Almost 20,000 Cast Boolits Members

[Hip's Ax]

Seems like only yesterday we were all amazed at getting 4,000 members. :drinks:

[metweezer]

Wow! That's awesome. [smilie=p::2 drunk buddies::goodpost::CastBoolitsisbest::2_high5::awe some::guntootsmiley::Luvcastboolits::razz:[smilie=w::Fire:

[geargnasher]

Yeah, and only had three "smileys" from which to choose! :kidding:

Gear

[DLCTEX]

I think there were less than 500 when I joined.

[Lee W]

Do we have member numbers? I would like to see how much of an old fogey I am on this forum.

EDIT:

Just checked the "members list" and sorted by join date.

I am #21.

IIRC, I was a lurker on the old board, and joined this one when it started.


20,000 people later and I still have only 304 posts.

[Johnch]

Great to have 20K members
But , I just wonder
How many post at least once in a while ?
Or how many are nothing more than lurker's that signd up ?
Or how many signed up and never stop in ?

John

[Bad Water Bill]

From what I have seen when checking for a MEMBER about 20% are active and most of the rest are here for the information and never post.

Could be they are just bashful.

[1Shirt]

Great on the one hand, shortage of lead on the other! Se le gar!
1Shirt!:coffeecom

[Three44s]

Lead?

Got mine! ............ well that is to say ............. "mine" and my own mine! .............. LOL!!


Viva Boolits!!


Three 44s

[old turtle]

This board is GREAT! I am retired so I have time to post do other things to make those around me miserable. That said, the amount of knowledge available on the site is outstanding. Many members who do not post a great deal can benefit from the discussions that show up here. The members as a group, have much experience and in depth understanding. I was once told by a very intelligent gentleman: "That I never met a really good shot that I didn't like." To a great degree that applies to the members of this board.

[OeldeWolf]

Well, I read a LOT more than I post. Aside from the fact so many here know more than I do about casting, I am still working for my living, and, therefore, others have already said what I would have said, had I been online during the day, which was when the question was asked. Whew, long sentence!

Any other working folks find that keeping up on the forum can cut into the time available for casting, shooting, etc? :D

[uncle jed]

Hello. I found this sitr while looking for info. on the Srevens 44. I lurked for two or three months before I joined just to get the feel of the group. It is good to click on and read some of your posts and see pics of your toys. Being able to learn something about yhr sport is a plus anytime. uncle Jed

[G. Elser]

I found this site while looking how to make my own gas checks. :coffeecom

Well, I read a more than I post, because it's not easy for me to write a post in english.

[PatMarlin]

Becoming a member and casting my own boolits has done wonders for my complexion over the years.

I seem to be developing a growth on my backside though, and I've been having trouble sitting upright lately.

http://www.patmarlins.com/JesseThornhill008.jpg

[swheeler]

Becoming a member and casting my own boolits has done wonders for my complexion over the years.

I seem to be developing a growth on my backside though, and I've been having trouble sitting upright lately.

http://www.patmarlins.com/JesseThornhill008.jpg

Looks like you got a couple of boils staring on your forehead!

[DCM]

Becoming a member and casting my own boolits has done wonders for my complexion over the years.

I seem to be developing a growth on my backside though, and I've been having trouble sitting upright lately.

http://www.patmarlins.com/JesseThornhill008.jpg

I think you need to see a doctor! They will probably recommend a specialist and a plastic surgeon. I would recommend wearing a large hat and turtle neck until they get you fixed up or people will look at you funny. :bigsmyl2:

[Mumblypeg]

When I was young we thought having a Mohawk hair cut was weird... nowdays... My god!

[metweezer]

How low does your self esteem have to be to walk around with a look like that? Maybe his girlfriend is a Komoto Dragon.

[waksupi]

Wonder how the job applications are working out?

[P.K.]

Well me Da has been a member long before myself. When I waltzed along he'd been here prolly 4 years and casting prolly 15 years before my birth. 1957 or so?

[Dean D.]

Muuuuwaaaaahahaha I see now there is a market for those pesky spent primers! :grin:

[Bloodman14]

I found this site while looking how to make my own gas checks. :coffeecom

Well, I read a more than I post, because it's not easy for me to write a post in english.

Guten Tag, Mein Herr! Ich mochten willkomen CastBoolits!

Man, I hope I said that right! It's been twenty years since I was stationed in Heilbronn!

In English: Welcome to Cast Boolits!

[DCM]

When I was young we thought having a Mohawk hair cut was weird... nowdays... My god!

At least one doesn't need a plastic surgeon to change a mowhawk!!

