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Mar 14, 2017
cheap but portable all in one kit
I have 3 of these (38 spl, 9mm, 357 mag) there is a lot of hammering to these. Hammer the brass into tool to resize, hammer to knock it out, hammer to seat primer, hammer to seat bullet, hammer to crimp brass. Some times I had to put tool on concrete floor to hammer brass in all the way but it works. Yes these are more labor intensive but they are portable and I need that as I have no place for a press. Powder dippers were wrong size for the powder I could find so I had to weigh and make different powder dippers. Made them from 380 brass and JB Weld and a stick or hanger wire.
Would I like to have a progressive press?..... Yes ,but I don't have a place for that. I can make this work with what I have and only have $60 in 3 calibers. Can not do that with a press.
Tuner KORG CA-1 Chromatic Multi-instrument Brass Band Orchestra Any Instrument
Apr 18, 2017
Good for tone poor people like me
I can not tell whether I am playing sharp, flat or even the wrong note other than with something like this. I play the right fingering and if it is not correct note, I cannot tell which is why I bought this.I was trying to play Bb but this kept telling me I was playing B natural I kept trying to lip it down but could not. i thought sharp meant I needed to shorten the tuning slide but it needed to lengthen. I pulled them out a lot and finally got the Bb I was trying to play I would never have figured it out without this tuner. I use it to play scales to see if I am on the right pitch too. It is great for people like me who are not able to find the pitch without some help.