient Model 94. When I first started handloading for real, I had some early Lee Loaders (12 gauge, .44 Mag, and .30-'06). Very simple, but also very slow. But slow is better than not at all. I still use my .45 Colt Lee Loader on occasion. Good thing about the Lee Loader is you can put all of your tools (except maybe a hammer) and components in a shoe box and have space left over. You can take that shoe box anywhere.
Last edited by DWalt; 02-14-2020 at 02:53 PM.
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