Reloadron
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Been there and done that. Large hole in the water you pour money into.If you think reloading is expensive, try owning a boat.
Ron
Been there and done that. Large hole in the water you pour money into.If you think reloading is expensive, try owning a boat.
If you think reloading is expensive, try owning a boat.
<Off Topic> but somewhat humorous.
We can all pretty much agree those of us who reload do it for a myriad of reasons or reasoning with a few common denominators. So like fishing it's a hobby and not always an inexpensive hobby. Yes, I can buy fish for likely less than I can catch them. At least when I reload I know I will come away with something but fishing not so much. I like fishing simply for the relaxation.
So my brother the avid fishing type calls me, I want to say it was 2013 right after I retired. Wants me to go Muskie Fishing with him on Lake St. Clair which is in Michigan and actually bordered by Michigan and Canada. So I need a temporary Michigan and Canada fishing license. OK, why not. My brother has two of his friends lined up making a party of four. I figure I am not going to drive to Detroit on the Saturday but will drive up on Friday and I book a motel. I am in heavy traffic about 3 miles short of my exit and motel when the truck feels funny. Yeah, a look down reveals 4500 RPM and I am doing 50 MPH. Poor engine was screaming. I make it to the hotel, get checked in and ask the clerk if there is a neighborhood bar close. Well right across the street. So I walk across the street to ponder my problem. A few guys sit beside me at the bar and a conversation starts. The guy beside me is smashed and in conversation I mention my dead truck. Lucky me the drunk guys buddy just opened a repair shop so he calls the guy and hands me the phone. Nice guy and I explain my nightmare. Apparently God was with me because his shop is about 2 miles up the road. So I leave the bar and bid a farewell to my newfound friends. Walk across the street and take my truck to this guy and he gives me a ride back to my motel. My brother is there so I clued him in. The guy with my truck will call me Monday with a damage report after he looks at it.
So we show up at the boat Saturday morning early and one of my brother's friends is a no show. So now we divide by three for boat and mate tip. Boat and tip went from $250 each to $333 each but OK, nothing to do. Told my brother never invite friends whose wives won't let them go fishing! Fortunately I have a very good old friend who lives in Canton, Michigan just outside Detroit. We go back 50 years growing up NY. So I call Steve and he comes and gets me Sunday morning. Monday the repair guy calls and my transmission is toast as I figured and I am looking at $2,000 which for a GMC Yukon is actually cheap and that will include labor and a 70K mile warranty on the rebuilt transmission. OK, go ahead and do it. Four days later, Thursday, I get my truck back and on Friday I head back to Cleveland. Great week visiting Steve and we even took in a Tigers game.
I think it was an old Capitol One Visa commercial.
Gasoline about $100
Truck Transmission $2,000
Motel $200
Share of boat $333
Michigan and Canada fishing temp license $100
Catching my first Musky Fish after a good fight? PRICELESS!
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Ron
Oh yeah, makes a boat look inexpensive.If you think a boat is expensive try an airplane!
If you think reloading is expensive, try owning a boat.
---I started reloading because I thought it would be fun, interesting, and give me more accurate ammo. The cost savings (if you wanna call $/round savings savings even though I'm shooting more) were a nice bennie - not a justification for loading in the first place.
The myriad "Is it worth it to load [9mm, .223]?" threads I found interesting. I get why people might view reloading as only a cost savings venture, but as @kmw1954 pointed out, we all have hobbies where we don't look for justification based on saving money. We do them because they're fun. I'd load my own ammo if it cost more than what I could buy.
I recently tested some 9mm loads. This picture explains why I load: When i step on the firing line with ammo I've loaded myself I'm confident in what I've got and have a significant amount of personal satisfaction in the fact I'm the one that went through the work to find an optimum load.
I've said this before but I'll say it again: It's especially *fun* to be able to manufacture ammunition when there is a drought - but reloaders don't have any inherent ability to better weather ammo droughts than non-reloaders. The key to weathering an ammo drought is stocking up - whether that's reloading components or loaded ammo. In a drought both are hard to come by.
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If you think reloading is expensive, try owning a boat.
BOAT = Bust Out Another ThousandBeen there and done that. Large hole in the water you pour money into.
Ron
The two happiest days of a boat owner's life... The day you buy it and the day you sell it!Yep, quick and dirty my boat cost me about $ 10 or 12 Thousand a year... and that is the costs that I can figure and does not include gasoline. Sold it three years ago. Happy Day.
I can buy a lot Dillon stuff for that amount.
The most expensive thing I ever owned was a 1968 Triumph Tiger 650 twin motorcycle. Constantly needed some kind of part made of pure unobtanium that could only found in "shoppes" located in places like Redding and Leeds... I loved the bike when it ran but was happiest when the new owner rode off on it - right before I moved to Vero Beach. I gave him an ex-girlfriend's phone number to call "if" he had any problems with it.BOAT = Bust Out Another Thousand
The two happiest days of a boat owner's life... The day you buy it and the day you sell it!
The most expensive thing I ever owned was a 1968 Triumph Tiger 650 twin motorcycle. Constantly needed some kind of part made of pure unobtanium that could only found in "shoppes" located in places like Redding and Leeds.
Been there and done that. Large hole in the water you pour money into.
Ron
Unless you are towing a boat behind a motor home !Oh yeah, makes a boat look inexpensive.
Ron
Try owning a Ducati ! Well at least the Ducs are fasterYou win today's "Make me laugh out loud so much my wife asked me what I'm laughing at." award.
Fantastic description.
Sounds like most British motor vehicles, especially those with anything from Lucas Electric. The old joke was "Why does a Jag owner always have two?, Why so he can drive one while the other is in the shop!" But then again, isn't that why most of us have more than 1 gun for protection?The most expensive thing I ever owned was a 1968 Triumph Tiger 650 twin motorcycle. Constantly needed some kind of part made of pure unobtanium that could only found in "shoppes" located in places like Redding and Leeds... I loved the bike when it ran but was happiest when the new owner rode off on it - right before I moved to Vero Beach. I gave him an ex-girlfriend's phone number to call "if" he had any problems with it.
if you think a airplane is expensive, try shorting Game StopIf you think a boat is expensive try an airplane!
Round ball 45 Schofield with Goex out of a SAA or ROANever saved a dime. Just shot more for the same money. Scrounged wheel weights for home cast bullets, 9mm was about $2.50 for 50 rounds, including bullet lube, 30 years ago. Best part, I can build ammo I can never buy. Round ball 30\30. multiple projectile 38 special, 1/2 oz 12 gauge. The list and the fun never stops.
---Sounds like most British motor vehicles, especially those with anything from Lucas Electric. The old joke was "Why does a Jag owner always have two?, Why so he can drive one while the other is in the shop!" But then again, isn't that why most of us have more than 1 gun for protection?
. ??????Now the have the right to “I TOLD YOU SO” but them a beer!
---Never saved a dime. Just shot more for the same money. Scrounged wheel weights for home cast bullets, 9mm was about $2.50 for 50 rounds, including bullet lube, 30 years ago. Best part, I can build ammo I can never buy. Round ball 30\30. multiple projectile 38 special, 1/2 oz 12 gauge. The list and the fun never stops.
If you think a boat is expensive try an airplane!