Does a Love fest with Your Own reloads demonstrates Psycological Instability?

Wildalaska · August 19, 2007, 02:21 AM

I cant help it...every time I load 6.5x55 rounds I get all fetishistic over them...

I put them on the coffee table in their wooden loading block and look at them from all angles! And I chuckle to myself! Then I try to show them to SWMBO, who just ignores me.

Then I like measure them, admire them some more, wipe them down with napkins. Then I put them in the box and sometimes take them out again and line them up like little rocketships.

I dont even LOOK at 308 loads, I just put them in the plastic box with a yawn.

Sometimes late at night I open the box and shine my surefire on the 6.5s on them so they gleam. SWMBO goes nuts when I am sitting there cackling to myself and shining flashlights on bullets!

I might take pics of them next and post them everywhere. I just like the way the way they look like pencils sticking out of a cartidge case.

Am I disturbed? Anyone else share my illness?

WildidontevenwanttoshootthemAlaska TM

The Tourist · August 19, 2007, 02:42 AM

With this same fetishism for knives, we call it "knifesterbation."

I admit to doing the same thing you describe with my 22-250 rounds and a wad of Nevr-Dull and a clean shop rag.

Anti-depressants help.

FatWhiteMan · August 19, 2007, 09:26 AM

"Am I disturbed? Anyone else share my illness?"

Guess it depends on what chamber you put them in.

caz223 · August 19, 2007, 10:13 AM

Me and a buddy did a marathon reloading session on a pair of dillon presses recently, and filled up a mortar mixing tub. Later, before QCing and boxing the reloads, I ran my hands through them like gold. If there were enough I would have pulled a scrooge Mc Duck and went for a swim. Alas, there was only a small tub.

Wildalaska · August 19, 2007, 11:06 AM

Here is a vital tip for life:

WildAlaska's Rule 33.7 (a). You can not be diagnosed as crazy if you admit you are crazy.

Scenario 1: Little Green men tell you to worship 6.5 reloads. SWMBO calls headshrink. Headshrink says...Did little green men tell you to worship 6.5 reloads. Umm, no Doc. Doc writes in little notebook "poor sense of reality and poor insight". End up in rest home with guys who thinks they are Napolean and LaToya jackson.

Scenario 2: 1: Little Green men tell you to worship 6.5 reloads. SWMBO calls headshrink. Headshrink says...Did little green men tell you to worship 6.5 reloads. Umm, hell yeah Doc. Look great too don't they. That one is named Charlene. Hold on....sorry Doc the little green men were telling me ribeyes are on sale at Food King, got to run. As if life isnt crazy enough, Ive got little green men telling me what to do, bwaaaaaaahahaha, got to go, see ya!

Doc writes in little notebook "Nuts and knows it. Harmless" Sends bill

WilddanotherlessoninlifefromyourstrulyAlaska TM

Trapp · August 19, 2007, 11:15 AM

Ha!!! I was just doing that with 44mag loads I made recently. I polish them until you can shave in your reflection.

Loaded up with some HS-7 and 240gr XTP hollow points, beautiful

I too tried to show my wife with a response of Hmph......

Shoney · August 19, 2007, 12:51 PM

Wildalaska:
What you and others are doing is perfectly normal and is commonly referred to as “FOREPLAY” and is the first of six stages of being certified as having ”Cartridge Conundrum Craving”.

You are not in danger yet, but should be aware of the next 5 signs in the downward spiral to this dreaded malady.

Stage 1 FOREPLAY – You have aptly described this phase.
Stage 2 VOCALIZATION – When you begin talking to the cartridges.
Stage 3 RESONANCE – When the cartridges begin talking to you.
Stage 4 PROPOSAL – You start suggesting a more formal pledge of commitment.
Stage 5 NEGOTIATION – The cartridges reject matrimony and prefer to go straight to unnatural acts.
Stage 6 WHOLEY MOLEY = If you get here, it’s to late, no return, your goose is cooked, you’re a gonner.

45Marlin carbine · August 19, 2007, 01:48 PM

no more than if you like to polish yer bottles of home made cherry wine!!

