Ivan the Butcher
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Today I begin the worst job in reloading. The "Dreaded Cleanup"!
When the Covid lock down began last spring, I was at home alone with the wife for 7 weeks. Her sewing room, is second floor front of the condo. My loading room, is in the rear of the basement. I think of them as neutral corners. This allowed us to escape each other long enough to want to see each other again in a few hours.
So I had a very organized loading bench, and started ordering bullets back when delivery times were only 2 or 3 weeks. As they arrived, they piled up in front of the shelves. I thought I was going load up every empty case I own, so why spend time rearranging the shelves, the bullets will be used up in no time!
Then there was the problem of not being able to get parts for damaged dies, a Berdan primed case got in my 308's and made a pretzel out of my decapping stem, so I ended up cannibalizing a 22-250 set I don't use any longer, and go that project finished. But that is a small example of the things I had go wrong! As we all know the Governor's daily briefings kept everything in a state of induced panic, so I wanted to load, not organize!
Now the Piper needs to be paid! The water company comes tomorrow to service the meter and I have made a mess. I cannot see the surface of the loading bench and 2 auxiliary tables are covered with "Stuff"!
I think the beginning is where I empty the trash to make room for more trash. Then put assorted tools where they belong. Then the several die sets, some of which are new acquisitions and don't already have a storage spot. There are containers of newly loaded ammo and components, that need a place to stay until called upon.
That leaves the worst kind of stuff: The mistakes! Do I just pitch them or do I try to salvage to components? I think I'll have to see how big that pile is verses how much time I have left.
I've put it off as long as I can, time to dive in!
Ivan
When the Covid lock down began last spring, I was at home alone with the wife for 7 weeks. Her sewing room, is second floor front of the condo. My loading room, is in the rear of the basement. I think of them as neutral corners. This allowed us to escape each other long enough to want to see each other again in a few hours.
So I had a very organized loading bench, and started ordering bullets back when delivery times were only 2 or 3 weeks. As they arrived, they piled up in front of the shelves. I thought I was going load up every empty case I own, so why spend time rearranging the shelves, the bullets will be used up in no time!
Then there was the problem of not being able to get parts for damaged dies, a Berdan primed case got in my 308's and made a pretzel out of my decapping stem, so I ended up cannibalizing a 22-250 set I don't use any longer, and go that project finished. But that is a small example of the things I had go wrong! As we all know the Governor's daily briefings kept everything in a state of induced panic, so I wanted to load, not organize!
Now the Piper needs to be paid! The water company comes tomorrow to service the meter and I have made a mess. I cannot see the surface of the loading bench and 2 auxiliary tables are covered with "Stuff"!
I think the beginning is where I empty the trash to make room for more trash. Then put assorted tools where they belong. Then the several die sets, some of which are new acquisitions and don't already have a storage spot. There are containers of newly loaded ammo and components, that need a place to stay until called upon.
That leaves the worst kind of stuff: The mistakes! Do I just pitch them or do I try to salvage to components? I think I'll have to see how big that pile is verses how much time I have left.
I've put it off as long as I can, time to dive in!
Ivan
And save the rejects, as long as you know what components they are loaded with. At least salvage the primers, since they seen to be the hardest components to get a hold of nowadays.
In everything give thanks!
