Does a Love fest with Your Own reloads demonstrates Psycological Instability? - Page 2

Wildalaska · August 22, 2007, 04:33 PM

Ken has no pride. Ken called up the IMPORTER for Lapua and sniveled like Dennis Kucinich to the point that he, meaning ME, was permitted to buy 100, yes 100 nicely packed lapau 6.5 140 grain naturalis bullets, like the one you see sticking out of the nice lapua 6.5x55 cartridge above.

Those gems set yours truly back $1.13 per!!!!!!!!! Im nuts! And thats dealer price!

But now I am going to load them and love them! Too bad I have to use Norma cases

...

I'm just losing it, yes I am la dee da. Bet I dont even go hunting this year, although I must kill a critter with one of those bullets to be complete. I need to complete!!!! Anybody know a place to go whitetail hunting in November in North Carolina?

WildnaturalisboyAlaska TM

Rugerno1shooter · August 22, 2007, 06:03 PM

The 6.5x55 Swedish make my brother and I go into frenzies. Especially if I load them with the 140 grain Hornady SSTs or the 140 grain Noslers with the pretty tips. I also am in love with the Lapua big mean greenie but cannot force myself to pay that much for it…….every now and then I’ll open a case of the loaded 6.5x with the 140 grain hpbt sierra match king and then flip it close and look at the 140 grain SST Hornady loads…and then flip that shut and look at the Nosler loads……and yes I seat them pretty close to the lands….they don’t look real….as if they should simply kill a deer simply by being near them…….oh and supposedly Lapua made the big mean greenies for the 8mm rem mag as well (.323)…I really want some of those…..::Sigh:: I founds some on sale as well for 77.98 cents a bullet (the .323s)(cheap for those nasties)….so tempting…soo tempting…..I honestly don't think those are real.....I’m not even going to get into the .45-70 loads I cook up with Hornady’s 500 grain FMJ Encapsulated bullets…..it’s just not the kind of thing you talk about in public….

(It may be the caffeine but I sure do love that 6.5x55)

You’re not alone Wild not at all

Pat

Wildalaska · August 22, 2007, 06:24 PM

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I also am in love with the Lapua big mean greenie but cannot force myself to pay that much for it

Its cheaper than Vodka and strippers and gets me into less trouble.

I have been married 4 times ya know

Im trying to keep this one

WildihavestresstodayAlaska TM

Rugerno1shooter · August 22, 2007, 07:04 PM

What I'd really like to see are some blue tipped 140 grain 6.5 bulletos!!!!

Oh well-wishful thinking!

Good vodka is kinda pricey-Thats how I freed myself from the guilt from buying guns/ammo/components in college in the past and currently as well!!! I figured my friends drink on avg about 50 bucks of booze a week. So after 52 weeks thats 2,600.00 bucks! Figure the first four years of college and you've got a bit more than 10k spent on booze....I'd rather buy the big green meanies for sure!!

good point Wild

Pat

Gewehr98 · August 23, 2007, 01:42 AM

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

Just finished these guys last weekend, since the storms flooded the streets and washed out the bridges. That left me time to do something productive.

535gr Postells on top of 70gr Goex Cartridge BP. Almost too pretty to shoot:

Thank Gawd for the Montana Precision Swaging powder compression die. Look how deep the bullet sits inside the cartridge case:

So, yeah, I suppose one could be considered fanatical in the art of reloading. Of course, just go talk to the BR folks someday. They make us BPCR types look rather weak.

Wildalaska · August 23, 2007, 03:07 AM

Lovely! Marvelous!

A bit harsh for those babies leaving them in the hospital with the tools of their birth though...perhaps they would be more comfortable relaxing in the gun room next to the humidor

I like the way you get right down to the level of that last one to take the pic...bet you sometimes put them on the table and squat down and stare at them dont you

WildandilovethebevelededgeoftheloadingblockAlaska TM

kellyj00 · August 23, 2007, 09:02 AM

ooohh, pretty cartridge.

Any job well done gives me a good feeling, so a 50 cal milsurp can full of 45acp is a pretty good feeling.... now if I could just lift it ;-)

Gewehr98 · August 23, 2007, 11:44 AM

I took some examples to work last night, and mapped their dimensions on a Zeiss Contura HTG coordinate measuring machine, so I can have the resulting 3D wireframe graphic for my reloading bench backdrop. I also wanted to see if I could keep the whole shebang +/- .003" from round to round. Eyeballing them up close takes on a new meaning when a big .45-70 round is fixtured into a $200K computerized monster, and the robotic ruby stylus pokes it from all angles, beeping away like a Mattel electronic basketball game.

You liked the bevel on the Montana Precision loading block, but you missed the dual-needle Craftsman German-made calipers, the Montana Precision drop tube, and the Huntington hand press that made them all.