Smokey Joe · August 19, 2007, 08:19 PM

Wildyeahyou'renutsabout6.5mmswedesbuteverybodyhasasoftspotlikethatsomewherealaska: Remember Jay Leno advertising Doritos some while back??

Well, to paraphrase Jay Leno: Go ahead, shoot 'em up! Then you can make some more!

To a really dedicated reloader, this is known as "emptying the brass."

jhansman · August 21, 2007, 01:12 AM

Quote:

If there were enough I would have pulled a scrooge McDuck and went for a swim.

Ha! I can just picture him diving into his money bin.

You folks are weird.....

Wildalaska · August 21, 2007, 01:22 AM

No..wierd is doing my first 7.62 nagant dummy load using like 7 separate steps in case resizing and bullet seating and then calling folks to describe them, down to the thousandth of course...

Wildandthe6.5sarejealousAlaska TM

WSM MAGNUM · August 21, 2007, 11:51 AM

Wild, remember the Nascar commercial on "how bad have you got it"? Well, you`ve got it bad!!

Don`t worry, I`ve got bad too with some of the stuff I do.

DWARREN123 · August 21, 2007, 06:14 PM

So you are crazy, so what, most people are only we know it.

john1911 · August 21, 2007, 10:38 PM

There's nothing prettier than freshly reloaded cartridges. I think I'm starting to shoot just to have those pretty cases to fill up.

Dave R · August 21, 2007, 11:30 PM

I may have an early version of what you have. I will occasionally switch from one bullet to another just because the other bullet makes the loaded round look better. Picking a bullet 'cuz it looks better seems a little...crazy...to me. Or at least superficial.

But I DO like the way they look.

Archie · August 22, 2007, 01:19 AM

If it's really love and you respect each other, it's O-kay.

Wildalaska · August 22, 2007, 01:35 AM

Naturalis Bullet...must have this bullet...none in Alaska...must find...must...must....must....never sleep...find it...find it..................

WildlookatthatitsarocketshipAlaska TM

TWB · August 22, 2007, 04:55 AM

Wild...
Bullets that long are done with Photoshop.....it ain't natural,

twb

Alleykat · August 22, 2007, 06:55 AM

itsjustamaturitything

Wildalaska · August 22, 2007, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Bullets that long are done with Photoshop.....it ain't natural,

I like the unnatural Naturalis.

Now you know why I love the 6.5

I must have!

www.lapua.com

WildsowhowantstobemyfriendandgetmesomeAlaska TM

Magdaddy · August 22, 2007, 11:55 AM

I can see it now, just like that little guy on Lord of the Rings, they'll find you squatted over a batch of reloads mumbling about "my precious". Could be worse though.

rugerdude29 · August 22, 2007, 12:51 PM

Reminds me of something a friend used to say:

Normal? Why should I be normal?? Where the hell's the fun in that???!!!

Wildalaska · August 22, 2007, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Could be worse though.

Yeah.

I could be into Beanie Babies

WildthatssickAlaska TM

Michaelm45 · August 22, 2007, 03:13 PM

Those Swedes are Sexy! Thats why we keep looking.

rg1 · August 22, 2007, 03:38 PM

A friend's diagnosis of "my" problem was right on the mark and finally though, I'm not cured and probably will never be cured, revealed to me WHY I have this craving to "load more ammo". He said that, "You must have been ammunition deprived as a child". With those words my childhood memories stirred and I remembered always being almost out of the one box of 22's that I'd been rationing or having only 4 shotgun shells to go rabbit or squirrel hunting with. Thoughts of filing suits against my parents for ammuniton deprivation crossed my mind. A word for other parents: DO NOT let your children become like ME. Buy them guns to shoot and all the ammo that they NEED or phobias such as OURS will be the result!
My friend's brother has the same illness as ours. His Dad gave him 2 or 3 shotshells and fully expected for him to produce 2 or 3 rabbits for the table.

