Creating Monsters

[Geezer]

As soon as my girls were old enough to talk and walk I trained them to fetch me a cold beer. All I had to do was mention that I was thirsty and off one would go to the 'fridge. Does that count as 'monsters'?

 

[HotRodZilla]

Enjoy it while you can. Boys will come along and then you will have another problem to deal with.

With this in mind, I forgot to mention that I spend part of every weekend digging one hole in the desert. I figure one day some ******* is going to show up at my door to see one of my girls. I'm going to ask him how tall he is. If he says, "5'8"" I'm going to let him know I have a hole in the desert that is only 5'6" but if I break his ankles, he'll fit just fine...And no one will EVER find him. I think if one or two disappear, the rest will get the hint. Right?? Patch and I had a sister that no one in highschool would date. They were afraid of us, as they should have been.

As soon as my girls were old enough to talk and walk I trained them to fetch me a cold beer. All I had to do was mention that I was thirsty and off one would go to the 'fridge. Does that count as 'monsters'?

I don't think so...BUT, I remember my dad telling me numerous times why he had me.

Me: "Dad, why don't we get a TV with a remote control?"

Dad: "Why do you think I had you?"

Me: "Dad, why don't we get a garage opener?"

Dad: "Why do you think I had you?"

Me: "Dad, why don't we get a diswasher?"

Dad: "Why do you think I had you?"

Hahahaha....

AND just so you guys know, I do reload some. I'm very anal, and I stress over little ****, and load on a Dillon 1050. Changing calibers makes me crazy, because it is never right on the first try, and a trip to the range an back is a 2-3 hour deal by the time we set up the chronograph and get things dialed in. Honestly, I would rather buy it and know it is good right out of the box.

BUT...maybe one of these days, I'll put that 1050 in my garage and get it more dialed in.

 

[Redfish Hunter]

Some random Redfish thoughts...

Living at home with Mom and Pop I had responsibilities. Among other things the grass needed cutting and firewood needed cutting and splitting. The "lawnmower" was a 1963 Gravely that you walked behind. It had 2 speeds, slow and slower. It had little tractor tires about 14 inches tall, took a 1 and 1/8th inch wrench for the spark plug in its flat head Studebaker engine and vibrated like nothing you can imagine. It took most of the weekend to cut the whole yard.

While Pop and I cut wood together, splitting it was my job. Pop had about 5 splitting mauls and he was always replacing handles due to my lack of coordination and bad aim. Our fireplace was never short of wood and my shoulders were growing strong.

When I moved out, Pop bought a hydraulic log splitter with a gasoline motor. He got a Cub tractor with a belly mower. When I asked him why we did not get those things when I lived there he said: "Son, I am not being mean but I did not need those things when you lived here. You took care of all that. I miss you."

Regarding daughters:

From infant to 10 years: Daddy knows EVERYTHING!

From 11 to 14 years: Daddy does not know everything.

From 14 to 19 years: Daddy does not need to know everything.

While dating whatever loser: Daddy not only does not need to know everything, Daddy doesn't know ANYTHING.

After marrying the loser: Daddy knows EVERYTHING!

That has been my extensive and painful experience anyway. It all comes full circle.

 

[wnyfjr]

As soon as my girls were old enough to talk and walk I trained them to fetch me a cold beer. All I had to do was mention that I was thirsty and off one would go to the 'fridge. Does that count as 'monsters'?

With my dad, he trained me to mix his favorite drink, a Highball (7 & 7). I always made sure to taste it before I handed it off to him...quality control, you understand...

 

[Fred W]

Good man! A son should never hand his father a ****** drink.

My Dad was a Manhattan man in the cooler months and (real gin, not vodka) Martinis between memorial and labor days.

Somehow, my adult son now has that same preference. I just can't figure out where he got that from?

 

[BigOgre]

A son should never hand his father a ****** drink.

What happens when it's the other way around? All I remember my father having on hand was Schmidt's and Schaefer. The special imported beer was Iron City.

 

[wnyfjr]

A son should never hand his father a ****** drink.

What happens when it's the other way around? All I remember my father having on hand was Schmidt's and Schaefer. The special imported beer was Iron City.

Yeah, well, Dad's other drink was Genesee Cream Ale. I would fetch them for him, but I would NEVER sample that. He was on his own then.

 

[HotRodZilla]

What is it with dads drinking cheap beer/whisky? My dad liked Pabst Blue Ribbon. Me? My drink of choice is Gin. Good Gin, and I have a lot of it.

 

[BigOgre]

PBR is the cool beer out here nowadays. My son even has the belt buckle (bless his heart.) I had nothing to do with that creation!

 

[Bokerfork]

HRZ,

Only one Dillon 1050?

C'mon dude, one for every caliber you load is the minimum. Get them all dialed in and "no worries".

Mark

 

[Fred W]

PBR is the official beer of hipsters all over the US. Not sure how that came to pass, but it's true.

 

[HotRodZilla]

HRZ,
Only one Dillon 1050?

C'mon dude, one for every caliber you load is the minimum. Get them all dialed in and "no worries".

