Hi, Forum,
I'm a 34 yr. old mechanical engineer living close to Baden-Baden in the South-West of Germany.
I've made my reloading licence about 6 years ago, but actually started reloading only about a year ago. Most of my tools are LEE, since they gave me the best value for my money, and most of my friends have been using them without any problems for several years.
The rounds I make are for my .38spl and .45Auto Cowboy Action loads, but I might add the 38-40 to my list next year.
My first press was a LEE hand press that I got nearly for free, and I'm very happy I could learn realoading on this little handy tool. It gives you total controll of the process, and forces you to fully concentrate on your actions. Now I mainly use a LEE pro1000 that works perfect for me if maintained properly. The hand press is not completely out of service, I still like to bring it to the range to develop loads on site, or take it to a business trip and do some sizing and priming in the hotel room.
Other tools I own and use are a rebel 17 wet tumbler from Stainless Tumbling Media, and an RCBS primer pocket swager to reuse military .45Auto brass. And of course a Harvey Deprimer, a neat little tool that I use to deprime my brass in my tent at the evenings on multi day matches so I can tumble them right after arriving back home.
I found this forum via google, when I was looking for some more ideas and tips for my pro1000.