RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Most of us who have been reloading for years have a few interesting reloading tools. Since it is cold out and the wind is howling, I thought I would start a thread about what interesting stuff you guys have.
This is a Hood press I got when I could travel around the country and shoot benchrest matches. Charlie Hood started making these in the early 00’s, I believe. The body is high strength aluminum, and the rest is stainless steel. Most of these are threaded on the right and a hooded shelf on the left to use a L.E. Wilson bullet seater. Mine has a threaded left position so I can use a Vickerman seating die. The press folds up flat and fits into a toolbox drawer. One screw and two studs hold the back brace attached for C-clamps, or you can mount it with bolts on a bench.
The unique feature on this press is the Carstensen die holder on the right. Tight chamber BR rifles don’t need the neck resized but do have to have the shoulder bumped back. This little feature allows you to bump back the shoulder in halves of a thousandth of an inch. These are still being made by the successor of Charlie Hood but can be found used on auction sites as the older BR shooters die off.
Quality is unbelievable if you look at the inlayed quince wood on the handle and everything is straight and square with the world. So far, I have only used this for my .223 ammo for the CZ and .308 Winchester cast bullet loads for my heavy Savage Police Sniper rifle.
This is a Hood press I got when I could travel around the country and shoot benchrest matches. Charlie Hood started making these in the early 00’s, I believe. The body is high strength aluminum, and the rest is stainless steel. Most of these are threaded on the right and a hooded shelf on the left to use a L.E. Wilson bullet seater. Mine has a threaded left position so I can use a Vickerman seating die. The press folds up flat and fits into a toolbox drawer. One screw and two studs hold the back brace attached for C-clamps, or you can mount it with bolts on a bench.
The unique feature on this press is the Carstensen die holder on the right. Tight chamber BR rifles don’t need the neck resized but do have to have the shoulder bumped back. This little feature allows you to bump back the shoulder in halves of a thousandth of an inch. These are still being made by the successor of Charlie Hood but can be found used on auction sites as the older BR shooters die off.
Quality is unbelievable if you look at the inlayed quince wood on the handle and everything is straight and square with the world. So far, I have only used this for my .223 ammo for the CZ and .308 Winchester cast bullet loads for my heavy Savage Police Sniper rifle.