August 19, 2007, 02:21 AM	#1
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,171	Does a Love fest with Your Own reloads demonstrates Psycological Instability? I cant help it...every time I load 6.5x55 rounds I get all fetishistic over them... I put them on the coffee table in their wooden loading block and look at them from all angles! And I chuckle to myself! Then I try to show them to SWMBO, who just ignores me. Then I like measure them, admire them some more, wipe them down with napkins. Then I put them in the box and sometimes take them out again and line them up like little rocketships. I dont even LOOK at 308 loads, I just put them in the plastic box with a yawn. Sometimes late at night I open the box and shine my surefire on the 6.5s on them so they gleam. SWMBO goes nuts when I am sitting there cackling to myself and shining flashlights on bullets! I might take pics of them next and post them everywhere. I just like the way the way they look like pencils sticking out of a cartidge case. Am I disturbed? Anyone else share my illness? WildidontevenwanttoshootthemAlaska TM

August 19, 2007, 10:13 AM	#4
caz223 Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,429	Me and a buddy did a marathon reloading session on a pair of dillon presses recently, and filled up a mortar mixing tub. Later, before QCing and boxing the reloads, I ran my hands through them like gold. If there were enough I would have pulled a scrooge Mc Duck and went for a swim. Alas, there was only a small tub. __________________ I'm not just a gun. I'm YOUR gun. (Hold me.)

August 19, 2007, 08:19 PM	#9
Smokey Joe Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2001 Location: State of Confusion Posts: 2,106	Doritos... (no, this is not off topic!) Wildyeahyou'renutsabout6.5mmswedesbuteverybodyhasasoftspotlikethatsomewherealaska: Remember Jay Leno advertising Doritos some while back?? Well, to paraphrase Jay Leno: Go ahead, shoot 'em up! Then you can make some more! To a really dedicated reloader, this is known as "emptying the brass."

August 21, 2007, 11:51 AM	#12
WSM MAGNUM Senior Member Join Date: September 30, 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 750	Wild, remember the Nascar commercial on "how bad have you got it"? Well, you`ve got it bad!! Don`t worry, I`ve got bad too with some of the stuff I do. __________________ Henry - Life NRA Member, USCCA Shield Member If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

August 22, 2007, 01:19 AM	#16
Archie Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2000 Location: Hastings, Nebrasksa - the Hear Posts: 2,209	Don't let anyone rain on your parade... If it's really love and you respect each other, it's O-kay.

August 19, 2007, 02:42 AM	#2
The Tourist Junior member Join Date: June 20, 2005 Posts: 2,348	With this same fetishism for knives, we call it "knifesterbation." I admit to doing the same thing you describe with my 22-250 rounds and a wad of Nevr-Dull and a clean shop rag. Anti-depressants help.

August 19, 2007, 09:26 AM	#3
FatWhiteMan Member Join Date: June 10, 2007 Location: Appalachia Posts: 96	"Am I disturbed? Anyone else share my illness?" Guess it depends on what chamber you put them in.

August 19, 2007, 11:06 AM	#5
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,171	Here is a vital tip for life: WildAlaska's Rule 33.7 (a). You can not be diagnosed as crazy if you admit you are crazy. Scenario 1: Little Green men tell you to worship 6.5 reloads. SWMBO calls headshrink. Headshrink says...Did little green men tell you to worship 6.5 reloads. Umm, no Doc. Doc writes in little notebook "poor sense of reality and poor insight". End up in rest home with guys who thinks they are Napolean and LaToya jackson. Scenario 2: 1: Little Green men tell you to worship 6.5 reloads. SWMBO calls headshrink. Headshrink says...Did little green men tell you to worship 6.5 reloads. Umm, hell yeah Doc. Look great too don't they. That one is named Charlene. Hold on....sorry Doc the little green men were telling me ribeyes are on sale at Food King, got to run. As if life isnt crazy enough, Ive got little green men telling me what to do, bwaaaaaaahahaha, got to go, see ya! Doc writes in little notebook "Nuts and knows it. Harmless" Sends bill WilddanotherlessoninlifefromyourstrulyAlaska TM

August 19, 2007, 11:15 AM	#6
Trapp Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2004 Location: KTN Posts: 1,221	Ha!!! I was just doing that with 44mag loads I made recently. I polish them until you can shave in your reflection. Loaded up with some HS-7 and 240gr XTP hollow points, beautiful I too tried to show my wife with a response of Hmph......

