Gary Reeder
I have people that see my reloading room ask me why
Friday, August 11, 2023, 12:59

do I need all those presses. I tell them you can't get 41 GNR or any of the GNR calibers at Walmart, and we shoot around 800 to a thousand rounds of ammo every month test firing our custom guns. When I need some ammo loaded, I have one of my presses set up for that caliber, so I can get home, sit down at one of the Dillon presses and crank out a couple hundred rounds of ammo in an hour or so. I don't have the time to put new dies in the press, get it adjusted, run out a few test rounds and then load 200 rounds of ammo in an evening. My Dillons are all set up for straight wall cartridges like 44 Mag, 357 mag, 45 long colt and so on, while my 2 RCBS turret presses are set up for the necked down cartridges like 41 GNR, 410 GNR and so on. Each turret press holds dies for 3 calibers. I also have 2 RCBS single stage presses like the Rock Chucker and the big 4X4 press (I think they have re-named that press to something else.
Anyway I don't have a lot of spare time, getting home around 7 PM, do all my daily paperwork, do the daily taxes, grab a sandwich and then crank out a couple hundred rounds of ammo for the next couple of days test firing. With the Dillons and RCBS presses already set up I can load the ammo in no time at all. And still have time to answer a few e-mails.

I broke my normal routine last night. Kase is living with me and he gets all the new movies for us to watch. Last night I broke my routine and we watched Extractor 2. If you like action movies, this is the movie for you. I think there were 2 instances, maybe 3 minutes each, where they weren't in a gunfight or being shot at by the bad guys. It is solid action. I highly recommend it for you action freaks.

And to answer your comment yes I do enjoy having my mounts and hunt pictures all around me back in my reloading/trophy room. Sometimes if I have had a rough day I can throw on a DVD of one of our hunts, sit on the couch and watch the hunt and that helps smooth things out watching and listening to one of our handgun hunts.

And again I have been blessed way beyond what I deserve. And I am going to be a bit greedy and hope I can make a couple more hunts before I crash.