https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia AllGunStuff Discussion Board en-US Fri, 08 May 2026 00:59:22 +0000 wpForo 60 https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia/paged/2#post-3629 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 23:18:27 +0000
For example, most amateur DIY people will buy an entry level cordless drill driver, and mechanically, it will outlast the battery. No point in him buying Bosch or Makita as he will never wear the motor out. But a professional cabinet maker will kill one of those in a month. At the same time, a painting contractor that I know waits for a special and buys 40 of the cheapest grinders he can find, because of the way the staff treat the tools, the 40 cheapies will keep him in operation longer that 8 Makitas that he can get for the same price.

When it comes to food, it is even more difficult. Why does one pack of biscuits cost less than another? How were the corners cut to make one product cheaper? Think about this before you eat cheap processed food. If you can't identify all the ingredients on a label, do you really want to eat it?

As a person with multiple degrees, I still don't know enough to make informed decisions on important decisions like my health care choices, my energy use choices, education for my children, the car I drive and the food I eat (just when I think I have this one right, I discover something new).]]> Equipment Againstthegrains https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia/paged/2#post-3629 https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3627 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 15:15:55 +0000
I wonder if this is a good thing, I have played a few approaches in this regard before. Do we lament the loss of German - Swiss perfection ? Do we welcome the almost as good at nowhere near the price, knowing its a slippery slope down from there.
How will, and can proper stuff survive, Swiss, German ?
Where does this end, chocolate, salami, medication ?


To get to the bottom of this one has to do the math on the long run. "Do I buy a Mahindra or a Toyota?" (Ryobi vs Bosch; Taurus vs Glock etc). The difference becomes evident when the object gets old, mistreated or used hard.

And one has to reckon with the human being - "I don't care" is unfortunately a very strong argument, at least in too many cases.

]]> Equipment Ds J https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3627 https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3623 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 08:22:14 +0000 How will, and can proper stuff survive, Swiss, German ?
Where does this end, chocolate, salami, medication ?]]> Equipment Treeman https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3623 https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3615 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 05:25:19 +0000 Equipment oafpatroll https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3615 https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3612 Sat, 06 Jan 2024 23:44:27 +0000
In the old days metallurgy and mechanical engineering were the pinnacle of stuff that people needed. Now days all those propeller heads are working in IT related fields. That's why a lot of the people making this stuff are not as good as they were.

Plus, the paradigm has shifted. In china they ask "What do you want it to cost?", then they make it to budget, not to spec!

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This about nails it.
A mate of mine who was in Taiwan had just that said to him. He was discussing price and a suggestion came back to him, " we can lower the chrome content" (might have been tin content?). He recons they could even tell him the knock off effect of doing so. It seems they had a standard they prefered, but would lower it on instruction.]]> Equipment Treeman https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3612 https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3609 Sat, 06 Jan 2024 23:27:09 +0000
Still can not think of anything that is made now that is not better than the original version.


In the old days metallurgy and mechanical engineering were the pinnacle of stuff that people needed. Now days all those propeller heads are working in IT related fields. That's why a lot of the people making this stuff are not as good as they were.

Plus, the paradigm has shifted. In china they ask "What do you want it to cost?", then they make it to budget, not to spec!]]> Equipment Againstthegrains https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3609 https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3581 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 11:06:13 +0000 Equipment Treeman https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3581 https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3568 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 12:19:22 +0000
The modern equivalent is about R2000.]]> Equipment Againstthegrains https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-3568 https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-1583 Sat, 20 Aug 2022 09:52:23 +0000
]]> Equipment Brian43x https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-1583 https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-1421 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:13:02 +0000 Just could not keep accumulating, a baaaad habit of mine.]]> Equipment Treeman https://systemz.online/equipment/reloading-equipment-nostalgia#post-1421