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[southsgt]

Green and Red make Blue

You know if you mix the colors Green and Red you come up with Blue. So you might as well just start with a Dillon and not waste your time with green or red. Besides, Blue is such a much preatier color then all the others.
You know what they say. Once you had blue you'll never go back.

 

[GrayGhost99]

I, too, was hoping this was for the red green show

 

[flyrobb]

It has a red handle?

 

[Rule3]

You know if you mix the colors Green and Red you come up with Blue. So you might as well just start with a Dillon and not waste your time with green or red. Besides, Blue is such a much preatier color then all the others.
You know what they say. Once you had blue you'll never go back.

Not really it makes brown. Blue is a primary color you can't make it with other mixtures Back to K for you

Red, Green, Blue

 

[IWK2HT]

Looks like you guys are well versed in Canadian content.
Possum Lodge is impressed.

 

[Rule3]

Looks like you guys are well versed in Canadian content.
Possum Lodge is impressed.

"Quando omni flunkus moritati"

 

[daniel lawecki]

Team Red for me my LNL has served me well. And customer service is all on par with other companies. After thousands and thousands of rounds it still going strong. This press will go too the grandson some day and will still run day after day.

 

[fredj338]

Fred, I don't know how it was before Dillon entered the game, but so far my dealings with RCBS have been a lot better than what I had with Dillon. This is no way a criticism of the equipment, I own both. Just know RCBS has been in the game longer than Dillon.
The one issue I had with a Hornady item they quickly resolved it and we're very pleasant to deal with too.

I started with rcbs 39yrs ago, still have my 1st jr press. I buy what works best for me, but I hate cheap tools. I like the Lee neck dies, simple & effective. Most of their presses are just ****. I usually buy rcbs or redding dies for new rifle calibers. Lee dies are fine for calibers I don't load a lot of. Lee molds are fine, but QC is all over the place & very limited choices. It's all good, I'm not really brand loyal with anything. Though I have never owned a Ford???

 

[Nemo288]

I am mostly Green but do have a Bonanza benchrest set for the 6mm.
Oddly enough my Lyman trimmer is Grey (it's old).

 

[novalty]

I started with rcbs 39yrs ago, still have my 1st jr press. I buy what works best for me, but I hate cheap tools. I like the Lee neck dies, simple & effective. Most of their presses are just ****. I usually buy rcbs or redding dies for new rifle calibers. Lee dies are fine for calibers I don't load a lot of. Lee molds are fine, but QC is all over the place & very limited choices. It's all good, I'm not really brand loyal with anything. Though I have never owned a Ford???

Any man that won't buy a Ford can't be all that bad.

 

[otisrush]

Cut me open and you'll see I bleed green. Their handling of a couple of customer service issues turned my blood bright green!

 

[daverich4]

Thirty five year old Rockchucker and tens of thousands of rounds out of an RCBS 2000. Huge fan of the APS primer system, hope the fact that RCBS has abandoned them in their new progressives doesn't mean that I'll no longer be able to buy the pre-filled strips.

 

[Green Frog]

My equipment color of choice is ORANGE although they have often used black and grey over the years for some of their stuff and even made two RED presses for some odd reason. I'll also use a green single stage and two blue progressives (by two different manufacturers) from time to time so I guess I'm from a different kind of "Rainbow Party!"

Froggie

 

[carpriver]

My press in RED (Lee) all Lee dies and 95 % Lee support tools my Tumbler is Lyman with a RCSB scale. Everything works as expected.

 

[Clark B]

I got green, red, blue, gray and a touch of orange, even black.

Lyman single and T-Mag that I found on clearance, RCBS, Lee, Hornady, and Lyman dies, a Dillon 650 and MEC Steelmaster 12 ga.

Started with cheap Lee Challenger many years ago and gave it to my best friend when I upgraded.

 

[rwsmith]

I be...

I be green. But I really don't have any brand preference as long as the quality is there.

Are we green?

Super green.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFeLDc2CzOs[/ame]

Chris Tucker's 'personality' in contrast with Bruce Willis' 'reserve' is hilarious in 'The Fifth Element'.

 

[Nemo288]

At the risk of the dreaded thread creep, I am gonna say that is one of our all time favorite movies.
We watch it more than once a year.
Can't say that about many other movies.
It was a worthy successor to Demolition Man as a well done Sci-Fi action comedy.

 

[novalty]

I be green. But I really don't have any brand preference as long as the quality is there.

Are we green?

Super green.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFeLDc2CzOs

Chris Tucker's 'personality' in contrast with Bruce Willis' 'reserve' is hilarious in 'The Fifth Element'.

