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It wasn't very long ago that the High Power range was ruled by the '03 Springfield.

Slowly, very slowly the Garand was accepted. Most folks thought the idea of a semiautomatic on a target range was absurd.

Hear tell that the M14/M1A has made some inroads into the High Power game.

Who knows what will be next ?



In varmint shooting, the 219 Donaldson Wasp and 220 Swift dominated forever.

Then some folks started playing with the 222 Remington and 222 Remington Magnum and demonstrated that other cartridges might have the accuracy potential for varmints.

Some day the 223, a spray-and-pray military cartridge, might make it in the prairie dog towns -- but doubt it.



Started with hand-operated dies for neck-sizing brass. Hand seaters for bullets. B&M powder measures. Bullets hand-swaged in seven steps.

Then tried the Bonanza CO-AX with its floating shell holder. Made acceptable ammo.

Then set up two RCBS Rockchuckers to semi-progressively load PD ammo.

Even heard that some folks were shooting factory made bullets that were not hand swaged one at a time but were actually made in factories like Sierra, Berger, and Hornady. Even heard that some folks were not weighing every primer on certified lab scales.

Realized that all factory match ammo was loaded on very automated machines and some folks shot it and were not embarrassed to tell the tale.

Saw where David Tubb was winning eleven national long range titles using ammo loaded on Dillon machines.

Decided to give it a whirl. Radical as it was. Heck, them prairie dogs gave great acrobatics/aerobatics with the progressive-loaded ammo.



Heck, one day might even give variable power scopes a try.

Nah, just kidding.





For the what its worth department, have one reloading bench with five single station RCBS presses mounted on it today. Still use them. And, no, the 222 family still hasn't proven itself up to the Donaldson Wasp or Swift yet. And the semiautos will never rule High Power.



If one wanted to start with a single-station press, then would definitely recommend getting two presses of the same model if loading rifle and a third one if loading handgun. There is nothing more frustrating to the beginning loader than screwing dies in and out of presses when going from case sizing to bullet seating even if running a batch operation.







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