Post by dangun on Jun 17, 2014 8:49:51 GMT -5
For many years I have wanted to live a nomadic live style. The only thing that has stood in my way was my wife and oh yeah, my job. Several months ago some changes where my wife works caused her to re-evaluate why she was working so hard for someone else. Long story short she no longer has any respect or loyalty for the folks she helped to make rich in the last 17 years. Anyway she is now ready for a change.
In my upcoming move to living in the RV full time. I have some really tough decisions to make. Over the last 3 decades I have collected so much equipment that while sorting through it recently I found equipment that I forgot I had. My storage space for reloading equipment on the RV is only 1.5' tall X 1.5'deep and 3'long give or take a few inches either way on all sides. For the most part I'm just keeping what we would call the basic reloading kit. Press, dies, powder throw, hand primer, scale and the misc. stuff like shell holders, chamfer tools and things like that.
Am I going to miss all of the luxury precision tools that I have collected over the years? You bet I will but I am finally realizing that I don't absolutely have to have it. Wow that felt weird just typing it out.
One of the easiest things to do is to get rid of all the extra reloading dies. I counted last night and I have 17 die sets for .223, 39 die sets for 9mm, 16 die sets for 22-250 and 12 die sets for .45 acp. I didn't count the number of die sets for any of the 34 other calibers I have die sets for. What can I say? When I see a die set at a garage sale for a couple of bucks, I can't resist.
I am keeping the Lee Load Master and the Lyman T-mag Turret. I am making a plate welded to a piece of square tubing that will slide into the class IV receiver hitch. That along with a small fold up table for the other goodies should allow me to do what I need. Most of the other presses have been sold or spoken for.
I have a large amount of ammo already loaded up and because of the reduction in the amount of shooting I will be doing, I shouldn't have to reload for awhile. I wonder how long it will be before I start having with-draws?
In my upcoming move to living in the RV full time. I have some really tough decisions to make. Over the last 3 decades I have collected so much equipment that while sorting through it recently I found equipment that I forgot I had. My storage space for reloading equipment on the RV is only 1.5' tall X 1.5'deep and 3'long give or take a few inches either way on all sides. For the most part I'm just keeping what we would call the basic reloading kit. Press, dies, powder throw, hand primer, scale and the misc. stuff like shell holders, chamfer tools and things like that.
Am I going to miss all of the luxury precision tools that I have collected over the years? You bet I will but I am finally realizing that I don't absolutely have to have it. Wow that felt weird just typing it out.
One of the easiest things to do is to get rid of all the extra reloading dies. I counted last night and I have 17 die sets for .223, 39 die sets for 9mm, 16 die sets for 22-250 and 12 die sets for .45 acp. I didn't count the number of die sets for any of the 34 other calibers I have die sets for. What can I say? When I see a die set at a garage sale for a couple of bucks, I can't resist.
I am keeping the Lee Load Master and the Lyman T-mag Turret. I am making a plate welded to a piece of square tubing that will slide into the class IV receiver hitch. That along with a small fold up table for the other goodies should allow me to do what I need. Most of the other presses have been sold or spoken for.
I have a large amount of ammo already loaded up and because of the reduction in the amount of shooting I will be doing, I shouldn't have to reload for awhile. I wonder how long it will be before I start having with-draws?
My daughter came from Missouri, my son and grand son, my wife and I had a nice dinner of grilled "porter house" pork chops, corn on the cobb, my son, G'son and I share 10/5. G'son is 4 minutes early though @ 10/4.
Pooh I hope you find to right house . 
