Ever forget that you had bought something?

Wow. Just Wow.

Costco baby!

Yep!
At least it usually works to our benefit.

We'll just say I have a nice stash of 45 Colt Starline Brass right now. LOL

Lets just say I have a good supply of most things. If I can remember where I put them. Actually I am pretty organized. Mostly I forget I have something. CRS happens to us all. I have a like box filled with 150 FMJ's and a smaller one full of 168 SMK's.

Absolutely...I picked up a MFRB of once fired 38 SPL cases a few years back, then almost to the day a year later bought another one from the same fellow. I got plenty now...

thump_rrr said:

Ever forget that you had bought something?

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Oh yeah! ... especially with this hobby.

I like to think that this can be traced back to my 6 Caretaker years when I (too) often had to suddenly drop what I was doing to focus, for hours/days/weeks, on new challenges. O'course ... it could just be a symptom of O.L.D.

During that time lottsa things ordered would be delivered and just stuck on/under a shelf, out of the way, for future attention and then forgotten.

Actually, it is sorta like Christmas 'round here some days when I clean-up a long-ignored corner/windrow-pile of my reloading/gunsmithing zone in the basement.

I ended up with 3 rear sight assemblies for my old Marlin 99M1. Not as exciting or as costly as 1600 30cal bullets, but just as embarrassing when I opened the parts bin upon arrival of the new assy only to recall that I had already made that same mistake once before.

Yep, I think we've all done it.

I have two sets of 45 Colt dies, along with matching shell holders. Probably some other things that I don't remember as well.

chris

Many times. Usually backup stuff. Life springs and and firing pins. Best wishes!

I'm not sure how to buy ahead anymore, I turn 80 in November and don't want to leave a pile of stuff for the kids to get rid of. I'm the only reloader in the family.

My wife wanted me to get her something the other day and I came across a new Ruger EC9, I don’t remember getting. Then I forgot to remember to ask her if she got it…

:slaps self on forehead: Once in while.

Happy surprize.

My theory is if you don't have this happen once a year you are not buying enough reloading stuff. The best one was finding that case of SRP after the ability to replace them fell off the edge of the earth about a couple years ago. It is always good to find a box of this bullet or that brass you forgot was in the corner for sure!
I do mostly have 2 sets of dies for everything I reload but was scratching my head when I came up with three sets of Lee 500 S&W dies.

Nope, not me. Unh-uh, never. Doesn't happen to this guy. Not even once.

If you believe that, you might be a good fit for the lead role in a new play I'm writing: Gullible's Travels.

Once I wondered what was in the box on the shelf under my loading bench. Two 8 pound jugs of powder, Varget and IMR4895! I probably purchased it at Camp Perry because I was like a kid in a candy shop with a credit card walking up and down commercial row. Those were the days when you didn't have to worry about the availability of anything.

Yep....usually happens when I see a good price on bullets/cases. As of late, I have learned to go up and check my inventory first.

buck460XVR said:

As of late, I have learned to go up and check my inventory first.

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amen to that...and keep inventory easily counted

I seems to happen to me all the time.My house seems to swallow things if not put in there place immediately upon entering.

Unfortunately no. See being something to do with rear ends and this need to have spread sheets I have everything documented, throw in Google Drive so I can access the information at anytime from anywhere I always know what I have. No great surprises for me, about the best I hope for is being impressed by the volume of stuff in an ammo can or die box when I open it up and say yep I do have a lot of stuff.

Everytime Amazon pulls up I have no idea what I ordered.
Found a brand new sight pusher tool in my box-o-holsters. Don't remember buying it.

I'm another who had to resort to the spreadsheet to track inventory. Works better than trying to count everything.