You know you are a reloading addict- - Page 2

**Shane Tuttle** · April 20, 2009, 01:35 PM

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You (really) know you're a reloading addict when all your components arrive on pallets.......

How in the WORLD can one top this?! I know I have to take a step down, now...

L'derry · April 20, 2009, 03:22 PM

....when the pallets say "partial shipment"......

awaveritt · April 20, 2009, 03:57 PM

You know you're a reloading addict when you accidently spill 50 primers on the garage floor and crawl around on your hands and knees for 3 hours and find 48 of them. Happened to me about a month ago.

45Marlin carbine · April 20, 2009, 04:09 PM

you know you're a reloading addict when the first thing you do when you try to get to range in the morning before anyone else and scrounge for brass!

**Shane Tuttle** · April 20, 2009, 07:29 PM

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....when the pallets say "partial shipment"......

Well, then, there ya go.

Alright, alright. I have another....

You know you're a reloading addict if you keep up with providing ammo for all of PlayboyPenguin's guns....and then yours...

Where's them there pallets?

Shoney · April 21, 2009, 11:12 AM

AT THE RANGE
...when you salivate upon seeing a range barrel.

...when you loose all dignity and go thru the trash barrel in sight of all members present.

...upon seeing a woman showing lots of cleavage, and all you can think about is how great that would be for a brass catcher.

Dragon55 · April 21, 2009, 11:17 AM

luv the cleavage catching gag

Gewehr98 · April 21, 2009, 02:06 PM

My ex-wife was a 44D. She learned not to wear low-cut blouses on range day, due to the "brass catcher" effect. It was amazing how much gravitational pull she had on hot .45 ACP brass as it ejected out of her 1911.

I'm guilty of:

1. Taking my deer, and stopping momentarily to scrounge through the woods looking for the fired .32 Remington brass.

2. Delivering a few token boxes of .38 Special ammo to the local tire shop manager in exchange for 5 gallon buckets of his broken wheelweights.

Lunicy · April 21, 2009, 05:47 PM

"You know you're a reloading addict when you accidently spill 50 primers on the garage floor and crawl around on your hands and knees for 3 hours and find 48 of them. Happened to me about a month ago."

You only found 48. I would have spent 3 more hours to find the remaining 2.

SHAME ON YOU

Mtn Biker · April 21, 2009, 06:28 PM

I cant watch "Top Sniper" without drooling over all the brass laying around.

VL

CortJestir · April 21, 2009, 06:36 PM

...when you are caught reading this thread.

bobn · April 21, 2009, 07:19 PM

or when you build a 16x16 addition that cost 7grand just to save a few bucks on ammo. insulation and heat next on adgenda. bobn

Crosshair · April 21, 2009, 08:18 PM

OK, here are the ones that apply to me and have not been listed yet.

You sort 9mm, 40 S&W, and 45 auto by feel while watching TV.

You can tell a 380 auto from a 9x19 by feel alone.

You sort out the aluminum cases by feel/weight.

Your stockpile of lead ingots is measured in tons.

You store brass under your computer desk and use a 1k box of 45 ACP brass as a footrest. (Nice and comfy for my feet.)

You wish you could reload 22 rimfire.

You can't understand why someone would buy primers by the hundred.

Someone asks what you did during the weekend, you say, "Picked up a few kegs". It takes you awhile to realize they are thinking beer, not IMR-4895.

You reload Wolf cases. (Hey, they last 2-3 loadings.)

You find fireworks boring.

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....when the pallets say "partial shipment"......

Please send a new keyboard to my house ASAP.

HAMMER1DOWN · April 21, 2009, 09:09 PM

When the sound of a tumbler slowly rolling will put you to sleep better than any medications......
You curse when you run a berdaned primed .223 through your press then get your drill and "fix" the problem, so you don't throw away 1 brass.......

Crosshair · April 21, 2009, 09:36 PM

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When the sound of a tumbler slowly rolling will put you to sleep better than any medications......
You curse when you run a berdaned primed .223 through your press then get your drill and "fix" the problem, so you don't throw away 1 brass.......

You order a 12 pack of decapping pins so busting one off in a berdan case doesn't end the weekend.

FrankenMauser · April 21, 2009, 10:11 PM

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You wish you could reload 22 rimfire.

You know you're a reloading addict.... when an advertisement for a cannelure tool brings visions of the .22 rimfire reloads from many decades ago.

(Cannelured base, drilled out, with a centerfire primer pressed in.)

