things to do on a rainy day

Nice work. Makes me miss my rendezvous days.

I made the ammo wallet. Not the ball glove in the background.

Lol

Good time to have my juvenile slaves sort brass so I can tumble and decap.

Cleaning Guns, checking/repairing gear if need be. The usual rainy day ritual.

Reloading is my favorite part of shooting.. Crafting your own ammo is rewarding to say the least. Reloading your own ammo and having a successful hunt with the ammo is so rewarding,it is a feeling tough to describe.

Ks5shooter said:

Reloading is my favorite part of shooting.. Crafting your own ammo is rewarding to say the least. Reloading your own ammo and having a successful hunt with the ammo is so rewarding,it is a feeling tough to subscribe.

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So true,
It's the same with black powder, too

GunnyUSMC said:

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You're too funny.......Either you are still working on cleaning or it is time for a break!

I go shooting.

On a rainy day, in terms of doing something gun related, I either go shooting (at an indoor range), or else I clean my guns from the last time I went shooting.

I save the really tedious reloading chores for fall/winter when there's limited daylight. Seems like there's always brass that needs to be cleaned or prepped, especially the high volume calibers.

On rainy days I'll normally load.



Chuck

Armored Farmer wrote:
I made the ammo wallet. Not the ball glove in the background.

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Fair enough, but the ammo wallet is something you can be very proud of.

I spent the weekend revisiting about 150 rounds of M1 Carbine brass that I had set aside during an initial inspection. The brass had a pronounced bulge about a quarter inch above the case head. This was above where the walls of the case met the web of the case head. Although the brass is all intended to be converted to 5.7mm J/22 Spitfire, I went ahead and resized it with a 30 Carbine die. In the case of all but about 10 cases, the die was able to reach well below bulged area and successfully return it to proper dimension and profile.

ColtPythonElite said:

I go shooting.

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I usually shoot off then end of our covered horse arena, but I can move under cover in the arena if the weather is not cooperative.

But, even though, rainy days are good for catching up on indoor activities.

Armored farmer's ammo wallet is nice.

JO JO said:

Yes his ammo wallet makes me want to take up leather working , but I’m so stinking OCD with reloading add a new hobby that would put me over the edge

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I've been over the edge for a long time, and rainy days don't help.

I turn off the lights, strip down to my skivvies, put Full Metal Jacket in the DVD player, and cradle my M1A....

NIGHTLORD40K said:

I turn off the lights, strip down to my skivvies, put Full Metal Jacket in the DVD player, and cradle my M1A....

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......... That one had me laughing so hard the computer almost got sprayed with diet Coke.

Moving into winter so won't be many more days for enjoying the bike or shooting rifle. Rainy and snow days are spent loading known good loads and general maintenance including full disassembly and cleaning of guns.

Ron

Here's a holster project

Had a couple of antler scraps lying around that were too small for knife handles
or pistol grips.
My buddy was practicing scrimshaw and thought about some fancy powder measures.

They do provide a better grip when filling from the horn.



JT

Jt,.
Nice. Great idea