How do you know your an old reloader...

[bubbapug1]

When bison still were the most populous large mammal In Nebraska

[bombadillo]

When you need a handtruck to pick up your mail....



RMR finally sent me my order for 9mm bullets. 12 weeks.

Theyre the only ones taking back orders and selling close to pre-Covid prices.

Givem some love.

"How do you know you're an OLD MAN....."


When you need a hand truck to pick up a couple thousand rounds......

[pacrat]

When Sierra bullets were made in Ca.

On Painter Ave. in Santa Fe Springs.

When you were able to go to the place and buy the blems.

Which were sold by the pound, in "brown paper bags".

ETA.................And you could bring your own can, to reloader friendly shops. And buy Hodgdon surplus powders "Dupont IMR" for $1,50 a pound.

[Divernhunter]

When you have primers you bought new in the 1960's.
When you reloaded using Alcan powders and still have some left.
When you bought Herters bullets including the "wasp waist" ones.
When you remember lee when it only made the reloading kits you used a hammer with---and the scoop kits for "advanced" loading.

[pacrat]

[1]...When you have primers you bought new in the 1960's.
[2]...When you reloaded using Alcan powders and still have some left.
[3]...When you bought Herters bullets including the "wasp waist" ones.
[4]...When you remember lee when it only made the reloading kits you used a hammer with---and the scoop kits for "advanced" loading.

[1]...Ya mean when CCI primers had slotted wooden dividers in the pkg. and flaps on the ends to keep em in.

[2]...Still have bout 3# of AL-8

[3]...I remember them. But with Sierra just a few miles away.

[4]...Started loading metallic cases with one in 308 Win in 1968. Still have the dipper kit with the slide out powder measure chart as part of the box.

Handle is "pacrat" cause I R 1.

Is 3 out of 4 good enough for a passing "old fogey grade"?

[SonofWWIIDI]

[Divernhunter]

Pacrat---you qualify

[fal_762x51]

When your brass is older than your children.

Your ADULT children.

Truth.

[MarikinaMan]

"How do you know you're an OLD MAN....."


When you need a hand truck to pick up a couple thousand rounds......

Thats five thou there. 4 and 1. About 90 pounds. My 28 year old son kindly picked it up off the yard and brought them inside my front door. He didnt find it pleasurable lol. I can still pick it up, but Ive thrown my back on the simplest of movements. Hard pass.

[pacrat]

Thats five thou there. 4 and 1. About 90 pounds. My 28 year old son kindly picked it up off the yard and brought them inside my front door. He didnt find it pleasurable lol. I can still pick it up, but Ive thrown my back on the simplest of movements. Hard pass.

As to the bolded.................. You're still a pup. My GRANDSON is 30.

[divingin]

When you realize the Dillon 650 you bought in the 1980's has paid for itself 20+ times.

When the 650 came out years after you bought your Dillon...

[Kurgan]

Meh. I'm old. Dont remember the exact year. Bought it when it first came out.

Couldn't be later than the early 90's.

[Madpyro]

Still using a Dillon 450

[CamW]

Still using a Dillon 450

Same here! Bought it at Bowers Wholesale on Hill St. near downtown LA in the early 80's.

Used to to buy Federal primers for $8 per thousand from a gunstore on Pico in Santa Monica. That was a lot of money for a poor college student.

[Kurgan]

I bought my 650 at the Pomona gun show. I don't think that's been around for over 20 years.

Back when Kalifornistan was still part of America, that show was top notch.