You know you are a reloading addict-

Visaman · April 19, 2009, 06:32 AM

You know you are a reloading addict - when .... you steal the wife's Gladware - because you need extra capacity for brass!

You know you are a reloading addict - when .... you steal the pepper shaker - to substitute for the powder trickler you mislaid.

You know you are a reloading addict - when .... you are just not sure which powder to use for load ''X'' - because you have accumulated way too many types.

You know you are a reloading addict - when .... you have gunpowder in your computer keyboard.

You know you are a reloading addict - when ... you order a 300 GRAINS hamburger

You know you are a reloading addict - when ... you can tell the different brands of gunpowder by smell and color.

You know you are a reloading addict - when ... you wife ask who the hel** that Norma that you constantly mentions while sleeptalking is..

You know you are a reloading addict - when ... Your kids knows how to reload before they can read or write..

You know you are a reloading addict - when.. you are going to have a dip and take a bit of Vihta N130 instead of dipping tobacco by mistake..

Dingoboyx · April 19, 2009, 07:01 AM

You know you are a reloading addict- when.... you walk thru carparks eyeing up other peoples wheel weights

..... when you take your car to the mechanic and ask for it to be chrono'ed (instead of dyno'ed)

Dragon55 · April 19, 2009, 07:24 AM

You know you are a reloading addict when... You can't wait to get to the range to empty your brass and steal everybody else's

Lunicy · April 19, 2009, 10:02 AM

You know you are a reloading addict when---

You have 50,000 .45ACP cases at home but with trudge through ankle deep mud to get the one that you just shot.

RamSlammer · April 19, 2009, 10:09 AM

When . . .

Your laptop sets off the bomb sniffer while going through airport security.

(For 1 of the 2 hours I was delayed I thought they were going to take it apart!

)

Lunicy · April 19, 2009, 10:20 AM

That is too good.

Lunicy · April 19, 2009, 10:21 AM

you can spot a piece of brass at 100 yds, and know the caliber, and sometimes the maker.

10 Spot Terminator · April 19, 2009, 10:23 AM

You know you're a reloading addict when,,,

You get some brass in a trade for a gun you dont have and it drives you nuts until you buy one ,,,

Hi ! My name is Dave and I am a reloadaholic ,,,

kyle663 · April 19, 2009, 10:51 AM

when your wife asks where her soup ladle is and change the subject cause its coated with laed now.:0

freakshow10mm · April 19, 2009, 11:11 AM

You see a vehicle hit deer and wait around for the cop to show up and kill it so you can snag his brass.

**Mike Irwin** · April 19, 2009, 11:20 AM

Your cologne is "Eau de 231 Smoke"

**Shane Tuttle** · April 19, 2009, 11:31 AM

...when you achieve the objective of getting your wife addicted as much as you are and have no shame.

...when you load up two rifle cartridges with 1/10 grain difference and can feel the difference in recoil. That's fine and all until your buddies tag you as the modern day Princesss and the Pea story.

...when you luck out making a three shot clover leaf at 200 yards and think, "Hmmm. Gotta go back to the drawing board and see what I can do to improve".

Dingoboyx · April 19, 2009, 11:31 AM

When you watch the Mythbusters episode with the Dillon Mini gun, or the Matrix when Neo is opening up with the gattling gun and there is brass hosing out everywhere (in super slow-mo), your heart starts pounding, your hairs on the back of your neck start standing up and you feel yourself starting to drool (and foam at the mouth) and your wife has to hold you back in the chair coz you want to dive at the screne (also in super slow-mo) to snag the brass

Or when you are watching TV/movie and the BG tells the GG to "drop his gun" He does and you hear it hit the concrete & you start to cry

..... then BG says "Kick it over here" and GG does and you hear the sound of a gun sliding across concrete and bitumen :barf: Then the wailing and tantrum becomes quite pitiful..... yes, poor man, you are addicted

There is no hope for you

And when you pass out from the shock of it all, thy try to wake you up with smelling salts, beer, Jack Daniels....to no avail.... then someone pulls the pill off a bullet and waves the powder filled brass under your nose and you come to.... and get cranky coz they defiled one of your masterpieces

DiscoRacing · April 19, 2009, 11:32 AM

you stay in the sporting goods dept at wallytown,,, waiting for people to buy ammo... then give them your card so they can call you if they arent going to reload that brass from the ammo they just got

ForneyRider · April 19, 2009, 07:28 PM

You buy components for cartridges you have no firearms for, or anyone you know.

