Have you ever been overloaded??

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Yep, due to the long winter-that-won't-wnd, I'm working overtime on the press lever while my trigger-time has plummeted.
 
Well, fellas, from my location, you all know I have no idea of the troubles that ail you this time of year. My problems with time are too many other activities, one weekend a month is spending time with my rich Uncle and all the other wayward stepchildren.
On other weekends, the kid's activities, the wife, the family, etc... spent better part of a day troubleshooting a buggy car lock issue with the wife's car the other day. And so on.

But, I feel for you.

I loaded up some 9MM with a batch of my own cast 9MM 150 gr RN last night. I have to load some 45 ACP and will use a mix of my cast 195 gr SWC and some commercial cast 200 gr SWC, as I'm nearly out of stock. And then I'll load up some 45 Colt. I want to load 38 Spcls, but I need to cast more bullets for it.

I'm hoping this weekend I can get the pot going and cast some more. I need 38s! Oh, and I got a couple of new Mihec molds that need to be ran.

Since I shoot 9MM the most, I like to keep a "working" stock of 500-800 rounds on hand, so I usually work in 200-300 round batches. For the other pistol cartridges I shoot I'll load up 200-500 rounds depending on components. For rifle I'll load up a batch over a period of 800-1000 for the 223, 200-400 for the 300 Blackout or 30-06 or 308.
 
I thought I was almost nearly overloaded, but I started shooting more and loading less. I have been cleaning and prepping brass, and buying components when I see a sale or the whim hits me, so I should be ready to go when I'm ready to go.
 
jeeptim said:
Overloaded... Having far more then enough reloads.
Yep I'm overloaded have plenty of Supplys brass bullets powder and primers I have the desire and motivation.
Took a lil inventory looks like
I live on the coast in Ca, and weeks and weeks of rain has me all loaded up shop is clean 1000s and 1000s of primed sized and trimmed cases. 1000s of cast boolets. But between the rain and the highway landslide make it tough to shoot.
Days it ain't raining I get to go to work. Thursday looks like a range day God willing. And Saturday Pheasent hunting. Not loading shotgun.
I guess I can powder coat some cast boolets.
I know a good problem to have. Just have a bad case of Cabin fever.
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I just cast up a bunch of round ball for a buddy because I could. Loaded another 100 rounds of 9mm from dirty brass and scrap lead to boxed ammo put away, prepped more brass for next casting session, just to kill time. The only way I have too much is when I have to move out to make room.
 
I went on a casting binge and began wondering how long it is going to take to shoot a 5 gallon bucket of 45 acp bullets.
 
I always thought I could never have too much, then I retired, sold the big house, and moved to the farm we owned. I first built an 1800 sq ft heated and cooled shop, bought 50 sets of wood unfinished cabinets, floor and wall being one set. Then started moving my “stuff” to the shop building, Great Scott. What a mass of cardboard boxes. A seemingly unending number of PU bed loads with trailer loads of my junque. It seemed like it would never end, but I got it all moved. Can I find every thing, NO, some stuff just left, like my multiple cans and bottles of case lube just disappeared, just small stuff that is aggravating to go look for and not find. Moving 70 miles will let you know how much stuff and junk you have accumulated, for sure. This is just the E wall in the reloading room.
Ed

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Ed!!!
Very nice!! I'll bet you spend a lot of time opening and closing them doors.
I built a set of shelves along 1 wall with a 10ft work bench and shelves under.
No doors. Also built a large cabinet with shelves and 2 large doors.
As I am getting older remembering where I put stuff is getting a lil harder. This way I see everything all the time.
Love how organised your are.
Very good job!!
 
berettaprofessor said:
Yep, due to the long winter-that-won't-wnd, I'm working overtime on the press lever while my trigger-time has plummeted.
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Same here. I've already loaded the same amount of ammo I did all of last year.

Sick of paying for range time too. It was -20 the other morning at my house, and this morning we had 6 inches of fresh snow, that piled on top of the 2-5 feet already on the ground in different localities.

My front yard looks like planet Hoth.
 
My biggest problem, if it is a problem, is that the last couple years I have acquired a few more guns that I expected to. And a few more different bullets to boot.
And in that time frame, I had little spare range time. So I guess I have a 2 yr. back log.

On a bright note, the weather forecast is looking better and better. :)
 
I had both knees replaced last year.
I spent a good chunk of my recovery time at the bench.
My 9mm supply is quite ample.
 
You know lots of reloads I have are for calibers I rarely shoot anymore like.
303 Brit, 8mm mauser, 7.62x54r, 7.62x39. 7mm Rem Mag,
I have several hundred of each and components for several hundred more.
May be time to at least thin out the brass reserves.
 
I was able to get out to the range today for a couple hours. It wasn't ideal weather, but you know, cabin fever. Fingers went numb halfway through, even with wearing shooting gloves. Kinda hard loading a magazine when you can't feel the ammo, gloved or not. :D I was the only soul there for the two hour visit. I wonder why? lol

I did get to try out a few new loads. I found that my starting loads in 357 for rifle vary by about 4" at 50 M. The 50 M has overhead covering, 100 M is wide open, and it starting raining early on.

158 gr. JHP shot 4" higher that the 180 gr. JSP. Same powder, 300MP. Nobody has load data for the 180 gr. in that powder, so I may go with 2400 next time, unless as I move up the ladder, the POI close up.

I got some 180 gr. for 40 S&W recently, 4.6 gr. of WST (that was actually my starting load) worked well in M&P40. Still working on getting the Shield 40 sighted in. Or it's my trigger pull. 2-3" to the left at 7 yds.

All in all, not a bad range time. I was told that by sometime into next weekend, the temps may reach 70'.
 
I have several 5 GAL buckets of misc range brass in the common calibers. I spend my winters doing brass prep patrol. Then when I need to load up something for next weekend it is just prime stuff and seat. I do sort by headstamp but only because I am handling the brass anyway so no extra time to drop them in freezer bags by maker. So the 3 five gal buckets of 9 MM brass took just over a month of evenings/weekends to get processed.:scrutiny:
 
FROGO207 said:
I have several 5 GAL buckets of misc range brass in the common calibers. I spend my winters doing brass prep patrol. Then when I need to load up something for next weekend it is just prime stuff and seat. I do sort by headstamp but only because I am handling the brass anyway so no extra time to drop them in freezer bags by maker. So the 3 five gal buckets of 9 MM brass took just over a month of evenings/weekends to get processed.:scrutiny:
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Wow, that is a lot of sorting. Compared to my 200, give or take, pieces of brass per range trip. :)
I have 5 gal. buckets for a few different cartridge casings. Not full, but I too like to sort by headstamp.
 
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