Mark

Lesse... .308, .45, .40, 9mm. That's around $10k in loaders and accessories. Then, if I decided to load .223, it goes up. I don't have that kind of money or room. Lol. I do not load .223 because I have good access to it. I have enough ammo to start and finish a medium sized war. ****, my tactical .308 really agrees with the Federal Match, and the Remington 168. It does not like Norma Diamond...no idea why, but with good out of the box accuracy, I don't know that I want to go through the hassle. Besides, with the cost of primers and bullets these days, I think we figured we'd have to load over 100 thousand rounds to start to break even.

I miss the old days. I need a PBR!!

 

[Auburn]

PBR is the official beer of hipsters all over the US. Not sure how that came to pass, but it's true.

cheap, readily available, and marketing to them at college campuses...

it was Old Milwaukee back in the day

 

[FJRay]

The cost of components has almost made it not worth it to reload. I still do some because I've had the supplies for a long time and use really old presses. If I were just starting out, it wouldn't be worth it.

I still need to find a factory load that my Savage .223 likes. the cheapo remingtons work fine in the AR but past 200 yards in the savage they go to hell. Need to raise the budget I guess.

Found enough stuff in the cabinet to load 500 rounds of 44mag so that will start this evening.

 

[HotRodZilla]

The cost of components has almost made it not worth it to reload. I still do some because I've had the supplies for a long time and use really old presses. If I were just starting out, it wouldn't be worth it.I still need to find a factory load that my Savage .223 likes. the cheapo remingtons work fine in the AR but past 200 yards in the savage they go to hell. Need to raise the budget I guess.

Found enough stuff in the cabinet to load 500 rounds of 44mag so that will start this evening.

That Savage is probably a 1 in 7 twist and will do better with a heavier bullet. The Hornady 69grs are really nice. They are expensive though. Federal is making a 69gr that is nice too, and since it doesn't sell too well isn't priced too bad. If you look around, the heavier weights are usually better priced than the 55gr. rounds. Makes sense since everyone and their mother is using 55gr in their 1 in 9 twist ARs.

 

[Warpdrv]

HRZ,
Only one Dillon 1050?

C'mon dude, one for every caliber you load is the minimum. Get them all dialed in and "no worries".

Mark

Lesse... .308, .45, .40, 9mm. That's around $10k in loaders and accessories. Then, if I decided to load .223, it goes up. I don't have that kind of money or room. Lol. I do not load .223 because I have good access to it. I have enough ammo to start and finish a medium sized war. ****, my tactical .308 really agrees with the Federal Match, and the Remington 168. It does not like Norma Diamond...no idea why, but with good out of the box accuracy, I don't know that I want to go through the hassle. Besides, with the cost of primers and bullets these days, I think we figured we'd have to load over 100 thousand rounds to start to break even.

I miss the old days. I need a PBR!!

Congrats on the Monster !! Thats so awesome.... I love my shooting hobby as much as my FJR....

Took the woman out yesterday to shoot a few of HK's to see which ones the best fit for her....

HRZ - The Dillon 1050 is a super nice unit, but Caliber changes make it more expensive and a pain to change - IMO not worth it......

The 650 is is really the way to go if your running multiple cal's..... Found out my GF's cousin is, well I'll just say "in the industry" Been into guns all his life and as you can see he's got quite the setup for reloading, started with a few 1050's and quickly realized that the 650's setup with multiple caliber changes were far more flexible for multiple Cals..... When I tell you this guy is over the top - that is a serious understatement.

I picked up a used one with all the upgrades that needed $50 worth of parts which was a good deal..... he's helping me get things up and running with it - as I have/had no clue. He quickly imparted onto me that if I was really into shooting which I am that 2 x 650's are the way to go - one for small primers, and one for large primers..... so I ordered another new one so I will have the 2 rigs fully loaded with caliber changes for 9, 45, 223 and 308....

Needless to say I have a lot to learn but I started with single stage for my 308, which quickly grew into wanting/needing a better setup for as much as we shoot.

I'm really lucky to have gotten in the good graces of this guy. To put it lightly when I walked into this room......

MIND = BLOWN (just like me my phones camera couldn't even keep focused hahahah)

1050's

1 table of 650's and shotgun reloader

Caliber changes

another 1050

 

[HotRodZilla]

I have another buddy with the 650. It is a nice unit too, and I've loaded a LOT of .45 on it. I didn't know that about the caliber changes. I just know changing a head on the 1050 is a PITA. Maybe a good used 650 is the way to go since I have close to 20,000 large pistol primers in the garage and about 200lbs of mostly once fired brass.

Honestly, except for the automatic primer loader on the 1050, I don't remember it being any faster. I don't like that flipper thing anyway because every now and then we'll end up loading an upsidedown primer.

 

[Bugnatr]

Zilla, back to the girls. My brother in law has 3 daughters that he took fishing and duck hunting when they were younger and I thought that was pretty cool. Today they are in high school and quite attractive.

Enjoy these years now.

 

[HotRodZilla]

Doug...See my hole digging plan!

Honestly, what kept Patch and I so grounded most of the time was the stuff our dad taught us. We knew how to fix stuff, and knew how to hunt. We had lots of skills other guys our age didn't have. If the Apocalypse hit tomorrow I could feed and shelter my family.

I hope sharing stuff with my kids gives them the good sense to avoid ********.

 

[Bokerfork]

Sharing stuff with your kids and Father Daughter dates where they learn what it's like to be treated by a gentleman, will go a long way.

Good Luck.

Mark