What's the red button for?

 

[zeno338]

I got blue, red, green and orange. Some stuff is
so old I can't tell what color it was. I even have
a bench rest press that's silver.
Zeke

 

[Drm50]

Should I feel bad, got no Blue, but I still know what to do, and
I can load them good as you.
Daniel Wadswoth Shortfellow

 

[MrG5122]

All of my dies are in red and green boxes. Can I play? Machine is blue though.

 

[Carrier]

Hornady red and RCBS green.

 

[Moonman]

Stuffs addictive, I have RED, GREEN, and BLUE, also I have fun with all of them.

 

[johnc486]

Rcbs Pro 2000, Redding T-7, Lee classic turret and DILLON XL 650 (2 weeks old). They are all great and serve me well.

 

[iouri]

I don't discriminate in my reloading room and take all kinds - have read blue and green even few orange items

 

[H Richard]

I have a little bit of every color. Red for vintage Texan turret loader, green for RCBS powder measure and trimmer and prep station, blue of Dillon 550, Orange for Lyman dies, light green for Redding dies, and on and on.

 

[Rule3]

Looks like we need to closed membership, the blue guys are starting to show up.

But I guess I did say we are a equal opportunity club

 

[les.b]

When I first saw this thread, I thought you were talking about 'Red Dot powder', and 'Green Dpt' powder. I use both, but for everyday loads tend to stick with good old fashioned 'Bullseye'. I believe it is over a hundred years old now, and some folks still think of it as a go-to powder. Oh, yeah, I have all different colored tools, from all the different reloading companies. Started in 1970 or so, freshman in college, using a Lee Loader. Didn't take too long to figure out there had to be a faster, easier, and safer way to make ammo. Been accumulating all different hues of equipment ever since.

 

[Engineer1911]

RCBS has Customer Service?

I reload 223, 308, and 30-06. I don't always check carefully for Berdan primers. If I'm recovering good brass, I just keep picking until I get it all.

So I called up the good folks at RCBS Customer service and ordered a new 223 mandrel for my X-Die, a bag of 25 small decap pins, bag of 25 large decap pins, and a bag of 25 'headed' decap pins.

Now we get to the service part. Total order was about $40 PLUS SHIPPING which was reasonable because at least RCBS had the parts. The pins were shipped as 3 separate orders with a $10 shipping charge EACH. The X-die mandrel took 3 months to ship and cost $12 for shipping, because there was an increase in shipping charges. Yup, I'm real pleased with RCBS Customer service , but I got my lifetime supply of decapping pins .

EDIT (Hey, I am not a cheapskate) I'm willing to pay for consumable parts, but I am a little unhappy about $42 in additional shipping charges for an order that was only supposed to cost $40 to begin with as told to me by the CS rep, and all the stuff was in stock at the time of my call. I'm just glad I didn't order from MidwayUSA !

The RCBS Rockchucker, Uniflow powder measure, and model 510 scale date from 1975 and still give flawless service. I'm still waiting to do a capability study on the large and small powder cylinders, but so far "Close Enough" is doing great.

RCBS dies are the best, Hornadays are acceptable, and the L's, Lee & Lyman, work when no one else's dies are in stock. A lousy die set is better than no die set and empty brass. If it is important, L dies are upgraded to RCBS.

The reloading bench does have room for a Dillon 450 [with all the current upgrades] and 550B. The Dillon 450 has loaded enough ammunition to shoot out a TC Contender and S&W 1500 222 Rem barrels and a stainless steel heavy barrel 25-06. It's tough to stop a Dillon.

For diversity there is a gray and an orange Lyman cast bullet sizer / luber, Lee, Lyman, RCBS, and SAECO bullet molds. A 1990 RCBS production pot just keeps on melting lead after I wore out 4 Lee pots.

I'll be a Probationary Club Member !

 

[firebyprolong]

Red Green club

I think i qualify as a "red green" reloader, if it works, it will work better with duck tape. When you have to cobble it together use the name brand tape, it pays for itself in the end.

Back to the op question. I don't seem to have much of a preference on brands I just use what I can afford. Most of what's on my bench has come from yard sales, gun shows, flea markets and "choice box" auctions. I could have never afforded most of my equipment if I had to pay retail. I'm way too cheap. The Saco lubirsizer in the middle of my bench was about 10 bucks because the auctioneer was convicned it was a rivet set. By the way the bench is not normally that trashy, I just don't do much loading over the summer. One of my projects this week is to get the clutter cleared and get some load work started for deer season.