They're going with my Sharps to the 500 yard range this Saturday morning. If I have time, I might take my 6.5mm 123gr Lapua Scenars along for the trip, too.

Johnny Guest · August 23, 2007, 09:35 PM

I dunno WHAT it is, really.

I've been on the verge of closing it twice now. Every time, though, someone blunders around and posts something that kinda sorta makes sense.

I think I'll just let it go, so long as everyone's playing nice, if not entirely rational.

Johnny

Rugerno1shooter · August 23, 2007, 10:16 PM

anyone have some good loads using the hornady 140 SST bullets for the 6.5x55? I've only tried one load for that and it didn't get the accuracy i thought it would.

thanks
Pat

Eric M. · August 23, 2007, 10:45 PM

UNBELIEVABLE!!!
I reload for all of my guns, but I do the same as you with my 45/70 and .358 hunting loads.
I can finally come out of the closet, and tell the world that I'm not as nuts as I thought I was!!!
Thanks for the post Buddy!!!!!
We all could start a new organization with this information.

Eric

Rugerno1shooter · August 23, 2007, 11:15 PM

I'm trying 35.2 grains of Varget at .3050 COL with the Hornady 140 Grain SST-see how that goes-

Wildalaska · August 23, 2007, 11:45 PM

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I think I'll just let it go, so long as everyone's playing nice, if not entirely rational.

How can one be rational when confronted with the total beauty of ones own ammo creations

Besides, its not fair...

...sometimes I go to Sportsmans Warehouse and just look at the components, stand there and stare...talk to myself...look at that can of VN560...so sleek...so ready to be loaded...the reloads are crafted...perfectly...so precise, so exact...........

But I'm obsessive?

Ya ought to see SWMBOs shopping Bookmarks...did you know there are over 1 trillion places on the net to buy purses:barf:

O but thats socially acceptable...

Rise up, ammo crafters....screech it....I AM A RELOADING JUNKY!!!!!!

WildiammemorizingloadsnowAlaska TM

Wildalaska · August 23, 2007, 11:48 PM

Ruger No 1 I start with Reloader 22 for any 6.5x55 load...its essentially the equivalent to the Swedish military powder which IIRC was equivalent to Bofors aka Norma MRP.

Bofors.

I'll name my reloads....Bofors

WildilovethatwordboforsAlaska TM

PS...I have 338 lapua loads done with BOFORS 15

Dave R · August 24, 2007, 12:51 AM

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I dunno WHAT it is, really.

Its bullet porn! And what better place for it than here, amongst us bullet fetishists?

I'm loving these pix!

Gewehr98 · August 24, 2007, 02:38 AM

Johnny feels the need to palpitate the thread closure trigger on this one.

Looking at the thread and distilling it to the fundamentals, we're discussing pride of craftsmanship with respect to handloading. Wildalaska may throw in some abstract terms, but I know exactly what he's saying, and I ain't the sharpest tool in the drawer.

I sometimes feel guilty taking my creations to the range and friring them off. One could consider them pieces of art, in a not-so-abstract point of view. Heck, I pamper my brass almost as much as I do the rifle that launches them. I'll have a gallon milk jug of soapy water sitting next to the bench Saturday, along with a decapping die in the hand press to knock the primers out before the brass gets dropped in the suds for the ride home. While I have good reasons to do so, that's got to rank right up there with obsessive behavior, bar none.

And older handloader once told me if my handloads looked good wsith respect to dimensions, numbers, and physical appearance, chances are they would shoot well, too. As much time and effort as I spend crafting my little combinations of brass, lead, and powder, I cannot disagree with what I've since discovered to be a truism.

remshooter · August 24, 2007, 01:59 PM

I am a reloading newbie but I can feel myself being sucked into this web.

I felt kinda "dirty" after I looked at my first reloads like that but now I feel better.

Edward429451 · August 24, 2007, 02:32 PM

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

I think maybe to the anti's & the uninitiated...

Us others know better.

You got em wondering with this thread. Most of the time you come off like you side with the government, then this.

That's not instability, that unpredictability, the mark of a well rounded American. Keeps em guessing.

Good thread. There is a lot of pride in assembling your own micro-icbm's. Lots of times I come back up the stairs from my lair with a handful of them to show them off and get swmbo to guess which is factory and which is mine.

crazylegs · August 25, 2007, 12:18 AM

HeyWild, I had such a good time doing the same thing with mine that I put 'm all in the pick-up truck and took them to Disney World. It was a fine day.
Crazylegs

Wildalaska · August 25, 2007, 12:22 AM

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Most of the time you come off like you side with the government, then this

And thats a problem?

WildifswmbowouldletmeidloadtonightAlaska TM

**JohnKSa** · August 25, 2007, 12:31 AM

Thought this thread was funny until Gewehr98 posted his pics...

