What did you reload today?

[Caveman Jim]

Picked up approximately 30 pounds of 9mm this weekend!!!

 

[Mikej]

Picked up approximately 30 pounds of 9mm this weekend!!!



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Jim, you pick up all this brass off the ground? With a brass magnet? Holy cow! One of those extended grabber things for the old folks? Makes my back hurt just thinking about it. And my back is in decent shape. I was thinking I had some serious work to do with 250 pieces of Lake City-72 .30-06 that I picked up for a song at the OAC show Sunday.

 

[Redheadedlass]

I reloaded about 150 .357 this morning and then went out with @Redheadedlass and burned about 250 in various calibers.

plus I shot my old crappy Chinese phone that I had to replace last week.

To those who didn't come home. Thank you for protecting my freedom and my family.. And for those of you who live on with the weight of loss as well.

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This was such a fun time! I really enjoyed it.

 

[ageingstudent]

This was such a fun time! I really enjoyed it.

 

[ageingstudent]

Picked up approximately 30 pounds of 9mm this weekend!!!



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I'd have give up at about 5lbs

 

[Caveman Jim]

I'd have give up at about 5lbs

While picking it up is stressful and physically abusive to my old freaking knees and back it did take a while today to go through it all and pull out they head stamps that I use for loading. I put the rest in the big ammo can for sale, they is dirtyyyyy and have accumulated over 8000 of them.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Jim, you pick up all this brass off the ground? With a brass magnet? Holy cow! One of those extended grabber things for the old folks? Makes my back hurt just thinking about it. And my back is in decent shape. I was thinking I had some serious work to do with 250 pieces of Lake City-72 .30-06 that I picked up for a song at the OAC show Sunday.

@Mikej, you would not believe all the outings I've had to wear a back brace, use my long grabber and don knee pads because there was so much brass on the ground that I almost gave up and went home.
But me being the energetic entrepreneur "the holy moly brass man" I will not willingly leave brass laying.
After hours of brass picking there have been many times I come home and have Mrs. caveman put lidocaine patches on my back and let me sleep in the next morning.

At times Mrs. caveman interjects some striking wisdom to the point that sounds like, Do you know when you get older you're supposed to work smart instead of slowly killing yourself?

 

[Caveman Jim]

This was such a fun time! I really enjoyed it.

I'd watch out for that @agingstudent fella if'n I were you.

 

[ageingstudent]

I'd watch out for that @agingstudent fella if'n I were you.

I have her addicted to picking up brass. Work smart not hard

 

[Redheadedlass]

I'd watch out for that @agingstudent fella if'n I were you.

Haha right! He's a little ornery from time to time…I think I got him though

 

[Redheadedlass]

I have her addicted to picking up brass. Work smart not hard

it's shiny I can't help it

 

[Caveman Jim]

What I did in the day for Reloading, today.
I actually didn't load any bangers but Mucho prep work was the order for today.
I finished bagging and put away the 2,000 +/- of 556 (1,200 was recent LC) and 223 along with some 300 blackout cases. There'll be another time when I touch this brass again, either when I sell it or start to process it for my own consumption.

I went through the whole 30 pounds of 9 mm to sort for the head stamps that I prefer for my own loading preference, that took about 3-4 hours of standing gazing into a magnifying light but it's all worth it.

I deprimed my stash of factory 300 blackout cases (350) that I ratholded last year plus picking up 100 or so this weekend (450+/- total). I then proceeded to wet clean it all, man I've got this technique down to a science, that's some Purty precious metal!!!


While that was cleaning I took the 1300 +/- 9mm and deprimed it all, they are slated for a wet cleaning session tomorrow so they can dry in the sun.

'Twas a busy day for Ole Caveman. Now for a lidocaine patch on my lower back, i'm tired boss dog tired, a Jim Beam and Coke might just be the ticket for relaxation.

 

[oremike]

I'm in the middle of a 8000 round run if 9mm using Extream 124gr HP's. I'd not used this bullet before so after I ran the first 100 off I took them to the range for testing in the picky Sig P-6 and the not so picky Ruger P-89. This first batch was a +p load and both pistols shot them well and without issues.

 

[ageingstudent]

For the last 3 weeks I've been loading this pond with a water truck 3000 gallons at a time. I think my brain has ceased to function. Half way there I estimate

 

[Mikej]

For the last 3 weeks I've been loading this pond with a water truck 3000 gallons at a time. I think my brain has ceased to function. Half way there I estimate

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I just saw a show with Parker Schnabel filling a plastic lined hole in the desert, in So America, or Australia. To use for mining gold. 5,000 gallons at a time.

 

[ageingstudent]

I just saw a show with Parker Schnabel filling a plastic lined hole in the desert, in So America, or Australia. To use for mining gold. 5,000 gallons at a time.

Same principle except this is for a wash plant to wash crushed rock for asphalt products. Not as exciting as looking for gold . Pays the bills.

 

[Dillon1000]

I'm in the middle of a 8000 round run if 9mm using Extream 124gr HP's. I'd not used this bullet before so after I ran the first 100 off I took them to the range for testing in the picky Sig P-6 and the not so picky Ruger P-89. This first batch was a +p load and both pistols shot them well and without issues.

Happy to see you did it that way, some pistols don't like HP's or the cone nose bullets. Glock is one that sometimes has a problem. I am loading 7.0 gr of Power Pistol. Getting good results. Last run I loaded 6.5 gr
3N37 Vit. They have more punch than the Power Pistol. Just doing 115 Round nose this time for a gun that likes
them. Accuracy by volume.

 

[Mikej]

Same principle except this is for a wash plant to wash crushed rock for asphalt products. Not as exciting as looking for gold . Pays the bills.

Interesting! They re-pave roads in Nevada huh? I guess they have to have clean gravel for it. Where I live all that money gets spent on stifling traffic flow and the roads crumble.

 

[ageingstudent]

Interesting! They re-pave roads in Nevada huh? I guess they have to have clean gravel for it. Where I live all that money gets spent on stifling traffic flow and the roads crumble.

There are two seasons In Northern Nevada, winter and road work

 

[Catfishmoon]

Life is good...
The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers is on the stereo...
Rib steaks are on the Weber barbecue grill...
45 ACP is on the Redding T7 reloading press...

Enjoy your weekend