landcruzr · April 19, 2009, 08:01 PM

You know you are a reloading addict........If you have to keep checking this thread to see if you fit into any of the catagories listed

Dingoboyx · April 19, 2009, 08:06 PM

I am only checking this thread to see if anyone can come up with a category I HAVEN'T fitted snugley into yet

None yet

Magnum Wheel Man · April 19, 2009, 08:16 PM

I just stole 2 bottles of my wifes nail polish... I had to seal some primers for my cowboy gun belt bullets

JayCee · April 19, 2009, 08:59 PM

When you've got 5 presses, 3 powder measures, 3 tumblers, 4 powder scales, etc, etc...

Shaun_300 · April 19, 2009, 09:29 PM

"You know you are a reloading addict - when .... you steal the wife's Gladware - because you need extra capacity for brass!"

Guilty as charged...

FrankenMauser · April 19, 2009, 10:46 PM

....when you spend more time on the deer hunt scrounging brass, than you did actually hunting deer.... (There weren't any there anyway, right?)

....when the words, "Ooh! Shinies!" instantly grab the attention of everyone in your vehicle, as you pull over to grab some freshly fired brass....

....when everyone in your vehicle understands that the childish words, "Ooh! Shinies!" actually mean you spotted fresh brass....

Archie · April 19, 2009, 11:06 PM

... the news anchor on television talks about the police "...seizing an arsenal with 300 'bullets'..." and you roll your eyes at the use of the word 'bullets' and giggle at the quantity.

... the news anchor on television talks about the "high powered assault rifle" while showing a stock picture or cartoon of an AK47; you laugh and then launch into a lecture of the relative power of the 7.62x39 Russian cartridge.

... someone says something about 'bullets going off by themselves' and you - with great effort - resist the urge to choke them until they learn something.

Sevens · April 19, 2009, 11:08 PM

...you talk to your buddy on the phone and he tells you that he did a little shooting on the range a couple days ago. The range is one that you share at his place, 50 miles away. You can't get there until the weekend. He doesn't reload, but he knows you go GOOFY over brass. He tells you it's scattered, ready for you to come get it. Nobody will take it, but it is scattered and out in the weather. Can't get there for at least a week and a half.

Along with children, this too makes the hair go gray.

WESHOOT2 · April 20, 2009, 11:22 AM

You (really) know you're a reloading addict when all your components arrive on pallets.......

Dragon55 · April 20, 2009, 11:41 AM

You always pick the lane against the the right wall so your brass falls neatly behind your right foot.
You show up at the range when they open the doors and you'll be the only one there so no one else will have a chance at your brass.
You eyeball the h*!! out of people when they start gathering brass too near you.... that is to say..... you know like a dog thinks 'If I can see it it's mine'
You go online to order some specific bullets for a specific load you want and cannot find them so you just get 500 of something so you can reload.... something....anything!
You read this forum daily hoping you'll see something you can use or do to improve.
You see a beautiful rainbow and go to the end of it just knowing you'll find a pot of millions of primers.

............ ok I guess that's enough

April 19, 2009, 06:32 AM	#1
Visaman Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 302	You know you are a reloading addict- You know you are a reloading addict - when .... you steal the wife's Gladware - because you need extra capacity for brass! You know you are a reloading addict - when .... you steal the pepper shaker - to substitute for the powder trickler you mislaid. You know you are a reloading addict - when .... you are just not sure which powder to use for load ''X'' - because you have accumulated way too many types. You know you are a reloading addict - when .... you have gunpowder in your computer keyboard. You know you are a reloading addict - when ... you order a 300 GRAINS hamburger You know you are a reloading addict - when ... you can tell the different brands of gunpowder by smell and color. You know you are a reloading addict - when ... you wife ask who the hel** that Norma that you constantly mentions while sleeptalking is.. You know you are a reloading addict - when ... Your kids knows how to reload before they can read or write.. You know you are a reloading addict - when.. you are going to have a dip and take a bit of Vihta N130 instead of dipping tobacco by mistake.. __________________ Summa pia gratia nostra conservando corpora et cutodita, de gente fera Normannica nos libera, quae nostra vastat, Deus, regna.

