The Hobbit Hole XXXVII - ...Down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed!

[JenB]

Tell me about it. And drinking for two and peeing for two.

[TalonDJ]

I am in of course. Still pretty fuzzy on big parts of my plot But it will happen somehow.

[TalonDJ]

So I have had my Dillon 550 going since I got it some months back. At first I just punched some holes in the end of a folding table and mounted it there. It actually worked for a couple thousand rounds. And then the powder cylinder clocked me in the head as the table did this:



So I went out and got a folding workstand and did it right. Here is the new setup.



Works great. Nice and super compact. I will move it to a better spot once I paint the laundry room floor. Maybe tonight. Except for the work stand some bolts and the plastic bins it was all stuff I had laying around. The laptop is sitting on a swing arm I got from ex-work's property disposal place. Clamps right on the end and moves all around. Handy toy to have.

I just cranked out my first 10 .223s. Those were my first rifle rounds. Question for all reloaders out there. Is there a trick to keeping the bullet in place or do I just have to hold it until the seating die gets close enough to let go? With handgun rounds they just set there all nice what with the bell and all. But these just fall off.

[g'nad]

ze pakage has arrived...

mailman says there was a big buck on his way in. I asked how big...he said more than 8points.

Mrsnad

[Corin Stormhands]

ze pakage has arrived...

more animals

[Corin Stormhands]

So, have you ever thought about being a United Methodist minister?

[TalonDJ]

mmmm bambi steaks....

[Corin Stormhands]

So the power is out for blocks and we have no interwebs. But no, we can’t go home.

[JenB]

And you’ve developed psychic “posting without electricity and internet” powers! Wow, it must be Halloween!

Do some NaNo plotting...

[Corin Stormhands]

They forced this crackberry on me. I tried to resist.

[JenB]

But now you can Freep in the dark.

[HairOfTheDog]

Do I have a personality feature or talent that would make me good at such a venture? :~)

[g'nad]

that’s no Bambi...

theboy will be gunnin’ fer him this weekend... it’s yoot season...

[TalonDJ]

The first 10 .223 went bang as expected. Now to crank out enough more to stand of 4 years of riots...

[osagebowman]

Afternoon ALL - it’s Caturday Eve.

nice shotgun, the Remington 870 - looks good, even w/o the tacticool stuff.

The SKS is an underappreciated firearm imho. Your’s is looking good.

note to self: buy more ammo components..

[osagebowman]

I like it, dependability of pump action with the convenience of detachable magazine. It does give quick followup shots, could prove handy in target rich environment. No.4 Buckshot, don’t leave home with out it.

[Ramius]

hey... at Seatac agin. Going down for the computer room move tomorrow morning. 6am. Ouch. I don’t much like getting up and moving that early for anything that isn’t about either a fishing pole or a rifle.

We’re moving all 8 of my racks and the AT&T network rack out of the computer room, into a temporary space that we’ve made. Then they’ll remodel the computer room, and in a couple of months we’ll move it all back.

I’m sure it’ll go just fine. What could possibly go wrong?

:-)

[HairOfTheDog]

I’m sure it’ll go just fine. What could possibly go wrong?

[osagebowman]

RE: holding the bullet - I’m in the habit of holding on to the bullet until the last second, ‘course there is the occasion of holding on a spit second too long. :-) Haven’t loaded any .223s but that bullet would be a challenge to hold onto.

I mounted my single stage on a piece of boiler plate and used to C-clamp the plate to the work bench but then said, what the heck and used some of the plate holes for lag bolts and it’s now semi-permanently attached to the work bench.

Glad to hear Dillon survived the intial mounting unscathed.

[Lil'freeper]

I’m in. I’m primed and ready to go.

Except I don’t do midnights and I’ll start at o-dark-thirty in the morning.