Recent content by Soothsayer

Lee Tumble Lube I have had Lee aluminum moulds dating back to the 1970's for round ball used during my muzzle loading days. I have a number for handgun and several for rifle and have found them satisfactory when normally sized and lubricated. I have also had success in taking conventional...

This is about as far removed from Smith & Wesson as possible but I recently traded for a Belgium drilling in .38-55 over 12 gauge apparently proofed only for blackpowder with damascus twist barrels. It is a Leader brand from the St. Louis Hardware Company, both of which were Crescent brands. I...

A Recent Turret Convert I just recently acquired a Lee turret press after some 50 years of chugging along with a single stage press. After I lost my shooting range, I transitioned from mostly rifles to handguns and the turret press is definitely faster for the volume of ammo needed for...

Recently, I say a lot of comments on here about Grizzley Enterprises Bullets but was not able to get back to that thread so forgive me as a newbie. Anyway, after a lot of e-mailing and calling, after my order for .38-55 bullets was not filled I finally got a response to the effect that this...

Lee Collet Dies My experience with Lee products has been mixed but I have become a fan of the collet dies--accuracy, less brass growth, etc. The chief exception is with my .22 Hornet Contender which seems to like only full length re-sized cases.

Just Checking In Haven't been to this site for a while and just wanted to check in.