You Know You're a Handloading Addict If...

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You know you are a reloading addict when you can tell someone the trim length,overall cartridge length for about any caliber/bullet combination,the starting and max load for about any powder in any cartridge,you know the number of the page for whatever caliber in any reloading manual but you can't remember your wife's or kid's birthdays or your wedding anniversary.
 
sniper58 said:
...............if your stock of bullets, brass, and gunpowder is more than the gun shop in town
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I was at a local gun shop and the owner was trying to stack MTM boxes in the display. With all the different sizes etc he was having trouble, so I was sympathizing with him, explaining the only difference is I have way more then he does. He looked at me really funny.

Sadly I keep as many empty MTM's (or similar) in stock as most of the smaller gun stores have for sale.

When the fire marshall sees only 1/4 of your ammo stock and tells the other fire fighters if there's a call to this address not to come
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LOL my old landlord was on the fire department, and it got back to me that he was telling friends if he heard his own address on the fire radio he was just leaving town.

I think I resemble way too many of these.
 
You know you're a Handloading Addict: When you just have to have a new rifle to perfect handloads for it!
 
Scar270 said:
LOL my old landlord was on the fire department, and it got back to me that he was telling friends if he heard his own address on the fire radio he was just leaving town.
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hahaha. Sometimes personally knowing the guys on the fire department isn't a good thing. Good to see my house isn't the only one that will completely burn to the ground if it catches fire.

also:
you start shopping for a rifle in a bizarre caliber just because the process sounds like fun.
 
You know you are a reloading addict when your wife can't find any of the Crisco Shortening she bought to make pies with because you used it all for a bullet lube ingredient.
 
I think we need a relaoder's anonymous. you might be addicted when you pick up brass at the range for cartridges you don't have a rifle for and reload them anyways.
 
I was at the range yesterday and picked up nearly 100 pieces of perfectly good .308 win brass. Anyone have a decent .308 for sale cheap ?
Apparently I qualify for the meetings... ;-)
 
snakeneil said:
I was at the range yesterday and picked up nearly 100 pieces of perfectly good .308 win brass. Anyone have a decent .308 for sale cheap ?
Apparently I qualify for the meetings... ;-)
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A M14 would solve that .308 brass problem... so would a tic-tac... or a AIA Enfield... looks like you need more brass allready :cool:
 
when you consider moving closer to the range so you don't have to spend so much time in the truck between testing of new loads!

when you go to a hotel while out of town, the wife says there is a bible in the drawer and you are disappointed to find it is not a reloading bible
 
Scar270 said:
If you've paid more for the dies then you did for the gun, actually up to 3 times more....
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OOOHHHH.. been there..... :owned:

I am glad to see that I am in good company in here.... :D

You know your an addict when you start doing this:

Admiring die sizes...

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Seeing how big of a die you can put in your current press... then seeing if you can fit the next caliber up...

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Checking your tooling to see what other caliber you can make...

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Ya.. I am an addict... PM me and I will send you my address so you cam mail me your unwanted brass and bullets.... I also accept powder... primers.... and reloading dies... :p
 
I know I'm a reloading junky. I ran across a Dillon 1050, brought it home and set it up for my wifes' 38 special loads. One day I decided to tweak it and make sure all of the rounds coming out of it were in spec and would feed properly in her rifle. Before I knew it, I had loaded over 20,000 rounds!! I know that will last her for the next 10 years, but I'm still looking for more brass? Well, you know, the press looks lonely, I'm sure of it.
PS: Had to buy all of the equipment to do my own bullet casting because I ran out of them too.
 
When you already have one definition in this thread, but have to write another.
When you have moved about 15 times in the last 30 years, and can still remember where you bought the box of 130 grain speer 7mm bullets that you have not got around to opening yet, and you bought them before you before you left home.
 
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