Reloading Therapy

[jr_roosa]

I've had a few bad weeks at work and have been feeling very run down. My reloading bench has been a mess with other projects on it. Also, it's been bitter cold here until the last few days, so the garage is pretty chilly to work in.

My kid was needing some daddy time, and so we decided to clean up the garage together. Once the junk was off the bench, we reloaded about 20 rounds of .30-06 with some brass that had been sitting at the back of the bench for a few months where I left it after some load development at the range.

Not much reloading, and we didn't bother setting up the progressive or anything.

Just 20 simple .30-06 rounds in a plastic box ready to shoot when the weather breaks a little.

I feel so much better. The kid had fun too. The wife is happy that the garage is a little cleaner. Win win win.

-J.

 

[Kurastduuks]

Ahmen

 

[sharpcoolman]

well with the little experiance i have in reloading (i was helping my friend one after noon with his reloading). I have found it relaxing, and there is a strange yet very refreshing sense of pride when you make your own ammo for your own gun. roosa i agree with everything you said.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Reloading is my favorite indoor hobby to fight the crappy weather, short day winter blues. I will often leave my press set up for weeks at a time. Every now and then, I will sit down and run a few. By spring, I usually have thousands loaded.

 

[jwrowland77]

I'm an Accountant. My days can get pretty stressful at work. I always enjoy and doing something with reloading daily. Whether it be brass prep, or priming some cases, or actually completing 50/100 of .308 for matches coming up. It's a relaxing hobby for sure.

 

[Crashbox]

I have yet to figure it out, but I also find reloading to have a near-therapeutic effect on me. There's just something about it...

 

[Ks5shooter]

Have 2 grown stepsons,they never got interested in shooting or reloading.Good day for and keep kids off computer games and get 'em shootin and reloading.

 

[Rico567]

(When I worked for a living, going back 12 years), most of my work was mental, so reloading is a great change of pace, very relaxing.

 

[au_prospector]

I have mulled over creating a similar thread for I to find reloading relaxing. More often than not, I enjoy reloading ammo more than I enjoy shooting ammo. I thought this strange and considered posting about it, but will just attach my thought to your thread.

Thank you

 

[sauer1911]

I concur! All I have to do is just pick up one thing in the garage and it starts the clean up ball rolling. After about 20 minutes, voila! I am cruising along, and about an hour later, I now have over 400 rounds of .45acp done and a whole new outlook on the b.s. that was bothering me.

Life is good.

be safe.

 

[RainDodger]

It took me a few decades before I was finally able to build the workshop that I really wanted.... and I'm fortunate enough to have ample reloading space. That allows me to have cartridges in any stage of the process, waiting. I can go and do some priming, do some sizing, do some loading on the progressive.... what ever is the most relaxing at the time. You guys are totally right - hand loading is a really relaxing "sport". It's sort of like riding a motorcycle to those of us who do that for relaxation - you can't be thinking of anything other than exactly what you're doing. You can't be worrying about work or this or that....

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I will often leave my press set up for weeks at a time. Every now and then, I will sit down and run a few. By spring, I usually have thousands loaded.

I do the same thing.
My Lee turret stays set up for either 9mm or .40 and I'll just run off some every now and then. I don't even count em, I just have a box there that I'm filling up and when its full I'll start the next one.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Reloading is my favorite indoor hobby to fight the crappy weather

Well, it's my 2nd favorite indoor hobby, but okay...........

 

[Potatohead]

I'm an Accountant. My days can get pretty stressful at work. I always enjoy and doing something with reloading daily. Whether it be brass prep, or priming some cases, or actually completing 50/100 of .308 for matches coming up. It's a relaxing hobby for sure.

Plus uno.

I do something pretty much everyday myself. I figure since im new at it, this vigor will eventually fade (or I'll run out of stuff to do) but Im sure enjoying it for now.

 

[PJSprog]

Enjoy reloading? I can imagine that the only people who don't are those who haven't.

A couple summers ago, we had a severe drought and heatwave here in the STL area. Being "in-between jobs" at the time, I would spend the (relatively) cooler mornings tooling around on my Goldwing, then spend the nearly unbearable afternoons sequestered away at my basement loading bench. There were even some weekend days I would spend nearly the entire day down there. I never got bored of it. I enjoy handloading nearly as much as shooting. They seem to just go together.

 

[Jaxondog]

I find it relaxing and enjoyable.

 

[mugsie]

I find reloading very zen like. I actually load more than I can shoot (does anyone see where this is going?). Consequently my basement really fills up in the winter when I can't get out much.

I'm glad you had a good time sharing your hobby with your son. Great memories and a strong bond are sure to happen. Enjoy yourself, spend time with your kid, and relax.

 

[Potatohead]

I enjoy handloading nearly as much as shooting. They seem to just go together.

Yea, I would think a gun lover who doesn't handload is really missing out on a lot of the fun.

 

[jwrowland77]

Yea, I would think a gun lover who doesn't handload is really missing out on a lot of the fun.

Well, there's just something about making something that functions the way you want from so many options possible and knowing you made it. Kind of like dropping deer with a game load. Man I love it.

 

[CCWdownrangeP2]

I'm with all of you who've posted above. Therapy for the soul. It's also so very nice to hand my bride as many boxes as she wants to let the lead fly when it's warm enough for her to want to get out to the range. Me, I'm good with cold or warm weather shooting. Then I get more therapy!

 

[abijohn]

I am so glad to her others enjoy reloading as much or more than shooting I thought I was the only one. I leave mine set up all the time, pound out a few rounds when I need some relief from whatever. Sometimes on the progressive, sometimes one at a time.

 

[jasonsch]

Reloading + Shooting = Happiness

I also find reloading very therapeutic! I always feel better and get a lot of satisfaction after a reloading session. And the same goes for a time spent out at the range!!
It's nice that they go together so well.

 

[788Ham]

I enjoy going dwnstrs to the bench, getting out the 3 gal. sized baggies full of '06 cases, getting them ready to reload, the usual steps to get them ready. These once fired cases get chamfered and beveled mouths, thrown into the tumbler and cleaned. Then I prime all of them, by this time, its lunchtime. I go back down there and re-bag them, just waiting until I can find enough powder to reload them all…. still looking for that vanishing commodity !

 

[WVRJ]

It takes my mind away from the daily grind.Always so satisfying to take those loaded rounds and see the progress all the time and effort gains.

 

[JWH321]

My wife says I look like a "mad chemist" when I'm sitting there with my little scale, little yellow dippers, and hopper full of powder. It can be exacting enough to fully occupy my mind which means that all the other stuff goes away, if only for a bit.