Those are really NICE.

Rugerno1shooter · August 25, 2007, 12:37 AM

Rugerno1shooter · August 25, 2007, 12:38 AM

Rugerno1shooter · August 25, 2007, 12:40 AM

sorry...it's Wild's fault...the later it gets the more artsy I get oh dear...I like the really weird perspectives. Esp the ones that deal with the depth of field (one or two parts in focus and everything else out of focus)

PS-those were loaded after reading hitting this thread lol-they're not seated out as long as my 140 SMK HPBTs but they still look pretty...though I could dooooo without the cannnnalure

Wildalaska · August 25, 2007, 12:44 AM

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Thought this thread was funny until Gewehr98 posted his pics...

John it's not nice to make fun of the deranged

WildimcountingbulletsnowAlaska TM

Ruger....nice.....

August 22, 2007, 04:33 PM	#26
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,171	Alert Alert Alert More Addiction News Ken has no pride. Ken called up the IMPORTER for Lapua and sniveled like Dennis Kucinich to the point that he, meaning ME, was permitted to buy 100, yes 100 nicely packed lapau 6.5 140 grain naturalis bullets, like the one you see sticking out of the nice lapua 6.5x55 cartridge above. Those gems set yours truly back $1.13 per!!!!!!!!! Im nuts! And thats dealer price! But now I am going to load them and love them! Too bad I have to use Norma cases ... I'm just losing it, yes I am la dee da. Bet I dont even go hunting this year, although I must kill a critter with one of those bullets to be complete. I need to complete!!!! Anybody know a place to go whitetail hunting in November in North Carolina? WildnaturalisboyAlaska TM

August 23, 2007, 11:44 AM	#33
Gewehr98 Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2000 Location: Token Creek, WI Posts: 4,067	I just ogle them for a while, then into the ammo can they go. I took some examples to work last night, and mapped their dimensions on a Zeiss Contura HTG coordinate measuring machine, so I can have the resulting 3D wireframe graphic for my reloading bench backdrop. I also wanted to see if I could keep the whole shebang +/- .003" from round to round. Eyeballing them up close takes on a new meaning when a big .45-70 round is fixtured into a $200K computerized monster, and the robotic ruby stylus pokes it from all angles, beeping away like a Mattel electronic basketball game. You liked the bevel on the Montana Precision loading block, but you missed the dual-needle Craftsman German-made calipers, the Montana Precision drop tube, and the Huntington hand press that made them all. They're going with my Sharps to the 500 yard range this Saturday morning. If I have time, I might take my 6.5mm 123gr Lapua Scenars along for the trip, too.

August 23, 2007, 09:35 PM	#34
Johnny Guest Moderator in Memoriam Join Date: August 28, 1999 Location: North Texas Posts: 4,123	This thread is, is, uh, . . . . I dunno WHAT it is, really. I've been on the verge of closing it twice now. Every time, though, someone blunders around and posts something that kinda sorta makes sense. I think I'll just let it go, so long as everyone's playing nice, if not entirely rational. Johnny

August 23, 2007, 10:45 PM	#36
Eric M. Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2007 Location: Forest Lake, Minnesota Posts: 307	UNBELIEVABLE!!! I reload for all of my guns, but I do the same as you with my 45/70 and .358 hunting loads. I can finally come out of the closet, and tell the world that I'm not as nuts as I thought I was!!! Thanks for the post Buddy!!!!! We all could start a new organization with this information. Eric __________________ NRA Chief Range Safety Officer NRA Pistol Instructor NRA Life Member DNR Certified Firearms Safety Instructor 37 yrs

August 24, 2007, 02:38 AM	#41
Gewehr98 Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2000 Location: Token Creek, WI Posts: 4,067	I guess I don't understand why... Johnny feels the need to palpitate the thread closure trigger on this one. Looking at the thread and distilling it to the fundamentals, we're discussing pride of craftsmanship with respect to handloading. Wildalaska may throw in some abstract terms, but I know exactly what he's saying, and I ain't the sharpest tool in the drawer. I sometimes feel guilty taking my creations to the range and friring them off. One could consider them pieces of art, in a not-so-abstract point of view. Heck, I pamper my brass almost as much as I do the rifle that launches them. I'll have a gallon milk jug of soapy water sitting next to the bench Saturday, along with a decapping die in the hand press to knock the primers out before the brass gets dropped in the suds for the ride home. While I have good reasons to do so, that's got to rank right up there with obsessive behavior, bar none. And older handloader once told me if my handloads looked good wsith respect to dimensions, numbers, and physical appearance, chances are they would shoot well, too. As much time and effort as I spend crafting my little combinations of brass, lead, and powder, I cannot disagree with what I've since discovered to be a truism.

