!!!!!!!!hell has frozen over!!!!!!!!
 

:D


Got a couple of packages in the mail last week from a far away place.

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BOOYAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's right, I can now join Ell in squib making!

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I had to clean everything up before the pics because, they had a coat of Boston crème and powdered sugar all over.....?.....Weird.

I want to thank my brother from another mother, Mr. Phil for hooking me up with a great start to this hobby. He also sent me several items not included in our deal, Thank you Sir!

BTW: LOVE the #3 billiard ball, that is my favorite number as well as color. Nice touch bro.

Anyways, please accept my apologies in advance for the multiple noob questions that will be asked by yours truly. It will be a little while before I actually start to reload, which is fine because that will give me plenty of time to learn and acquire most if not all the equipment I will need. <---was that a run on sentence? I think it was but, I don't care! I'm stoked!!!

#3 was my number as the star of my high school basketball team, you need to send that to me...

Besides that.........Great pickup, have fun. Phil is numero uno.

Nice gift Phil. You will generate many great loads.

Good deal. You'll have better luck getting your testi back from your girl than finding pistol powder

Nice of Phil to make Caleb boy the next Squib Jester.........

Caleb before you start buy a good reloading manual, and read once and read again, then come on here and ask questions..................


Clyde

Congrats very cool.

Can I borrow some 45? :D

When you put it all together and you don't have extra parts laying around you didn't do something right.

Lyman 49th on the way along with some .45acp dies!

NO!!! funny

There is truth to this theory.

NICE...been wondering when you were going to post everything. If I come across anything else I forgot I will send it down to you. So far you got everything I had that was not blue.

Just don't go drilling holes in the kitchen table!

Save the Boston crème and powdered sugar I will eat that!

I started loading for two calibers when I started out. I would stick to loading only one or two in the beginning and get the hand of it. .45 is a great option as it is a straight walled pistol case. Also lots of powder options, stick with published loads and stay away from the max loads till you know what you are doing. Other than that you may want to do a few sets of curls for the right arm till you find powder. That way you will be ready to crank out the .45s all day!

Nice setup. Enjoy the fun and frustration of makin' boolets that go bang ( most times )

Arley

Congrats roach boy.

Now for the 20 million dollar question.....

"How long before his g/f kicks his ass for reloading in the house?"

I give it 3 months, what say you???

funny funny

He should store his stuff at my house..I think your 3 months was generous.:D

It will not happen where we are currently, just no room for the set-up I want. We are currently looking for a new residence with either a garage or room in back yard for a nice a/c'd shed. Then I will set up the perimeter similar to what pig has (just in case she wanders near it). Bouncing betties, claymores, and a century gun mounted to a trypod with motion sensors.

Might be selling my house in three months, might rent it out...if you didn't find anything by then come take a look.

Ellison I say 2 weeks, especially after she finds out how much gun powder is :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Clyde

I would like to head North NorthWest but, I will contact you in a couple of months to see whats up.

As long as I buy flowers first, she won't know the difference. :D

Where you going Joe, SC? Permanently?

Don't know yet...Caryn movin' up in company. We don't have offer yet, but it is coming. If we don't like it we stay put, status quo.

If we could only be so lucky! funny






Sorry Joe, could not resist. :D

You got it backwards anyway...If only I could be so lucky!

Don't let space stop you! I got one of these from Midway a while back and keep the press on it and keep it portable.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/155...ProductFinding

Here is my process for reloading pistol calibers.
Stage 1. I clean the brass in a tumbler to get all the carbon and range dirt off for about 30 minutes.
Stage 2. Decap, and resize the brass. Lube if necessary while using non carbide dies.
Stage 3. completely optional but I then run the brass for 6+ hours in polish media.
Stage 4. I use my Lee Auto Prime or the primer in the press to prime the brass.
Stage 5. I flare the cases if needed.
Stage 6. I drop powder and seat each bullet one at a time.
Stage 7. If a separate crimp is necessary I do it.
Stage 8. Shoot it and go back to stage 1!

Stages 1,3 and 4 don't require the press at all. The only stage that needs concentration is stage 6 so you don't double charge. All the other stages I have done while watching TV with the family or helping my daughter with homework. If I needed to set aside enough time to do it all from start to finish I would never get anything done. Also if I had to go to a special room it would take too much time away from family. In the last two weeks I have loaded close to 900 rounds of ammo in the following calibers, .32 H&R Mag, 9x18 Mak, .45 Auto, 300 Blackout. All the cases were prepped in stages as described above. So don't let not having a dedicated space stop you.

I speak for all those here that know roach boy when I say that space is not the issue.

The fact that his cojones are stored neatly and TIGHTLY in his g/f purse under lock and key is the real issue. SHE WON'T LET HIM RELOAD.

Looks like Phil's setup before he went Big Blue.....

True.

Thank you for a very informative post.....I will look into this.

Shut it 10Shot! See post above, now that is helpful! :mob:

Because it is, Sir.

Glad I could help. That Lee Auto Prime you have with the shell holders may be the second most useful tool in the lot. It really cuts down on priming time, and I have loaded a hundred primers into the tray and primed brass while sitting on the couch watching TV with my wife. Multitasking at its best! She got Dancing With the Stars and I got hundreds of primed brass!

You will also want to get a scale to check the powder weight. Lee makes a cheap one that works well to get into things.

One last thing some of those Stages I posted are only 30 minutes or less once you get your set up down depending on the quantity you are loading. I can decap and resize 200-300 brass in a half hour or so. Do the stages when you can and you will have ammo before you know it.

The story I want to hear about is when you go to the range for the first time with your own loads! Please post up how you felt firing off that first round! I don't think my first rounds hit target becuse my eyes were closed!:D

funny Ok will do!

A beam scale has been recommended and I have a digi scale being sent by pig. Also have a Lyman and now a Hodgon (sp?) reloading manuals on the way as well as .45acp and 9mm carbide dies.

Just trying to get all I can now, while I can.

Yes sir, he shot me an offer, it was fair for both of us and he is not close to set up.....glad we could make this work!

Me too Brother!

The flip flop wearing, 10 shot squib shooting, Tuna Poke eating monkey with a gun sent me a package and it arrived today. A box full of 9mm brass and some extras! I was expecting the brass, not so much the surprise contents. Thanks Brother, very much appreciated.

Congrats, but aren't you fat enough..................:eek::eek::eek:


Clyde

Hey now, I have lost a few pounds! Maybe.

You're more than welcome, it's the least I could do considering.

today at 0215 hours....are you living on pino time? Holy crap that is early, or late

We got in just after midnight from a trip to Yosemite Nat. Park. Was a little wound up from the long day, so I checked in before crashing out for the night. :D

More Items Added.....
 

Got some more items in for reloading!!!! WooHoo.


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Here are the $1000 dies Ell helped me get, thanks Bro.

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These other items my good bud Mike (pig) sent me out of his kind self, thank you Mike, much appreciated.

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This manual I bought off ebay with two other item that have not arrived yet.

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Shadow was too kind to pick me up some rifle powder while out at our local gun show , thanks you again Shadow.

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That's it for now, just waiting on two other items ordered and also will eventually get more powder and primers.

Ellison also was kind hearted and sent me a bunch of 9mm brass, 100 small, and 100 large pistol primers out of the blue! He even picked up the Hazmat fee....thank you friend.

Love this forum for it's wonderful friends I have made! Except Joe, he is a pain in my sunflower. :p

Alex gifted me the scale last year, it works well. But get a beam scale and check weights. Always trust gravity over electronics.

Oh yeah, I absolutely seat and crimp in seperate stations using the Lee FCD you have there