Recent content by Paul "Fitz" Jones

I possibly designed and sold that C-H press if it was 4 position press with a taper crimp die last. I have manuals and caliber changes and parts all new

I have a historic collection of 1960's-70s lube sticks including about a hundred Tamarack 50/50 Alox/beeswax that I still am using. I provided all my Original Saeco bullet mold customers with historical Champions lube Formulas and how to make their own lube .sticks

In my wierd collection is a number of .303 Savage fired in a .303 British. They fire formed nicely and I wonder if the shooter knew the difference when I picked up the unusual brass at my range.

7.7 Jap is a copy of the 30/06 and the round was designed to keep US GI's from using it but Japs could use captured 06 ammo. My first reloading business was converting 06 to fire easier in the jap arisaka 7.7 brought home by GI's and I sold thousands of rounds. While in high school I was on the...

Strong Disagreements on a friendly helpful site The disagreements have no place on this site with many helpful members who go to some effort to be helpful. Paul "Fitz" Jones

8MM Lebel Rifle Years ago I had a brand new 8MM Lebel rifle made by our Remington company when WW1 started for the French but the French were overrun by the Germans before most of the Rifles were shipped. I fired with Brass made by a friend who has passed away and I sold the complete outfit...

I have been shooting for over 60 years and hit everything well that I aimed at but when I started reloading and bulletcasting I wound up enjoying doing that and teaching that fun hobby. I relly enjoyed casting the most and a had a maximum of 1032 molds at once starting with H&G still have 20 of...

I used to take brass in trade when I attended western stats gun shows selling C-H, tools, Star reloaders, Lubers, Complete line of Saeco tools, lead pots and 4 cavity molds with beautiful walnut handles, and my line of Fitz pistol grips and ammo boxes. Consequently I have thousands of once fired...

Hi, I was the distributor for the C-H Co. in the 1970's and sold several of the champion presses that weighed almost a TON I am funning you but it still was heavy. I sold the Auto Champ and $ position H press the most. And had some good sales of the heavy duty "O" press. I still have a brand...

A long ago customer who is now a Judge made Desert Eagle brass, tumble washed it in Tide soap, dried it in a workshop oven and they looked just fine.

Being the distributor for the original Saeco Co. of California I have sold about a thousand of their Burnished Steel lead hardness testers which are a very handy tool measuring a lead bullet or similiar sized chunk of lead reading from zero for pure lead and ten for average linotype. In my...

As a hobby and commercial Police reloader I operated 50 lb to 6,000 pound lead pots. When starting I would over fill them with solids of scrap, Police range bullets and tire weights. As the pots melted from the bottom and the solids dropped I could add more scrap on top of solids still in the...

Mentioning Co/ax brings back a memory that I was asked to carry that line which I considered especially for competitive rifle shooters and bought and sold a selection of them but have a brand new Co/ax unusual primer seater left and is there anyone who would give it a caring home?. She is a...

Police competitor, Commercial Reloader As a Police competitor and commercial reloader Shooting DX in every pistol and rifle and loading millions of pistol rounds I never cleaned a primer pocket and never will. Also in selling over a thousand progressive pistol reloaders I advised my customers...

Have 120 gr .30 caliber bevel base tire weights plinker I designed it to be a .30 M1 carbine or .30 caliber rifle plinker or close range varmint bullet using common hard tire weights. I have the original Saeco Co. 4 cavity Mold brand new designed for men with Star lubers the only luber for...