August 22, 2007, 06:03 PM	#27
Rugerno1shooter Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2007 Location: VA Posts: 144	The 6.5x55 Swedish make my brother and I go into frenzies. Especially if I load them with the 140 grain Hornady SSTs or the 140 grain Noslers with the pretty tips. I also am in love with the Lapua big mean greenie but cannot force myself to pay that much for it…….every now and then I’ll open a case of the loaded 6.5x with the 140 grain hpbt sierra match king and then flip it close and look at the 140 grain SST Hornady loads…and then flip that shut and look at the Nosler loads……and yes I seat them pretty close to the lands….they don’t look real….as if they should simply kill a deer simply by being near them…….oh and supposedly Lapua made the big mean greenies for the 8mm rem mag as well (.323)…I really want some of those…..::Sigh:: I founds some on sale as well for 77.98 cents a bullet (the .323s)(cheap for those nasties)….so tempting…soo tempting…..I honestly don't think those are real.....I’m not even going to get into the .45-70 loads I cook up with Hornady’s 500 grain FMJ Encapsulated bullets…..it’s just not the kind of thing you talk about in public…. (It may be the caffeine but I sure do love that 6.5x55) You’re not alone Wild not at all Pat

August 22, 2007, 07:04 PM	#29
Rugerno1shooter Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2007 Location: VA Posts: 144	What I'd really like to see are some blue tipped 140 grain 6.5 bulletos!!!! Oh well-wishful thinking! Good vodka is kinda pricey-Thats how I freed myself from the guilt from buying guns/ammo/components in college in the past and currently as well!!! I figured my friends drink on avg about 50 bucks of booze a week. So after 52 weeks thats 2,600.00 bucks! Figure the first four years of college and you've got a bit more than 10k spent on booze....I'd rather buy the big green meanies for sure!! good point Wild Pat

August 23, 2007, 03:07 AM	#31
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,171	Lovely! Marvelous! A bit harsh for those babies leaving them in the hospital with the tools of their birth though...perhaps they would be more comfortable relaxing in the gun room next to the humidor I like the way you get right down to the level of that last one to take the pic...bet you sometimes put them on the table and squat down and stare at them dont you WildandilovethebevelededgeoftheloadingblockAlaska TM

August 23, 2007, 09:02 AM	#32
kellyj00 Member Join Date: July 9, 2007 Posts: 63	ooohh, pretty cartridge. Any job well done gives me a good feeling, so a 50 cal milsurp can full of 45acp is a pretty good feeling.... now if I could just lift it ;-)

August 23, 2007, 10:16 PM	#35
Rugerno1shooter Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2007 Location: VA Posts: 144	anyone have some good loads using the hornady 140 SST bullets for the 6.5x55? I've only tried one load for that and it didn't get the accuracy i thought it would. thanks Pat

August 23, 2007, 11:15 PM	#37
Rugerno1shooter Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2007 Location: VA Posts: 144	I'm trying 35.2 grains of Varget at .3050 COL with the Hornady 140 Grain SST-see how that goes-

August 23, 2007, 11:48 PM	#39
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,171	Ruger No 1 I start with Reloader 22 for any 6.5x55 load...its essentially the equivalent to the Swedish military powder which IIRC was equivalent to Bofors aka Norma MRP. Bofors. I'll name my reloads....Bofors WildilovethatwordboforsAlaska TM PS...I have 338 lapua loads done with BOFORS 15

August 24, 2007, 01:59 PM	#42
remshooter Member Join Date: October 13, 2006 Location: NC Posts: 84	I am a reloading newbie but I can feel myself being sucked into this web. I felt kinda "dirty" after I looked at my first reloads like that but now I feel better.

August 25, 2007, 12:18 AM	#44
crazylegs Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2004 Posts: 145	HeyWild, I had such a good time doing the same thing with mine that I put 'm all in the pick-up truck and took them to Disney World. It was a fine day. Crazylegs

August 25, 2007, 12:31 AM	#46
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 25,564	Thought this thread was funny until Gewehr98 posted his pics... Those are really NICE. __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?

August 25, 2007, 12:37 AM	#47
Rugerno1shooter Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2007 Location: VA Posts: 144

August 25, 2007, 12:38 AM	#48
Rugerno1shooter Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2007 Location: VA Posts: 144

August 25, 2007, 12:40 AM	#49
Rugerno1shooter Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2007 Location: VA Posts: 144	sorry...it's Wild's fault...the later it gets the more artsy I get oh dear...I like the really weird perspectives. Esp the ones that deal with the depth of field (one or two parts in focus and everything else out of focus) PS-those were loaded after reading hitting this thread lol-they're not seated out as long as my 140 SMK HPBTs but they still look pretty...though I could dooooo without the cannnnalure