April 19, 2009, 07:01 AM	#2
Dingoboyx Senior Member Join Date: March 7, 2009 Location: South East Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,513	You know you are a reloading addict- when.... you walk thru carparks eyeing up other peoples wheel weights ..... when you take your car to the mechanic and ask for it to be chrono'ed (instead of dyno'ed) __________________ Muzza If you cant blind them with brilliance, Baffle them with BS Be alert...... there is a shortage of LERTs

April 19, 2009, 07:24 AM	#3
Dragon55 Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2009 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 811	You know you are a reloading addict when... You can't wait to get to the range to empty your brass and steal everybody else's __________________ sailing ... A way to spend lots of money and go real S L O W

April 19, 2009, 10:09 AM	#5
RamSlammer Senior Member Join Date: November 5, 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 722	When . . . Your laptop sets off the bomb sniffer while going through airport security. (For 1 of the 2 hours I was delayed I thought they were going to take it apart!)

April 19, 2009, 10:51 AM	#9
kyle663 Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Location: IL Posts: 311	when your wife asks where her soup ladle is and change the subject cause its coated with laed now.:0 __________________ NRA member 22LR,17hmr, 9mm, 9mm makarov, 38 S&W, 38/357, 41mag, 44mag, 45ACP, 7.62x39, 7.62x54, 222rem

April 19, 2009, 10:02 AM	#4
Lunicy Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2008 Location: Behind enemy lines, jersey shore Posts: 118	You know you are a reloading addict when--- You have 50,000 .45ACP cases at home but with trudge through ankle deep mud to get the one that you just shot.

April 19, 2009, 10:20 AM	#6
Lunicy Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2008 Location: Behind enemy lines, jersey shore Posts: 118	That is too good.

April 19, 2009, 10:21 AM	#7
Lunicy Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2008 Location: Behind enemy lines, jersey shore Posts: 118	you can spot a piece of brass at 100 yds, and know the caliber, and sometimes the maker.

April 19, 2009, 10:23 AM	#8
10 Spot Terminator Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2008 Location: Central Oregon Posts: 348	You know you're a reloading addict when,,, You get some brass in a trade for a gun you dont have and it drives you nuts until you buy one ,,, Hi ! My name is Dave and I am a reloadaholic ,,,

April 19, 2009, 11:11 AM	#10
freakshow10mm Junior member Join Date: January 23, 2008 Location: MI Posts: 1,398	You see a vehicle hit deer and wait around for the cop to show up and kill it so you can snag his brass.

April 19, 2009, 11:20 AM	#11
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,391	Your cologne is "Eau de 231 Smoke" __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

April 19, 2009, 11:31 AM	#12
Shane Tuttle Staff Join Date: November 28, 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 9,443	...when you achieve the objective of getting your wife addicted as much as you are and have no shame. ...when you load up two rifle cartridges with 1/10 grain difference and can feel the difference in recoil. That's fine and all until your buddies tag you as the modern day Princesss and the Pea story. ...when you luck out making a three shot clover leaf at 200 yards and think, "Hmmm. Gotta go back to the drawing board and see what I can do to improve". __________________ If it were up to me, the word "got" would be deleted from the English language. Posting and YOU: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting

April 19, 2009, 11:31 AM	#13
Dingoboyx Senior Member Join Date: March 7, 2009 Location: South East Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,513	Especially..... When you watch the Mythbusters episode with the Dillon Mini gun, or the Matrix when Neo is opening up with the gattling gun and there is brass hosing out everywhere (in super slow-mo), your heart starts pounding, your hairs on the back of your neck start standing up and you feel yourself starting to drool (and foam at the mouth) and your wife has to hold you back in the chair coz you want to dive at the screne (also in super slow-mo) to snag the brass Or when you are watching TV/movie and the BG tells the GG to "drop his gun" He does and you hear it hit the concrete & you start to cry..... then BG says "Kick it over here" and GG does and you hear the sound of a gun sliding across concrete and bitumen :barf: Then the wailing and tantrum becomes quite pitiful..... yes, poor man, you are addicted There is no hope for you And when you pass out from the shock of it all, thy try to wake you up with smelling salts, beer, Jack Daniels....to no avail.... then someone pulls the pill off a bullet and waves the powder filled brass under your nose and you come to.... and get cranky coz they defiled one of your masterpieces __________________ Muzza If you cant blind them with brilliance, Baffle them with BS Be alert...... there is a shortage of LERTs Last edited by Dingoboyx; April 19, 2009 at 11:37 AM. Reason: Added an even funnier bit :-)

April 19, 2009, 11:32 AM	#14
DiscoRacing Senior Member Join Date: December 19, 2008 Location: milton, wv Posts: 3,640	you stay in the sporting goods dept at wallytown,,, waiting for people to buy ammo... then give them your card so they can call you if they arent going to reload that brass from the ammo they just got

April 19, 2009, 07:28 PM	#15
ForneyRider Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 2007 Location: Forney, TX Posts: 725	You buy components for cartridges you have no firearms for, or anyone you know. __________________ When all is said and done, there is a lot more said than done.