August 19, 2007, 12:51 PM	#7
Shoney Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2002 Location: Transplanted from Montana Posts: 2,311	Wildalaska: What you and others are doing is perfectly normal and is commonly referred to as “FOREPLAY” and is the first of six stages of being certified as having ”Cartridge Conundrum Craving”. You are not in danger yet, but should be aware of the next 5 signs in the downward spiral to this dreaded malady. Stage 1 FOREPLAY – You have aptly described this phase. Stage 2 VOCALIZATION – When you begin talking to the cartridges. Stage 3 RESONANCE – When the cartridges begin talking to you. Stage 4 PROPOSAL – You start suggesting a more formal pledge of commitment. Stage 5 NEGOTIATION – The cartridges reject matrimony and prefer to go straight to unnatural acts. Stage 6 WHOLEY MOLEY = If you get here, it’s to late, no return, your goose is cooked, you’re a gonner.

August 19, 2007, 01:48 PM	#8
45Marlin carbine Junior member Join Date: January 26, 2007 Location: South-Western North Carolina Posts: 1,124	no more than if you like to polish yer bottles of home made cherry wine!!

August 21, 2007, 01:22 AM	#11
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,171	No..wierd is doing my first 7.62 nagant dummy load using like 7 separate steps in case resizing and bullet seating and then calling folks to describe them, down to the thousandth of course... Wildandthe6.5sarejealousAlaska TM

August 21, 2007, 06:14 PM	#13
DWARREN123 Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2006 Location: BETWEEN TN & KY Posts: 1,758	So you are crazy, so what, most people are only we know it.

August 21, 2007, 10:38 PM	#14
john1911 Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 2006 Location: The relatively sane part of IL Posts: 383	There's nothing prettier than freshly reloaded cartridges. I think I'm starting to shoot just to have those pretty cases to fill up.

August 21, 2007, 11:30 PM	#15
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2000 Location: Idaho Posts: 6,073	I may have an early version of what you have. I will occasionally switch from one bullet to another just because the other bullet makes the loaded round look better. Picking a bullet 'cuz it looks better seems a little...crazy...to me. Or at least superficial. But I DO like the way they look.

August 22, 2007, 01:35 AM	#17
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,171	Naturalis Bullet...must have this bullet...none in Alaska...must find...must...must....must....never sleep...find it...find it.................. WildlookatthatitsarocketshipAlaska TM

August 22, 2007, 04:55 AM	#18
TWB Senior Member Join Date: April 19, 2007 Posts: 145	Wild... Bullets that long are done with Photoshop.....it ain't natural, twb

August 22, 2007, 06:55 AM	#19
Alleykat Junior member Join Date: July 26, 2007 Posts: 3,668	itsjustamaturitything

August 22, 2007, 11:55 AM	#21
Magdaddy Senior Member Join Date: April 30, 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 127	I can see it now, just like that little guy on Lord of the Rings, they'll find you squatted over a batch of reloads mumbling about "my precious". Could be worse though.

August 22, 2007, 12:51 PM	#22
rugerdude29 Member Join Date: August 21, 2007 Location: Stillmore, GA Posts: 41	Reminds me of something a friend used to say: Normal? Why should I be normal?? Where the hell's the fun in that???!!!

August 22, 2007, 03:13 PM	#24
Michaelm45 Senior Member Join Date: October 28, 2004 Location: NV Posts: 215	Those Swedes are Sexy! Thats why we keep looking.

August 22, 2007, 03:38 PM	#25
rg1 Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2001 Posts: 1,131	A friend's diagnosis of "my" problem was right on the mark and finally though, I'm not cured and probably will never be cured, revealed to me WHY I have this craving to "load more ammo". He said that, "You must have been ammunition deprived as a child". With those words my childhood memories stirred and I remembered always being almost out of the one box of 22's that I'd been rationing or having only 4 shotgun shells to go rabbit or squirrel hunting with. Thoughts of filing suits against my parents for ammuniton deprivation crossed my mind. A word for other parents: DO NOT let your children become like ME. Buy them guns to shoot and all the ammo that they NEED or phobias such as OURS will be the result! My friend's brother has the same illness as ours. His Dad gave him 2 or 3 shotshells and fully expected for him to produce 2 or 3 rabbits for the table.