Iron Pony Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Weather coming in, sleet and freezing rain, makes this look like an optimal day to dig in and clean out the loading room. Its always kind of like Christmas as I find stuff I didnt know I had, or had anymore, or lost and of course replaced. One good thing is it gives me the chance to inventory ammo. Wonder if I'll find that newly legal burgess rifle I never bought and have no great desire to own. Cover me boys I'm going in, and if no one hears from me in 24 hours call 911 as I'll probably be buried under a mountain of empty cartridge boxes. Hmm maybe I should make a thermos of coffee and keep a box of energy bars close to hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 HA! If you can clean up your loading room in one day, then it doesn't need cleaning! Snakebite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I'll wait till you're done before I order any new guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korupt Karl Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I lost a cowboy friend this fall and another pard (Montana Longhair) and I helped clean out his load room for his wife. We spent the day and pretty much got everything organized. The son in law is currently in Afganistan and bought all the guns and plans to get into CAS when he retires. Most of the club members purchased the primers, etc. and we sold the 550's and the Hornady. All in all it worked out well for his wife with the extra cash....and it worked out well for the pards as they were able to replenish supplies, etc. It was a bittersweet day, but we accomplished a lot. Among the items we found were over a foot thick stack of certificates from monthly matches, a bunch of photos that brought back a lot of memories and we reflected on the life of BUCKSHOT ED.....my hero. Furball and I each have memorabilia that will always keep his spirit alive. KK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Pony, you'll definitely need the Thermos and the energy balls. When you get to the dust bunnies under the bench, there will be a virtual treasure trove of stuff you didn't know you still had!! The freezing rain as already started here in pennsyltuckey so get your head down!! Coffinmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I wish I could spend the day in the workshop, but I have to go Christmas shopping with the wife. It's gonna be a loooooonnnng day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Pony Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Well I'm coming up for air... So far I've found 4 bricks of 22LR I dont remember buying, smokeless and bp ammo for guns I dont have anymore, 500 plus unlubed hard cast 44 slugs. Took all those shotshell and pistol ammo boxes and broken them down so they fit neatly into another box. Hey, a full bag of 9 shot! It is like Christmas. All the pistol ammo is on one shelf, rifle on another and now its on to the bench. The cats have been a great help, appears a red shot wad is a wonderful toy and styrafoam bullet trays are fun too. Marshal Mo, I've never misplaced a firearm but where did that M2 come from? Neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Recommend getting enough life insurance that none of the contents of the loading room or gun safe have to be sold so the widow or widower have a need for the cash. The son from Afganistan might need the reloading stuff if he is going into SASS on return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Be careful you don't find any primers with your bare feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Woodrow Cahill, SASS # 54363 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Be careful you don't find any primers with your bare feet. And don't run the vacuum cleaner either. Been interesting stories about pards who've done that, with spectacular results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Pony Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 Who says vacuming is part of cleaing up? You all are going way overboard there. Didnt get to the bench, got side tracked on another project but that and a powder/bullet inventory should be in order for today. Once that is done I need to figure out some way to mount my SDB in a "storage" position while the mec or rcbs press in is the working position. Onward and upward, never back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Pony Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 Day #2... Got the bench done, powder/bullet inventory done, brass stockpiles squared away. Found what appears to be the best cast toy ever invented, the plastic seal ring left behind when you open a can of schutzen powder. Tomorrow I tackle the accessory shelves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 best cast toy ever invented Do you mean cat toy? I couldn't figure out what a cast toy is. I would give one to Gus, but he would eat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Sgt. Jake McCandless #3368 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Do you mean cat toy? I couldn't figure out what a cast toy is. I would give one to Gus, but he would eat it. Driftwood Cast Toys Little lead soldiers all painted up ready to play with. Adios Sgt. Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackhawkPaul Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 This topic comes up every winter. Now I have to make up false rationalizations about why I am not going to get around to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Pony Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 Yeah yeah I meant CAT toy Driftwood, and mine are smart enough where they wont eat it. Newest find was a quart bottle of hoppes that I thought was long gone and a bottle of butches bore shine. Might have enough room now to do some reloading, think theres a bunch of prepped 308 brass here someplace along with 4064 and a couple varities of 168 grain match bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Good luck Iron Pony, I feel your pain. I'm currently re-relocating my reloadind area after some extesive remodelng. It'll be temporary but at least its out of the garage. It's amazing the things you find that just pop up out of nowhere. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I'm hoping to find a spotting scope I bought 2 years ago. I know I got home with it but I haven't seen it since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Houston # 35508 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I found a Fat 50 cal ammo can FULL of 38 special ammo! Not real sure exactly what they are! I'm sure some left overs from in the past or some I wasn't sure if they would work ect. I'm not about to shoot them in a match 'cause I'm sure there are a few squibs there. I don't want to use the hammer thing to separate them all....anyone wanna' come help me shoot them up so I can get all that brass back??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I'm cleaning up in my loading room today. Already found about 7 to 8 hundred 45acp brass that's clean and polished that I'd forgot about. I was looking for whatever dirty brass I have to get in the tumbler today. Getting all my holsters, speedloaders, speedloader holders etc. together. Also going to move some primers outside the house for storage. Re arranging my lead bullets, just got some more in. Allready took a bucket of trash out. Smokin Gator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Pony Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 Hey Jack I've just done about the same thing with 45-70 ammo, pretty sure its all BP but the notes I keep in the boxes are missing. Bullets run from 405 to 500+ and COL is all over the board. Some of these may have been loaded for a Marlin I havent owned for 10 years at least. Now if I could find my primer pocket reamer I could recycle all this GI 223 brass into something I can use. The search goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briscoe Darling # 69296 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 You might find a half eaten turkey and cheese sandwich that you left in you hunting backpack from November that was causing that strange aroma in the loading room..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 . Hey! I'm setting up my first reloading space! (My one little corner of my garage.) Fer my .45-70 Marlin, don'tcha know. Hey, IP, got any .45-70 brass you wanna sell? Besides the obvious stuff and the Dillon calendar, is their anything else I should plan for, get, install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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