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.CONFESSIONS OF AN ADDICT....................PART ONE...………


Years ago, when I was a lot younger & naïve, I used to visit the local gun shop to "ogle" all the nice firearms I wanted to buy & add to my small collection. There were always a few "tough characters" hanging around the store , seemingly just killing time instead of buying anything. One day, one of them engaged me in what I thought was harmless "small talk". After learning from me that I do indeed own & shoot firearms, I was asked (with a sly look) "Do You Reload?"............. After mumbling an embarrassing "no" my life took a drastic turn!

............... "Just try it once!" .........".It's a real "kick"!.....I heard...………..

Being young & gullible, I did. The results were terrifying! , I was "hooked".................I never suspected this guy was a "Dealer"! ............

Beware folks, "RELOADING " is VERY addictive, even in it's simplest form!

After telling my concerned friends where my life was heading, one suggested I try "a little bullet casting", You know, to wean myself away from the worst of the effects of the addiction.................The dirty alloys & terrible smells will set me straight, & I'll give it all up "cold turkey".

(On reflection, I find it strange that people claiming they want to help you always have that "sly look" on their face.........)

........................NO HELP THERE!..........things just kept getting worse..............

.....Soon, odd behaviors were noted, hoarding powders, lead supplies, Primers & such..............even buying books that keep you "dependent" , instead of saving you from this insidious nightmare!....................

I even started collecting odd paraphernalia related to the use of these "drugs!"..............

At present, I have various bullet moulds from a variety of "suppliers",...…... dealers who nefariously make big bucks off of my addiction...... Presses, Lubersizers, powder measures followed in a short time & I realize now , (too late!) , I'll die an addict of over forty five plus years , with no hope of ever becoming "clean again"................ Sad, too, as I only have a few decades left before I go....................................

Alas, No more secret meetings with friends at coffee shops & MacDonalds, or hanging around gun shows with fellow addicts.....................I'm too far gone to recover & resign myself to my fate of a life filled with reloading, bullet casting & shooting.................


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Shooting was my hobby. Then I started reloading to support my hobby, but instead, reloading became my hobby. Then I started wet tumbling, so making dirty brass shine became my hobby - shooting and reloading were just the means to that end.

So, what is this “casting” you speak of......
 
Shooting was my hobby. Then I started reloading to support my hobby, but instead, reloading became my hobby. Then I started wet tumbling, so making dirty brass shine became my hobby - shooting and reloading were just the means to that end.

So, what is this “casting” you speak of......
Don't even ask!
 
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Great write-up!

I have not pulled my stuff out of storage. My wife and daughter gave me a Hornady turret set-up right before we moved here. I'm scared too!
Nothing to be scared of. Get some reloading books and read. There are plenty of folks that will love to help you. Just ask for someone that lives close by. But you follow the books, start low and check and double check, you will be fine!
 
Nothing to be scared of. Get some reloading books and read. There are plenty of folks that will love to help you. Just ask for someone that lives close by. But you follow the books, start low and check and double check, you will be fine!

You want me to look like your avatar huh!
 
NICE STASH McDirkale. I feel your pain. Just got into casting and I'm finding it difficult to stop. Since covid started my days have pretty much been on this schedule. Shoot, clean guns , reload , cast, powder coat , fish, day off repeat. With any luck , the virus will last for a while.
 
NICE STASH McDirkale. I feel your pain. Just got into casting and I'm finding it difficult to stop. Since covid started my days have pretty much been on this schedule. Shoot, clean guns , reload , cast, powder coat , fish, day off repeat. With any luck , the virus will last for a while.
Fish?
 
Maybe I am the only person who only reloads because I have to in order to shoot a lot.
It's like watching paint dry, lol. I just don't enjoy it.
I definitely don’t enjoy reloading. I enjoy having the ability to reload and shooting for less (per rd). This is why I’m a big fan of progressives, maximize rounds/hr.
 
Hey....go answer my colorful bullets question I just posted.

