You would have to know and understand Richard to realize why it takes so long to get one of his presses. I stop by to visit with him a couple of times a year. When he is making presses, he makes each piece to lot size. They are not similar. They are not close. They are EXACT!! He lays parts out on a table. For a lot of 12 presses he will have 12 top plates, then 12 bottom plates, then handles, then springs, etc etc. He will fabricate all of the parts, then he will assemble all of the presses. When he is done, he will ship all of the presses.
Richard is semi-retired. Making presses and dies is more of a hobby than an occupation. His little shop is more of a couriosity shop rather than a production shop. He has excellent equipment and holds himself to exacting standards. You get a quality product, but at his pace.
There are people from all over the world talking to him and asking him "what if" questions. If the question is intriquing enough, Richard is going to do some experimenting. Richard has bullets made from 9mm casings, 22LR casings, even up to 50MBG bullets made from rifle casings.
I shoot bullets in competition that are made on a walnut hill press. Instead of coming out +/- 3% like factory, mine are +/- .1 gr. Can't hardly beat that.
My buddy and I just sold off a bunch of old bullet molds that we are not using any more. We will have a couple of Richard's die sets on order within a few hours.....
Good luck and enjoy that press.....whenever you get it!
Steve
