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February 9, 2009
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This is not a technical post, at all. I just spent the evening in the man cave AKA the reloading room. It was the first time since early 2011 to actually sit doe in there. It has been one of the busiest years I have experienced yet, with work demands, family events, work at home (after the day job), etc. I started a run of .357 Magnum rounds back in January and had to spend a half hour to get to uncovering where I had left off with them tonight just to finish them. Well now at least I have 150 rounds to shoot 
. My primary goal was to get enough of the rifle rounds loaded for the family and I to go deer hunting in SC late next week. My wife's 30-06 was in good shape as was the oldest sons .270 Winchester. I had to load some 7MM-08 for the other son and that is where the family time entered. I just was getting set up and my daughter strolled in in her muddy shoes from helping the wife feed the goat herd and asked if she could help? There is only one answer to that question 
. I left her seat the bullets and wipe the rounds off after I had charged the cases. We had a great discussion time about loading procedures as well as other irrelevant topics while this occurred. When complete she documented all the data on the label on the cartridge box and sealed it with care. She had to then get off to doing homework while I set up to do a run of .375 SM next time in the room. After she left it sort of took the punch out of the evening in the cave, but then that is what the room is all about after all... Just some thoughts about what matters most of all.
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July 2, 2011
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That's great! Some wonderul family time for you and your daughter.
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March 2, 2008
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What a great topic, I'd like to throw one in here too.
After Andrew (freerider04) got back from his Persian Gulf deployment, he was here in CT with us for a pretty fair amount of time. Although most of his household goods were still in storage, I had custody of his guns, reloading equipment, and Tacoma (his "essentials").
There were many evenings he would set up his press on a Black & Decker Workmate in a corner of the living room and his scale and other stuff on the kitchen table. He would load up ammo that we would shoot off the next day, talk to Mom and Dad about his life and experiences over the preceding 14 months, and his plans and hopes for the future.
No amount of money buys that, no millionaire has what we have.
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That's just wonderful Steve...
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January 22, 2008
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Great stories guys! My little girl has already started asking me when she gets to go shoot so I'm looking forward to this in the future.
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My kids have been reloading a long time... today my 13 yr old called me at work...
"Dad, I was sizing 9mm brass and I pulled the case head off -- I tried to pull out the rest of the case with a pair of pliers, but couldn't get it..."
I could tell he was a little nervous about the phone call, so I told him not to worry, I'd fix it. (I was nervous about the plier effort 
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To be honest, I thought he just pulled the rim off, but no-- he actually pulled a case head off...Now I had a nice brass sleeve inside the sizing die; and man was it in there... must have been a weak case wall causing head separation.
After about an hour of work and multiple ideas/attempts, i was finally able to press the case from the die...
I've pulled a lot of cases from dies over the years and they are normally pretty easy to get out--this one was the exception.
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This thread makes me smile as on the rare occasion I actually get some time to do some reloading my "little man" as I call him, attacks me and wants to work the handle on the bullet thingy. Of course he gets to work the press some depending on what process is going on and I usually want to pull my hair out. He also really slows down production. Worth every second! 
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January 24, 2009
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These are great stories & experiences, you guys.
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February 9, 2009
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LB,
I must admit to having been there too.. awhile ago. Your post made me ponder back to when I was my father's "little man" and he was loading in his basement. I can remember him trying to be "productive" and I was not always all over the loading machine but more full of questions he needed to answer. Over the years he exhibited tremendous patience with me and now his grandchildren even more. That comes with time and the realization they are young but for a short window. That is where in the last year I have reflected more on taking the time even if it means less production because soon enough they will be on their own and you don't get those days back with near the frequency after that. Enjoy your "little man" for all it is worth.
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I hope, and I'm certain, all you guys know how lucky you are!
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