45Marlin carbine · April 21, 2009, 10:28 PM

when your handle on TFL is 'primers stuck in my shoes'

Suicide*Ride · April 22, 2009, 01:51 PM

My reloading bench is built on wheels so I can reload in any room of the house. Dining room, bathroom, etc.

I put all my reloads "bullet up/primer down" in their ammo case, just so when someone opens the box all those "beauties" can be seen...

of all the blisters I get from hand polishing each rd. to remove fingerprints right before loading them in their cartridge box.

my favorite case sifter/scoop used to be my X-Wife's favorite french-fry scoop.

I have cut off the bottom of ea. cartridge case that I reload, & have put them all on my gun safe key ring.... just so I can "show-off" what cals. I reload.

What.... you've never done that???

Zombie Steve · April 22, 2009, 05:45 PM

...when you pick up a few extra chores around the house to be a nice guy (and get through that bucket of cat litter faster so you have room for more brass, or do all of the laundry so your use of dryer sheets won't be scrutinized).

Zombie Steve · April 22, 2009, 05:53 PM

...when your idea of a relaxing Sunday afternoon is sitting in the hot tub with a beer and the new Lyman manual...

dbldblu · April 23, 2009, 06:41 PM

You know you are a reloading addict- when you dissassemble perfectly good factory ammo so you can use the components to load your own! Yes, I have done it.

Sevens · April 23, 2009, 11:31 PM

I went out and bought a gun because I had dies, brass and some leftover bullets from a previous gun in the same caliber. I hadn't loaded or owned a gun in that caliber in more than 10 years. But with those dies... and that brass... and a couple boxes of bullets? It only made sense to go buy a gun so I could put it all to use.

woodysan · April 25, 2009, 09:59 AM

You know when you are reloading addict when your grandaughter asks "why you have that tape on your powder dispenser" ? Well I told her yesterday that grandpa has two different kinds of powder now and he doesn't want to make a mistake because they need different grains for my "shooting guns"-and all of 4 1/2 HUH!!! Ya gotta luv em' Woody

N.H. Yankee · April 28, 2009, 06:52 PM

When watching the weekly opening of ( The First 48 ) homicide program and notice the brass that is hitting the pavement is NEW, UNFIRED and UNPRIMED!
Well, at least they got it all in the same caliber.

tpareloader · April 28, 2009, 07:28 PM

.. you wait by the door for UPS to arrive with your backorderd primers that havent shipped yet, hoping that the shipping status was wrong.

April 21, 2009, 11:12 AM	#31
Shoney Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2002 Location: Transplanted from Montana Posts: 2,311	AT THE RANGE ...when you salivate upon seeing a range barrel. ...when you loose all dignity and go thru the trash barrel in sight of all members present. ...upon seeing a woman showing lots of cleavage, and all you can think about is how great that would be for a brass catcher. __________________ I pledge allegiance to the Flag - - -, and to the Republic for which it stands….Our Forefathers were brilliant for giving us a Republic, not a democracy! Do you know the difference??? and WHY?http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBissue...les.asp?id=111

April 21, 2009, 11:17 AM	#32
Dragon55 Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2009 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 811	Shoney... luv the cleavage catching gag __________________ sailing ... A way to spend lots of money and go real S L O W

April 21, 2009, 02:06 PM	#33
Gewehr98 Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2000 Location: Token Creek, WI Posts: 4,067	True. My ex-wife was a 44D. She learned not to wear low-cut blouses on range day, due to the "brass catcher" effect. It was amazing how much gravitational pull she had on hot .45 ACP brass as it ejected out of her 1911. I'm guilty of: 1. Taking my deer, and stopping momentarily to scrounge through the woods looking for the fired .32 Remington brass. 2. Delivering a few token boxes of .38 Special ammo to the local tire shop manager in exchange for 5 gallon buckets of his broken wheelweights. __________________ "Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round... Neural Misfires

April 21, 2009, 06:36 PM	#36
CortJestir Senior Member Join Date: July 7, 2008 Location: Southern CT Posts: 1,406	You know you are a reloading addict... ...when you are caught reading this thread. __________________ "They have men amongst them who know very well what they are about..." - Lord Hugh Percy, on the events of April 19, 1775 Do you know what you're about? Find out at an Appleseed near you.

April 21, 2009, 10:28 PM	#42
45Marlin carbine Junior member Join Date: January 26, 2007 Location: South-Western North Carolina Posts: 1,124	reloading addict when your handle on TFL is 'primers stuck in my shoes'

April 20, 2009, 03:22 PM	#27
L'derry Member Join Date: November 6, 2008 Location: NH Posts: 63	....when the pallets say "partial shipment"......

