I found a neet device for depriming and resizing

[grubbylabs]

Talk about re purposing something, I found it just lying around the house making awful noises so I took it to the basement to see what else I could do with it. Then it dawned on me that I have tons of 223 brass and this thing might come in handy. It took a little tweeking but I got it up and running in no time. Its pretty fast to.

I can't believe how much I paid for it though. Not cheap.

 

[witchhunter]

Mine finally grew up and moved out....well versed in reloading now though. Good job getting him on it early.

 

[mljdeckard]

Mine are 11, 9, and 8. It's about to happen.

 

[saitek]

new fangled tool !

yeah but they are priceless when they are around . my dad had my nephew and got him started in reloadede and shooting ,now he is in the 101st air borne in afganistan ,for the fourth time can wait till he get';s back .

 

[grubbylabs]

I have had this one for almost 8 years. He will be 8 the 18th of this November.

 

[Mike 27]

Mine hit the teenage years and seem to be broken now....guess I will have to take care of it myself.....

 

[wyofool]

Given time and luck

With a little luck and time they fix themselves and turn out ok. Some just take a little longer.

 

[Iloadntie]

My original model came back and brought back two sub models, 7, 4. We had two RCBS presses going. powder drop, priming and seating was done by the adults, the smallest model was handy for putting bullets on the cartridge pre press/crimp and putting the finished product in the boxes. The 7yr old was great at whatever we would allow him to do. We did about 500 .40's over the Christmas holidays..Great times

Scott

p.s. they went home and now have twins to bring back to help or distract

 

[jwrowland77]

Yes very expensive. I finally told my 8yo daughter who's about to be 9, that since she goes through so many .223 rounds at the range when I take her, that she can start pulling her weight when it comes to the reloading.

I had her deprime and resize all 50 rounds she shot today. . When I get around to priming and putting powder in them, she'll be the one seating the bullets from now on as well.

Plus it's good bonding time for her and I.

 

[mstreddy]

At not quite 4, mine is not quite ready for operating alone, but he "helps" out with pulling the press handle from time to time. Yesterday as I was cleaning one of the pistols he told me that when he is older he will go to the range with me and he will shoot the small pistol while I shoot the big ones. I wanted to record that! Well, I have been eyeing one of those Cricket rifles for a while.
Enjoy!

 

[grubbylabs]

Mine has been in the room of on with me since he learned English. He likes to pull the handle on the press, and has liked doing it for some time. But now he is beginning to develop enough strength to actually do stuff without help. He only made about 1/2 the bucket you see in the picture before he was distracted and wanted to move on to something else. I am pretty happy with how well he did. I think that is a lot for a little guy to do.

 

[tcanthonyii]

Haha! I did the same thing this weekend with my soon to be step son. He's 8.5. I had him doing everything but seating primers. Obviously I was there every step of the way and he was just the muscle. I'll probably have him working with me on my rifle brass in a week or two when I start working on that.

 

[Potatohead]

this is hilarious

 

[mdm]

Grandson Ver. 1.0 is 6. He's been doing things like putting the brass on the shell plate and loading primer tubes for a while. Ver. 2.0 turned 1 this summer and I've no doubt he will be following in Ver. 1.0's footsteps.

I have been eyeing one of those Cricket rifles for a while.

I got a 22LR Cricket for Ver. 1.0 a few months ago. It's a good piece for learning fundamentals; small, light weight, single shot, bolt action. He has to work through every step from loading to trigger pull. He's doing a good job with it and is getting pretty consistent with his groups. This weekend I watched a guy with a couple of kids, probably 10-11 years old, shooting a .22 semi auto. It was pretty obvious it was the first time at the range for them. The whole time they were there it was just a series of “bang bang bang bang bang bang” empting the magazine in a few seconds. It seemed real good for learning fundamentals; maybe I should reconsider the Cricket. Ver. 1.0 has soaked up range safety like a sponge. He has started watching other folks at the range and a couple of times he has told me about someone that he felt we should keep an eye on because of the way they were handling a firearm.

 

[Uncle Richard]

cool post!

I like your post. My son, who is now 4, will sit on my lap and put the cases on the shell plate.

Good quality time.

Keep it up.

 

[grubbylabs]

Mine has a cricket as well. He really likes it also. The nature of the rifle sure is nice, makes them take their time.

 

[medalguy]

I have 2 models, one pink and one blue. Gotta love the blue Kool-Aid. Anyway both have disappeared from the loading room, but I can assure you the older models (36 & 40) still can be expensive, especially around Christmas time.

 

[Boostedtwo]

Id like to have a machine like that to deprime, resize, and resize the military crimp for me.

 

[saitek]

wait till they find girls,they get distracted for awhile !

 

[IWAC]

My son was in the reloading room with me from the time he was about 4...loved to "help", especially one day when I got distracted, and he started screwing all the little thingies down as far as they would go! I wondered why my seating and crimping was all funny. Caught it in time, and we were back at it. Good times! Then my granddaughters...they loved grandpa showing them "his bullets". My son is now 40, and the granddaughters are 21...damn, where did the years go so fast?

 

[david bachelder]

and the coolest thing is, when they leave they go out and make a new one!

Very exciting. I'm working on the second batch now .... never a dull moment.

 

[doubleh]

I'm a little farther advanced on the repurposing than most I guess. Kids are long gone and the grand kids are grown and one of them has two daughters. Oldest is 5 now. She is Grandpa's girl. Where I go when she is around is where she goes and she wants to help with everything I do. She is pulling handles on the reloading stuff now with my guidance. She will have to get a little stronger to resize most of what I load and then she will get to do it all.

Of course I'll be watching like a hawk to make sure evertything is done correctly. I've already explained why things have to be done safely and it will be mentioned frequently as she progresses.

I started her shooting a bb gun this summer and the way she is growing I think something like a cricket is in line next summer. Her little sister is two so the process can start over in three years if I'm still alive and kicking and the kid is interested. I think she will be as she cries now if I go outside and don't take her with me.

 

[Sam1911]

I'm a little cautious about loading and kids, just because of the lead issue. If you don't let them eat or drink while loading, and make them wash their hands carefully when they're done it should be fine, though.

 

[jwrowland77]

I'm a little cautious about loading and kids, just because of the lead issue. If you don't let them eat or drink while loading, and make them wash their hands carefully when they're done it should be fine, though.

That's the first thing I tell my daughters (8,5,4) when they help me...no fingers in the mouth, and as soon as they get done, I line them up at the sink and wash hands, starting with the youngest one.

 

[grubbylabs]

Yup we all wash hands after we are done