I did a lot of reloading of 12ga black powder shells for a damascus Ithaca S/S with a Lee Loader until someone broke into my little remote cabin and stole all my reloading stuff. It worked quite well. I started reloading when I was about 13 with an old Winchester set of my grandfathers. I still have some of the kit. Those old hand crank roll crimpers did a great job on the paper and plastic shells I was using back then. I did learn that they are not all created equal. One of mine has a nice solid brass machined head with a nice crimping groove that worked very well; the other, for 10ga unfortunately or I'd use it today, has a pressed sheet brass head that doesn't work worth a damn.
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