Michael, how old is the Lightning you were using? I'm 70 and I'll bet that the Lightning was older than that. I don't think it was sold post-WW2 and that any still on the shelf dated from late in the Depression. I'm not as spry as I once was. Perhaps that Lightning is beginning to age a bit also.

After thumbing back and forth through Sharpe's Complete Guide and a lot of 20 year old loading manuals, I find myself thinking that the only 20 or 30 year old Reloader 7 is just a relatively modern incarnation of Lightning. If you have any Re7 on the shelf, try that in the 25 HP.

Last edited by waterman; 05/30/11 09:27 PM.