Got A GIFT from my Brother the other day!!! **PICS **

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In 2005 my brother had 2 Massive Heart attacks the second almost killed him at the age of 42 . Prior to them he was Heavy into building rifles, bench-rest shooting,Reloading, hunting and anything out doors. After the heart attacks he lost his job and sunk into depression and had to sell pretty well everything he had. Guns, boats, motors ect. At the time I was big into hunting but nothing else. Fast forward to now where I am tinkering away at everything that goes bang. Mostly old junk, But a man's gotta start some where's.
The other day he shows up at my door with 3 boxes and a Coleman cooler. Not sure what was going on, I helped him in with the boxes and opened them up. To my surprise this is what I got...

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Wow. He said he kept all this stuff for me. In'till I got interested enough to use it. ** Not sure what a lot of it is yet, I only reloaded maybe 40 brass with him in my life with him holding my hand along the way lol **
All I need now is some trail and error on how to use it. And I am rocking. There is also another 3 or 4 boxes of Powder, primers parts and pieces that I don't have yet.
I was floored when he just gave me all this stuff, Cause I know none of it is cheap!


P.S ** What is a good way/product to clean all the dies? In some of the pictures its looks like rust, But they have grease dirt and cat hair on them. Make a parts bath out of degreaser?

Glad to be aboard here at CGN, And hope you well knowledgeable people can push me in the right direction!!

Thanks everybody!!

AJSP
 
I really feel sorry for your brother.
I have now got some issues with my shoulder & arm muscles. Nothing really serious but my shooting of heavy guns and calibers will be very limited. It somewhat bothers me.

To lose shooting 100% & still have health problems must be very depressing .
 
For a start, I'd try cleaning the dies with WD-40 and a clean rag. That should get rid of the dirt and minor rust as well as protect from future rust.

I recommend you get a couple of good reloading manuals such as put out by Harnady, Lyman,etc. and study up before you try to do any loading. The loading of ammunition is NOT something to learn by trial and error. An error could be your last!

Hugh
 
Thanks Colinjw. It had/has him bothered pretty bad, More so with the fact he had everything he ever needed and now has next to none of it left.

True with the Trial and error huge Manuell, Was more or less a figure of speech. He gave me a box of books as well on reloading.

Thanks,
AJSP
 
Colinjw, I feel you shoulder pain X2.

AJSP, now your brother can keep on enjoying the sports he loved through you. Get him to mentor you on the use of that stuff and maybe even take him the range with you once in a while, health permitting. Gifts like that don't come often. He also sounds like he could use the money they are worth. Prove him right, and invite him along.
 
Nice gift !!!

After you clean up the dies etc.One job you will have is to identify the various
expander buttons. Best tool for this would be 1" micrometer, After a while get yourself a 6" vernier caliper, these tools can be bought fairly cheaply nowadays.
Your brother may have given you these tools, check your kit.
In any case, while it's tragic for your brother at least he had someone close to give the stuff to. I often wonder what will happen to all my 'stuff' when I fall off my perch. Probably the nearest dumpster! Have fun !!
 
Bro!!!

Well, I didn't want to say anything earlier... I've been biding my time and waiting for the most appropriate moment...


I think I may be a half brother you never knew about.

It warms me to see that I'm part of such a great and sharing family. ;)
 
Mec - There is a digital caliper among the stuff he has given me.

Also not pictured is a RCBS range master 750 digital scale.

Bearhunter - He will me mentoring me some, He knows a good many secrets and tips for reloading.
 
Glad he decided to share with his family.
Still keeps him in the loop so to say.
Maybe purchase a lead sled (Caldwell product) so he can still
shoot without the shoulder pain.
I am a firm believer of this product. Next time I'm out shooting,
the Schultz's 308 NM muzzle brake will be unscrewed to definately try it
on for size.
Yes Johnn, I wouldn't even consider letting out of my paws
until my final day. :)
AJSP, looky like you may need to fire up the chop saw and cut a couple more
legs for the bench you have there. ;)
Reloading is a great past time. Get some good quality time with your bro.
 
Ask your brother to help you degrease it all.
It might help him open up to you and bring back some fond memory's.
You never know, there might be a 22 in his future, right?
 
AJSP said:
We are pretty tight, He is the oldest and Im the youngest

I am 26
He is 51
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you lucky bugger:rockOn:......
.make sure you use your brother to mentor you into the reloading,im sure he will take great pride in helping you out...if he,s not a member here..get him to join up...
im sure he could help out many getting in the reloading on the forum;)
 
Nice starting kit!! Whow.
You'll have fun figuring out all those decapping dies. Who ever took them all apart, left an interesting job for someone to put them back together.
Why didn't I have an older brother like him?
 
hugh manuell said:
For a start, I'd try cleaning the dies with WD-40 and a clean rag. That should get rid of the dirt and minor rust as well as protect from future rust.

I recommend you get a couple of good reloading manuals such as put out by Harnady, Lyman,etc. and study up before you try to do any loading. The loading of ammunition is NOT something to learn by trial and error. An error could be your last!

Hugh
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Clean 'em with WD, OK. Expect to find them all rotted and rusty, if you depend on WD-40 to protect them. The stuff is mostly Stoddard Solvent. Varsol type stuff. It evaporates and then the nice clean metal that was not protected by the little bit of oil that is in it, rusts.

The stuff is crap, really. WD, in the name, stands for Water Displacer. 40th formula they tried. thus WD-40. Use it as a way to chase water out of electrical parts, but fer th' love of pete, don't call it oil.

Get some oil. LPS-2 works OK, Boeshield gets good reviews. Dipping the stuff in straight-weight 10 or 20 weight oil is fine too.

Use the WD-40 for lighting fires, and as wash juice. But oil afterwards.

Cheers
Trev
 
I also am not a fan of WD-40. Instead try Red's cleaning formula-mix equal parts
1.Automatic Tranny Fluid
2.kerosene
3.solvent
4.acetone
Use a toothbrush and/or 0000 steel wool to scrub everything clean. The last 3 ingredients will evaporate and leave a thin coating of ATF which is a great rust preventer and will not gum up with time.
 
some nice looking treasure there, some interesting stuff to.... neck dies and the like.

I would use a stiff brush and a can of "brake clean" followed by compressed air. Once they are clean and dry a shot of G96 followed by another shot of compressed air. The air will force the G96 into the threads inside and out.
 
1 gallon container and 2/3 liter's of gas work's also.
Put it all in there for a couple day's then pour it into another container to re-use the gas and fish out the part's.
 
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