[Charlie Two Tracks]

Some guy (from this site) was on another forum, explaining about shooting cast and getting all kinds of flack from the moderator for doing so. This guy called bullets-- Boolits, said you could shoot cast over 1,000 fps, BHN was only a guide line, each gun was different, all kinds of crazy stuff (according to the other forum). I decided to to to this renagade forum (Cast Boolits) and see for myself what was going on over there.................. needless to say, this forum had completley different ideas on what you could do with cast and they WORKED! Glad I found this place.

[G. Elser]

Guten Tag, Mein Herr! Ich mochten willkomen CastBoolits!

Man, I hope I said that right! It's been twenty years since I was stationed in Heilbronn!

In English: Welcome to Cast Boolits!



Hello "Gunnerd",

thank you for the warm wellcome. I understand you ecellently. I live 100 Km west of Heilbronn.

[Buckshot]

...............As of 2209 it was at 19,999 and when I checked it at 2220 it was an even 20,000. The newest member, errol signed up and got the number at 2218. Welcome aboard! Too bad you didn't win anything ! :-)

................Buckshot

[FISH4BUGS]

I think the count was something like 2000 members. Maybe 4000....it wasn't much. Now look at what you have done!

[Harter66]

I think there was about 14k when I came over and singed on 15k+ by the time I got around to making a post and getting sent back to the stickies,some more. Im older now.

[metweezer]

The popularity of this site is totally awesome. :guntootsmiley:

[45nut]

I think the count was something like 2000 members. Maybe 4000....it wasn't much. Now look at what you have done!

Actually you were #619 [smilie=6:

[Down South]

I miss some of the old members that I don't see around anymore.

[wills]

How many left from www.shooters.com?

[P.K.]

I miss some of the old members that I don't see around anymore.

I know my Dad is lurking but you are correct some of the ole' timers are missing.[smilie=s:

[geargnasher]

I went back and sorted the members list by join date, it's amazing that only a handful of the original members of Castboolits itself from the first 100 or so I looked at HAVEN'T been lurking in the past few days. A couple of those who haven't been on in a while aren't with us any more. I wondered what has happened to many of the older members, the ones who were still posting regularly when I joined. It seems many are still here, but have their reasons for not posting so much.

The later "members vs. last-visit" pages are almost the reverse.

Gear

[Buckshot]

I wondered what has happened to many of the older members, the ones who were still posting regularly when I joined. It seems many are still here, but have their reasons for not posting so much.

The later "members vs. last-visit" pages are almost the reverse.

Gear

Life changes, time taken up with other stuff. Ran out of things to say? :bigsmyl2:

................Buckshot

[clintsfolly]

I joined 5-4-07 how do i find member number? Thank from a computer flop. Clint

[Char-Gar]

Whether or no size matters in sex organs is a topic of continuing discussion. When it comes to boards such as this, size, size can present more problems than good things gained... just saying!

Buckshots perspective on why many Old Timers are silent or absent is essentially correct. I am in email contact with some of them and some also are not happy with the increase in size and the dilution of knowledge that brings with it. I also think they miss the intimacy that this board once had.

[45nut]

I joined 5-4-07 how do i find member number? Thank from a computer flop. Clint

Just click on your own profile, in the URL at the tail end is your membership number,, in this case #3150

[FISH4BUGS]

Actually you were #619 [smilie=6:

Goodness....I AM an old timer!

[clintsfolly]

Thanks 45nut!! Clint

[Wayne Smith]

How many left from www.shooters.com?

I'm one. The guys there taught me to cast.

[Char-Gar]

How many left from www.shooters.com?


Do you mean, how many of the Shooters.com folks remain here, or how many of those folks have gone?

Most of the old Shooter.com folks are gone, but a few remain. I am one of them. I can think of 6 to 10 more.

[9.3X62AL]

Taking Ken's hint, I found that I am quite prehistoric--#72. If this qualifies me for the "Free Beer For A Week" promotion, lemme know. I was a Shooters.com member, survived the Aimoo transitions in good order, and persist hereabouts for reasons not always clear. But, whatever.

[Char-Gar]

you beat me here...I am #96

[onceabull]

Best I can tell is that I'm #25,but there are only 7 members with an earlier join date..I found the originals at Shooters,and transitioned through Aimoo...I can't recall any other situation where I got in front of Al...Most certainly not in anything involving revolvers....!!! Onceabull

[41mag]

Well I have to be honest, I lurked back a long time before I signed up. I signed up to learn how to cast, but then as has been mentioned life sort of got in the way.

I still come in more than I post as I really am learning and don't have much to add about casting. Now I can throw down on some handloading, or J-bullet junk, but I learned if you don't know your way around a conversation, to keep my mouth shut, at a young age.

