It was going so well...

[ageingstudent]

And then it wasn't...


Well at least it wasn't powder or primers this time.

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[Crohnos01]

Oooops
Yeah, that's a terrible way to spend valuable reloading time

 

[Certaindeaf]

Sizing bullets by foot?

 

[ageingstudent]

Sizing bullets by foot?

Yes and that big black spider that lives under my bench can keep those ones in the back. I haven't seen her but i believe she's back there.

 

[ageingstudent]

Oooops
Yeah, that's a terrible way to spend valuable reloading time

They're in the trash bin, the used brass bin, the spent primer bucket...so frustrating.

 

[Member 5605]

A clean uncluttered bench is a happy bench.


Doesn't prevent spills though believe me.

How do you like your reverse rotation turret?

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Reminder to self:
"Self, don't do that!"

 

[ageingstudent]

A clean uncluttered bench is a happy bench.


Doesn't prevent spills though believe me.

How do you like your reverse rotation turret?

I've come to like it a lot now that I have all my dies reversed

 

[ageingstudent]

Reminder to self:
"Self, don't do that!"

At least it was only 500 this time. I might have dropped a thousand once.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I once dropped a old bag of 7 1/2 shot in my shop ... Boy wasn't that fun!
Andy

 

[ageingstudent]

I bet you wish it were steel shot. When I was 17 I dropped a 50lb bag of #8 on my mom's carpet. Every time she vacuumed I got the evil eye for months.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Yep steel shot would have been an easier pick up.
But no steel shot for an original flintlock trade gun ... Unless you don't want it to shoot any more!
Andy

 

[Certaindeaf]

At least it was only 500 this time. I might have dropped a thousand once.

Just don't drop that big glass pickle jar full of live primers though!














Seriously, to the n00bs, that's the classic thing most all reloading manuals tell you not to do.. so don't unsleeve live primers and decant them into a jar.

 

[ageingstudent]

I keep my primers in their original bricks, but that doesn't stop me from dropping a tray on rare occasions. One time I had 200 small pistol in the flipper tray and dropped one primer. I set the tray carefully on the bench and when I bent down to pick up the one on the floor my hat bill caught the full tray and flipped it over like a tiddley wink. It took me about 2 hours to find them all lol. My wife was sitting across the bench reading and she just got up and left. Ridiculous.

 

[Caveman Jim]

I need to get one of those dust pans on a stick, you know the ones that you see at the fast food restaurants when the workers are walking around with a broom and one of those things to sweep and then pick it up & the trash is in there... no kneeling or bending over anymore......
Work smart not hard......

 

[Crohnos01]

I need to become a millionaire by developing a "lead magnet" to keep handy at reloading benches...hmmm... Maybe that crystal skull on the last Indiana Jones movie... it was able to attract everything from ferrous metals to gold!

 

[Camelfilter]

...It took me about 2 hours to find them all lol. My wife was sitting across the bench reading and she just got up and left. Ridiculous.

Ridiculous or brilliant?...

 

[Camelfilter]

I need to get one of those dust pans on a stick, you know the ones that you see at the fast food restaurants when the workers are walking around with a broom and one of those things to sweep and then pick it up & the trash is in there... no kneeling or bending over anymore......
Work smart not hard......

Good idea! I need to get one of these for around the house:


$3 at harbor freight. We have one at work, same exact model, and it does pretty well & picks up odd shaped stuff reasonably well.

 

[ageingstudent]

Ridiculous or brilliant?...

Her? Brilliant. Me? Not so much...

 

[UserNameInUse]

Well at least it wasn't powder or primers this time.

Like this? I wanted to try using a baffle in my powder measure. Pouring the excess powder back in the bottle I forgot it was in there.