I guess you know you are hardcore reloading when you only need 3 primers to finish 1000 9mm fmj and you easily find 3 on the floor!!! Craig

Lol 😀

I processed 1500 223/556 bass recently and it has my hands so very sore....sized deprimed, trimmed to length, deburred in and out, cut staking from primer pockets!
Have 700 loaded and more to go...
It seems that my hands get worse pain while trying to sleep...could be some arthritis issues 

Yea, stinken arthritis, I know it well, especially in my lower back : (

I have it too but reloading doesn't seem to hurt it. I can take Ibuprofen for it and do OK.  Craig

Too funny!

Quote from: gadabout on March 26 2021 08:19:34 AM MDT
I guess you know you are hardcore reloading when you only need 3 primers to finish 1000 9mm fmj and you easily find 3 on the floor!!! Craig

Not laughing about you guyses' arthritis.

Well I was almost in a panic as I was running low on 9mm brass but have a few thousand in storage. I was looking around the bench and found a box with, I don't know, maybe 50,000 9mm in it and another box with a leased 20,000. In storage I have coffee cans full of all flavors and I am sure there are mega amounts of 9mm, my favorite!!!  Craig

Hey Craig,
Pre-pandemic, I decided to only load .45 auto and 10mm, as inexpensive 9's we're readily available, as well as being very time consuming on my single stage Rock Chucker. Now, with hardly anything available, I'm rethinking this

Ken

Hey Ken I load everything I shoot and even some rounds I don't shoot because I love to reload more than I like to shoot. I really shoot more to test rounds and guns than I do for skill. I got good enough to pass the NRA Certified Pistol instructors shooting test. This is not an easy test to shoot but I did pass with a perfect score!!!!!!Craig

That's way awesome, keep it up 😊

Yeah it was one of the high points of my life!!  Craig

Well since I finished my nephew's loadings...my wrist being slightly better, I got1500 223/556 brass to do for myself.  What a glutton for punishment...   :'(

Got all the headstamps sorted, have several cleaned/polished, more being cleaned in the tumbler.  Later this after noon, I'll start sizing and depriming the cleaned/polished brass for further processing...   I will try to pace myself a little with this batch!      

Hey Wade I know the feeling!! The 9mm brass I just found was corn cleaned and I am going to wet tumble it but it will look great but still a lot of work. Craig

This is a few days later. Getting ready for this coming weekend gun show. I needed some 300 blackout and 45 long colt, those are done. Doing some 380 for some local friends and am waiting for FedEx to bring bullets. But I am ready for powder and bullet. While I wait I did some 40 cal just to free up loading block space. It has come to that don't need the 40 but need room for other rounds I don't need. Well I only have a week to do rounds that are already done. Ah...Time for a break   Craig   BTW has anyone done 380 using Nosler data for 115g bullets??? They have good data for Power Pistol and I may try there round.

Keep it going Craig 😊