Did Santa bring you any reloading goodies?

A big box of wheel-weights, vintage (1960's) Lyman All-American Turret press complete with Lyman dies and shell holders for 38 Special and 30-06 and a shell holder adapter for standard snap in shell holders along with boxes of primers and a box of Super-Vel hollow points (.357) and a Cabela's gift card. Best reloading Christmas I've ever had!
Gary
 
Actually I didn't get anything from Santa..in fact..he came and got some stuff from me to deliver to you guys. LOL!! I have sooo much stuff I truly don't NEED anything.. But I did buy a nice S&W 59 about an hour ago...My gift to me I guess.
 
Twoboxer,

AmericanWorkBench.com makes some nice stuff, I've had a 6' "CONSTITUTION" model like yours for 4 years, love it.
I believe he was also a cousin to the Late Lou Alissi the holster maker.
Yes, that's correct. Glad to hear you like yours, cuz for a reloading bench its pretty much overkill lol . . . but the future is NOW :)

I ordered a 6' x 30" with side pockets, 2 large drawers, and a little extra space between the benchtop and the hutch shelf. Also some Quick Change plates for presses and tools from Inline Fabrication. Couldn't find a better quote than the Ben Franklin one lol. Can't wait !!!
 
I got more stuff for xmas. Went to my parents the day after xmas and my dad said " lets go to the basement and see what powder I have." So he gave me 2lbs 4831, 1lb of black powder, 2lb red dot, 1lb blue dot, 1lb 231, 1lb unique, 1lb 4227, 1lb sr4756, 1lb 800x, 1lb 4895, and finally 8lb wsl. I really scored but it was kinda sad my dad giving me his powder cause it seems his reloading days might be over. The pound of 4227 was $2.73/lb back in the day. Now I have to see where I can hunt down some recipes for wsl.
 
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Had Christmas with the in-laws today and got the carry bag to go with my Caldwell Stable Table.
 
Santa left me a complete reloading setup! Lee Classic Turrret kit, Dies for .223 and 9mm, extra turrets, Hornady Cam-Lock trimmer, FA digital scale, Lyman Case prep tools, RCBS Swager kit, case gauge and more!

Got it temporarily assembled last night and got the 223 dies setup. Super excited to start a new hobby. Bench to be built this week.

Can't wait to finish reading the books so I can buy some components and get cranking on my own ammo.

A big thanks to the guys here for help with the info I needed to give "Santa" the shopping list.
 
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Santa ;) (aka youngest son ) left me a sweet little addition to my bench. A small vise that pivots and the head swivels. Really nice for small jobs on the bench like lower builds. Very happy with it. He all so got me a armorers wrench.:cool:
 

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A tumbler kit! First one and sure beats other methods I used to clean brass. Amazed at the quality - nice shiny brass to reload that won't gunk up my press or guns.
 
Santa (my wife) got me a man purse, not kidding. Try smiling as you open that gift.

I did however find 8 pounds of pistol powder and 2000 cases at the local gun show this weekend so obviously baby Jesus felt sorry for me.
 
Santa (my wife) got me a man purse, not kidding. Try smiling as you open that gift.

I did however find 8 pounds of pistol powder and 2000 cases at the local gun show this weekend so obviously baby Jesus felt sorry for me.

Congrats on the new "Man-bag"! :p
 
I got a tablet for Christmas, while not exclusively a reloading tool I can use it for accessing the Hodgdon Data Site. Or peruse the site while sitting at the bench, or looking up rule infractions at a match. :eek: (actually the last one is the main reason I wanted one, I have difficulty remembering exact rule numbers but with it loaded on the tablet I can use the "Search" function to find the exact rule number):D
 

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As a matter of fact, Santa brought me a set of Hornady dies for 7.7 Japanese as well as 32 rounds of brand new Norma brass in the same caliber. Now I can finally shoot my old Type 99 instead of just fondling it!
 
I got a tablet for Christmas, while not exclusively a reloading tool I can use it for accessing the Hodgdon Data Site. Or peruse the site while sitting at the bench, or looking up rule infractions at a match. :eek: (actually the last one is the main reason I wanted one, I have difficulty remembering exact rule numbers but with it loaded on the tablet I can use the "Search" function to find the exact rule number):D


I did that last year, keep my own log
 
Santa brought me a Lyman Accu-Touch 2000 scale. Haven't got to use it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. Gotta be better than the old Lee beam scale I've been using forever.


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