April 19, 2009, 08:01 PM	#16
landcruzr Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2009 Posts: 122	You know you are a reloading addict........If you have to keep checking this thread to see if you fit into any of the catagories listed

April 19, 2009, 08:06 PM	#17
Dingoboyx Senior Member Join Date: March 7, 2009 Location: South East Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,513	Landcruzr^ I am only checking this thread to see if anyone can come up with a category I HAVEN'T fitted snugley into yet None yet __________________ Muzza If you cant blind them with brilliance, Baffle them with BS Be alert...... there is a shortage of LERTs

April 19, 2009, 08:16 PM	#18
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	I just stole 2 bottles of my wifes nail polish... I had to seal some primers for my cowboy gun belt bullets __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust...

April 19, 2009, 08:59 PM	#19
JayCee Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2001 Posts: 494	When you've got 5 presses, 3 powder measures, 3 tumblers, 4 powder scales, etc, etc... __________________ “You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas.” – David Crockett “If I owned Texas and hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in hell.” - General Phillip H. Sheridan

April 19, 2009, 09:29 PM	#20
Shaun_300 Member Join Date: February 16, 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 67	"You know you are a reloading addict - when .... you steal the wife's Gladware - because you need extra capacity for brass!" Guilty as charged...

April 19, 2009, 10:46 PM	#21
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,431	....when you spend more time on the deer hunt scrounging brass, than you did actually hunting deer.... (There weren't any there anyway, right?) ....when the words, "Ooh! Shinies!" instantly grab the attention of everyone in your vehicle, as you pull over to grab some freshly fired brass.... ....when everyone in your vehicle understands that the childish words, "Ooh! Shinies!" actually mean you spotted fresh brass....

April 19, 2009, 11:06 PM	#22
Archie Senior Member Join Date: May 26, 2000 Location: Hastings, Nebrasksa - the Hear Posts: 2,209	...when... ... the news anchor on television talks about the police "...seizing an arsenal with 300 'bullets'..." and you roll your eyes at the use of the word 'bullets' and giggle at the quantity. ... the news anchor on television talks about the "high powered assault rifle" while showing a stock picture or cartoon of an AK47; you laugh and then launch into a lecture of the relative power of the 7.62x39 Russian cartridge. ... someone says something about 'bullets going off by themselves' and you - with great effort - resist the urge to choke them until they learn something. __________________ There ain't no free lunch, except Jesus. Archie Check out updated journal at http://oldmanmontgomery.wordpress.com/

April 19, 2009, 11:08 PM	#23
Sevens Senior Member Join Date: July 28, 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 11,756	...you talk to your buddy on the phone and he tells you that he did a little shooting on the range a couple days ago. The range is one that you share at his place, 50 miles away. You can't get there until the weekend. He doesn't reload, but he knows you go GOOFY over brass. He tells you it's scattered, ready for you to come get it. Nobody will take it, but it is scattered and out in the weather. Can't get there for at least a week and a half. Along with children, this too makes the hair go gray. __________________ *Attention Brass rats and other reloaders:* I really need .327 Federal Magnum brass, no lot size too small. Tell me what caliber you need and I'll see what I have to swap. PM me and we'll discuss.

April 20, 2009, 11:22 AM	#24
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	over the top You (really) know you're a reloading addict when all your components arrive on pallets....... __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"

April 20, 2009, 11:41 AM	#25
Dragon55 Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2009 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 811	LMAO this thread is hilarious......... You always pick the lane against the the right wall so your brass falls neatly behind your right foot. You show up at the range when they open the doors and you'll be the only one there so no one else will have a chance at your brass. You eyeball the h*!! out of people when they start gathering brass too near you.... that is to say..... you know like a dog thinks 'If I can see it it's mine' You go online to order some specific bullets for a specific load you want and cannot find them so you just get 500 of something so you can reload.... something....anything! You read this forum daily hoping you'll see something you can use or do to improve. You see a beautiful rainbow and go to the end of it just knowing you'll find a pot of millions of primers. ............ ok I guess that's enough __________________ sailing ... A way to spend lots of money and go real S L O W