What did you do in the reloading room today?

Sinistram said:
Haha! That's a solid way to score bullets - for 'safety'! :LOL:

In all seriousness, good on you for recognizing that. In addition, it's generally 'advised' not to handle young ones after you've been shooting until you've had a chance to wash your hands, arms, and face (maybe even change your shirt). Powder residue blows all over the place, especially from certain kinds of guns, and can be just as bad as lead.
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Oh for sure.

I used to be pretty anti copper when I was forced to switch due to living in California and the over grown turkey buzzards they have there. What really pissed me off was having to shoot steel at upland.
But, I've shot 3 deer with copper, one was DRT, the other went maybe 10-15 yards, and the third I made a bad shot on that I can't blame the bullet. So 2 out of three and three being my screw up ain't bad
 
Today is a non-fun day for the reloading setup. Have to pack it up as I’m moving. It’ll be packed away for several weeks while I finish building my new house. All this right when I was working on 6 PRC and 223 load dev ☹️
 
Harvey_NW said:
You should listen this episode of the Hunt Backcountry Podcast.
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Haven't had a chance to listen yet but read some of the supplemental information.

I, my self, am not concerned about lead for me. I've ate game shot with lead, shot lead and put lead split shots in my mouth my whole life. Do I want my children, who are more susceptible to lead exposure to do that? No, because lead has been linked to a developmental issues in children. If there is something I can do something to prevent the likelihood of that possibly happening I'm gonna do that. I've siphoned gas out of a Jerry can with a okie gas card (hose) before and spray roundup, dicamba, 2-4 D and Remedy for part time work and I really dont want them doin that either
 
Sandhills said:
Haven't had a chance to listen yet but read some of the supplemental information.

I, my self, am not concerned about lead for me. I've ate game shot with lead, shot lead and put lead split shots in my mouth my whole life. Do I want my children, who are more susceptible to lead exposure to do that? No, because lead has been linked to a developmental issues in children. If there is something I can do something to prevent the likelihood of that possibly happening I'm gonna do that. I've siphoned gas out of a Jerry can with a okie gas card (hose) before and spray roundup, dicamba, 2-4 D and Remedy for part time work and I really dont want them doin that either
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Has any of that had negative effects on you?


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Mike D Texas said:
Has any of that had negative effects on you?


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Well not that I know of. But there's lots of old farmers who have cancer that sprayed that stuff.
Just like there's plenty of documentation that lead affects children differently than adults.

I know some who smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day and lived till they were 92 and died in there sleep. Does that mean cigarettes don't cause lung cancer? On the other hand I knew an old boy who chewed Copenhagen long cut and gutted it and he died of colon cancer at fifty.
 
A maintenance day for me. Cleaned the bench tops, cleaned and lubed the press, organized containers of powder and other random stuff. I run a tight ship! 😁
 
Sandhills said:
Haven't had a chance to listen yet but read some of the supplemental information.

I, my self, am not concerned about lead for me. I've ate game shot with lead, shot lead and put lead split shots in my mouth my whole life. Do I want my children, who are more susceptible to lead exposure to do that? No, because lead has been linked to a developmental issues in children. If there is something I can do something to prevent the likelihood of that possibly happening I'm gonna do that. I've siphoned gas out of a Jerry can with a okie gas card (hose) before and spray roundup, dicamba, 2-4 D and Remedy for part time work and I really dont want them doin that either
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I simply said you should listen to it, I wasn't trying to convince you that it wasn't an issue. There's a lot of detailed data in there that can give (at least for me) a better understanding about parameters, what to not worry so much about, and what to avoid. My wife and I are trying to have a kid and it definitely changed the way I thought about our game meat and the way we process. Take from it what you will.

Ironic, I work for an agronomy company so I'm familiar with those as well, luckily I primarily deal with fertilizer.

Anyway, I didn't do anything in the reloading room today.. 😬
 
Harvey_NW said:
I simply said you should listen to it, I wasn't trying to convince you that it wasn't an issue. There's a lot of detailed data in there that can give (at least for me) a better understanding about parameters, what to not worry so much about, and what to avoid. My wife and I are trying to have a kid and it definitely changed the way I thought about our game meat and the way we process. Take from it what you will.

Ironic, I work for an agronomy company so I'm familiar with those as well, luckily I primarily deal with fertilizer.

Anyway, I didn't do anything in the reloading room today.. 😬
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I didn't mean to come across as stand offish or pissy to what you had to say. I do appreciate the link. I'm not going to give up lead entirely (at least now) but definitely in the high powers. I'm not sure if any of the copper options will work in my White muzzleloader since it's designed for soft lead bullets and I don't think anyone other than Hammer offers a bullet that's non lead for 44-40.

I've also about 300 pounds of lead shot that I need to get rid of.

But stuff that fragments, and those fragments can travel quite a distance from the entry/exit wounds, it's easier on the meat grinder and my peace of mind.
 
This was yesterday but I forgot until now. Went to find the lands my 700 270 that had an extractor break last year and was supposed to be fixed by the gunsmith. Set the bullet in the case mouth, insert it in the chamber and go to close the bolt. The bolt would go almost to where it would close but would not close. Tried on a factory shell and it did the same thing. As Grandpa would say either something is wrong or something's the matter
 
Jpsmith1 said:
Not sure if serious or ???....

I hate reaching for a tool and it not being there. The reloading bench/garage area is my next project. My work van got it over the past couple years.
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No, genuinely serious! I see the grid, but what do you do from there?
 
Sinistram said:
No, genuinely serious! I see the grid, but what do you do from there?
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So, I guess step 1 is "have a 3D printer"

The grids hold various pieces in place by way of a corresponding bit or bits on the bottom that fit into the grid slots.

You could think of it like a horizontal pegboard of sorts.

Some of the items like the coin and AA/AAA battery holders are simple downloads from thingiverse while others like the RCBS priming tool holders and the CR123 battery holder are things that I took basic files for and customized to my own needs because what I wanted didn't exist.
 
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