What's the oldest piece of reloading equipment you have that you still use?

[Doctor Bill]

Oldest piece of hardware must be my roll-crimper for paper shells.  100+ years old and still works like a champ.  My Lee Load-All for shotgun shells was purchased in 1979.

Doctor Bill

[Peddler Parsons]

My adjustable shot / powder dipper, hand held priming tool and hand crank roll crimper for my 12 gauge B.P. loads also a old Lee (hammer) set my grandfather had for his 30/30

[ladylaw45]

Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ladylaw

[Black River Smith]

Used an original Winchester 44/40 bullet mold and an original Winchester pliers loader to make up last batch of 44/40's.  Don't know date of manufacture though.

Black River Smith

[Delmonico]

1870's to around WWI on those.  I'll check on that when I get home.

[Delmonico]

The factory Winchester tool was patented in 1874 and was in the 1875 catalog.  It was made till into the 1920's.

William Wirt Winchester invented it, he was Oliver Winchester's son.

[El Peludo]

I guess it would be my TEXAN LOADMASTER shotshell press.  It was old and well used when I bought it, and that was in 1967.  It is what I refer to as a "one at a time" loader; there is a sizing sleeve that you slip over the shell you are reloading, and the first stage presses the sleeve down to the rim and decaps the primer.  The shell remains in the sleeve through all of the rest of the steps, until the final crimp setter pushes it out of the sleeve.  It makes passably good shells, sometimes they look "factory" and sometimes they're a bit homely, but they always shoot good.  One of my metallic presses dates back to the sixties, as well.  Then, there are many odds and ends of things that I have had since that time, but who knows just how old the stuff is!?? 

[3line]

My oldest pieces are an RCBS Jr press and RCBS .38 Special and .45 ACP dies and shellholders I got for Christmas in 1966.  I now load for more than 25 calibers but the RCBS Jr is all I've ever used.

Jeff

[Paladin UK]

This is one of my.....Babies!!

Annie `O` found it for me at Bisley in May

I have been told that it is was made in about 1900!!





I use it for loading my 16g Scatter gun

Paladin (What lurvs tha Holy Black!!) UK

[44caliberkid]

Mine would also be an antique roll crimper, an adjustable shot/powder measure and a primer seater, all at least 100 years old.  As far as modern metallic cartridge loading goes, I've had the same Lyman Spar-T press since 1975.  All my powder measures and accesories were purchased between '75 and '80.