You started this mess with this post.....
 
Maybe I am the only person who only reloads because I have to in order to shoot a lot.
It's like watching paint dry, lol. I just don't enjoy it.

I just started a few months ago. It was fun accumulating and learning how to use all my new toys. After doing a few hundred is this something that I think I'll absolutely love to do? Nah. Especially with a single stage press. My favorite parts of the process are the beginning and the end. After cleaning the brass seeing them nice and shiny and when I'm done loading them looking at all my little new born babies. I'll stick with it though. Went way too far down the rabbit hole and got way too much invested. It does allow for some nice alone time from the wife and kids though. That's a bonus.
 
I just started a few months ago. It was fun accumulating and learning how to use all my new toys. After doing a few hundred is this something that I think I'll absolutely love to do? Nah. Especially with a single stage press. My favorite parts of the process are the beginning and the end. After cleaning the brass seeing them nice and shiny and when I'm done loading them looking at all my little new born babies. I'll stick with it though. Went way too far down the rabbit hole and got way too much invested. It does allow for some nice alone time from the wife and kids though. That's a bonus.
There are some steps in reloading that I don't particularly like, such as rifle brass prep (trimming, chamfering, swaging pockets, etc) but sometimes I find that pulling the handle on the press is therapeutic. Decapping brass for wet tumbling is one thing I don't mind, as it is a repetitive process that doesn't require any concentration. And now, with reloading 429DE, I go "ching ching" every time I pull the handle. I save over a $1.50 for every round I load myself, compared to factory ammo. :D
 
As I sit here checking UPS tracking to see if my press is gotten any closer...my third press.....hi, my name is McDirkale and I'm a reloading addict.


Or be like me. Only been reloading for about 5 years. Already have 4 presses. Considering another Dillon so I don't have the hassle of swapping out for different calibers....

Keep almost pulling the trigger on another little Lee classic single stage. Just for trimming. (Decap exclusively on the other).

I only ever did maybe 500 rounds a month average. Haven't even touched the handle in almost a year but still keep hoarding components and thinking of ways to be for effective/efficient:oops:
 
I definitely don’t enjoy reloading. I enjoy having the ability to reload and shooting for less (per rd). This is why I’m a big fan of progressives, maximize rounds/hr.

Dillon 1050 with auto drive is what I now dream about!


I just started a few months ago. It was fun accumulating and learning how to use all my new toys. After doing a few hundred is this something that I think I'll absolutely love to do? Nah. Especially with a single stage press. My favorite parts of the process are the beginning and the end. After cleaning the brass seeing them nice and shiny and when I'm done loading them looking at all my little new born babies. I'll stick with it though. Went way too far down the rabbit hole and got way too much invested. It does allow for some nice alone time from the wife and kids though. That's a bonus.

The thing I really do appreciate is the education reloading has provided. Just learning everything about shooting that make it a little better. Being able to tune a load for a gun and have it perform better, etc. And understanding the “why”.
 
I just started a few months ago. It was fun accumulating and learning how to use all my new toys. After doing a few hundred is this something that I think I'll absolutely love to do? Nah. Especially with a single stage press. My favorite parts of the process are the beginning and the end. After cleaning the brass seeing them nice and shiny and when I'm done loading them looking at all my little new born babies. I'll stick with it though. Went way too far down the rabbit hole and got way too much invested. It does allow for some nice alone time from the wife and kids though. That's a bonus.
So what is a single stage press? Dillon!!!!!!
 
Or be like me. Only been reloading for about 5 years. Already have 4 presses. Considering another Dillon so I don't have the hassle of swapping out for different calibers....

Keep almost pulling the trigger on another little Lee classic single stage. Just for trimming. (Decap exclusively on the other).

I only ever did maybe 500 rounds a month average. Haven't even touched the handle in almost a year but still keep hoarding components and thinking of ways to be for effective/efficient:oops:
When I reload I fill up every piece of brass that I own in that caliber [Pistol cal's].
 
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