April 20, 2009, 03:57 PM	#28
awaveritt Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 259	You know you're a reloading addict when you accidently spill 50 primers on the garage floor and crawl around on your hands and knees for 3 hours and find 48 of them. Happened to me about a month ago.

April 20, 2009, 04:09 PM	#29
45Marlin carbine Junior member Join Date: January 26, 2007 Location: South-Western North Carolina Posts: 1,124	you know you're a reloading addict when the first thing you do when you try to get to range in the morning before anyone else and scrounge for brass!

April 21, 2009, 05:47 PM	#34
Lunicy Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2008 Location: Behind enemy lines, jersey shore Posts: 118	"You know you're a reloading addict when you accidently spill 50 primers on the garage floor and crawl around on your hands and knees for 3 hours and find 48 of them. Happened to me about a month ago." You only found 48. I would have spent 3 more hours to find the remaining 2. SHAME ON YOU

April 21, 2009, 06:28 PM	#35
Mtn Biker Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2009 Posts: 122	I cant watch "Top Sniper" without drooling over all the brass laying around. VL

April 21, 2009, 07:19 PM	#37
bobn Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2006 Location: midwest Posts: 1,105	or when you build a 16x16 addition that cost 7grand just to save a few bucks on ammo. insulation and heat next on adgenda. bobn

April 21, 2009, 09:09 PM	#39
HAMMER1DOWN Senior Member Join Date: September 26, 2008 Location: Close Enough to Canada to say "EH!!"... MT Posts: 418	When the sound of a tumbler slowly rolling will put you to sleep better than any medications...... You curse when you run a berdaned primed .223 through your press then get your drill and "fix" the problem, so you don't throw away 1 brass.......

April 22, 2009, 05:45 PM	#44
Zombie Steve Senior Member Join Date: June 3, 2007 Location: Old Colorado City Posts: 527	...when you pick up a few extra chores around the house to be a nice guy (and get through that bucket of cat litter faster so you have room for more brass, or do all of the laundry so your use of dryer sheets won't be scrutinized).

April 22, 2009, 05:53 PM	#45
Zombie Steve Senior Member Join Date: June 3, 2007 Location: Old Colorado City Posts: 527	...when your idea of a relaxing Sunday afternoon is sitting in the hot tub with a beer and the new Lyman manual...

April 23, 2009, 06:41 PM	#46
dbldblu Member Join Date: May 30, 2006 Posts: 95	You know you are a reloading addict- You know you are a reloading addict- when you dissassemble perfectly good factory ammo so you can use the components to load your own! Yes, I have done it.

April 23, 2009, 11:31 PM	#47
Sevens Senior Member Join Date: July 28, 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 11,756	I went out and bought a gun because I had dies, brass and some leftover bullets from a previous gun in the same caliber. I hadn't loaded or owned a gun in that caliber in more than 10 years. But with those dies... and that brass... and a couple boxes of bullets? It only made sense to go buy a gun so I could put it all to use. __________________ *Attention Brass rats and other reloaders:* I really need .327 Federal Magnum brass, no lot size too small. Tell me what caliber you need and I'll see what I have to swap. PM me and we'll discuss.

April 25, 2009, 09:59 AM	#48
woodysan Member Join Date: December 8, 2008 Location: Cocoa,FL Posts: 58	Now I know! You know when you are reloading addict when your grandaughter asks "why you have that tape on your powder dispenser" ? Well I told her yesterday that grandpa has two different kinds of powder now and he doesn't want to make a mistake because they need different grains for my "shooting guns"-and all of 4 1/2 HUH!!! Ya gotta luv em' Woody __________________ It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.

April 28, 2009, 06:52 PM	#49
N.H. Yankee Senior Member Join Date: October 17, 2004 Location: Rural N.H. Posts: 1,586	When watching the weekly opening of ( The First 48 ) homicide program and notice the brass that is hitting the pavement is NEW, UNFIRED and UNPRIMED! Well, at least they got it all in the same caliber. __________________ The real danger to America is not abroad but within.. Having an open mind is a good thing, but not so open that your brains fall out! Save America, abort liberalism.

April 28, 2009, 07:28 PM	#50
tpareloader Member Join Date: April 23, 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 76	.. you wait by the door for UPS to arrive with your backorderd primers that havent shipped yet, hoping that the shipping status was wrong. __________________ Never compromise, never surrender.