I for one appreciate all that have helped me out in the past months to get up and rolling. I might not have it down just yet to a dotted I, but I am sticking with it. My main hold up is I only have a limited supply of lead, and what I have I hate to shoot up. I'm building it up little by little with he help of a few members here, and there. I did somewhat score a little prize the other day however in about 100 or so pounds of plain dead soft. It might make up a good batch or two, if I work it just right with the dozen or so rolls of tin solder I got from a co-worker.

So if any of you older members, feel up to posting up on some of the topics, PLEASE DO SO. I understand about new comers, but everyone was a new comer once, and even some who have been around a while still need a little guidance.

I fall in the middle I guess, I'm not so new any more, and my guidance system seems to get more off as time passes.

[AnthonyB]

Okay, if I'm reading the URL right I was number 22. My first post was "I'm in" coming from the Aimoo board.
Tony

[AnthonyB]

onceabull, check your PMs.
Tony

[9.3X62AL]

I harbor ZERO "newcomer prejudice", in fact I dislike that sort of seniority-based nonsense pretty intensely. EVERY ONE OF US was new at boolit casting at some point in time, and I was lucky enough to have a Dad that hunted with me and who brought around mentors for me to learn bullet casting and reloading from. I understand quite clearly that a lot of new shooters lack mentoring or guidance on progressing and developing their hobby interest, and I almost reflexively try to assist however possible in these venues where I can.

That willingness to assist has been the hallmark of this site since its early origins, and while sheer volume of posts may conceal some of that.......the tendency is still alive and well here. Perhaps if the threads were cataloged in more concise formats, a search would be shortened.....but the site's search option is pretty functional. Let's not "fix" things that aren't broken.

[AnthonyB]

Agree with Al. There is no newcomer predujice, and I've sent many hundreds of cast boolits to newbies looking for things to try. I've been burned on very few deals.
Tony

[waksupi]

I see I am #7. I started in at the old shooters board, around 1996, I believe.

[SSGOldfart]

Hummmm I'm new, this place is a full of info,and not just casting either,well run site
good group here I think,so I'll stick around a while

[metweezer]

Hummmm I'm new, this place is a full of info,and not just casting either,well run site
good group here I think,so I'll stick around a while

It's good to have you, you old fart. :bigsmyl2:

[Buckshot]

...............Well I see I'm number 67. Must have taken me awile to get over here from the Aimoo site:D

................Buckshot

[dromia]

Well I'm number 192, an even slower mover from Aimoo. :|

[9.3X62AL]

Still no feedback from admin on the free beer offer. Strange, that.

[dromia]

Not really. :D

[P.K.]

Still no feedback from admin on the free beer offer. Strange, that.

Here you go, fraid you'll have to fight em over it though. ;-)

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/260/827/free-beer_display_image.jpg?1276702981

[9.3X62AL]

"Lovely ladies......could you direct me to the keg?"

Oktoberfests are survivable, but not advisable in my superannuated condition. Those beer steins are seriously proportioned.

[waksupi]

"Lovely ladies......could you direct me to the keg?"

Oktoberfests are survivable, but not advisable in my superannuated condition. Those beer steins are seriously proportioned.


I think you could swim laps in those steins!

[wills]

Do you mean, how many of the Shooters.com folks remain here, or how many of those folks have gone?

Most of the old Shooter.com folks are gone, but a few remain. I am one of them. I can think of 6 to 10 more.

How many of the old shooters.com folks remain here?

[btroj]

When dis the love from Shooters occur? I do believe I predate it.

[P.K.]

"Lovely ladies......could you direct me to the keg?"

Oktoberfests are survivable, but not advisable in my superannuated condition. Those beer steins are seriously proportioned.

That's the beauty of the design, you know this! The more volume the more half full arguments won! Less trips to the bar, more time with the maids and plenty of time to figger out where the men's room is.....I always hated that last bit. ;-)

[wills]

When dis the love from Shooters occur? I do believe I predate it.

Shooters shut down. Gave a few weeks warning, if I recall correctly, and then just went away. Cant recall the year now.

[45nut]

When dis the love from Shooters occur? I do believe I predate it.

Early August of 2003, I then opened CB on what was trumped as a "free" host that soon morphed into a leech of unimaginable proportions, docking me a nickle for every page view and new post. It was unsustainable even with help from the membership.
We moved to the Gunloads domain in march of '05 and have had solid and successful
service ever since.

I never imagined trying to manage this many people, and I was not aware of the need for multiple degree's in psychology and business to run a forum.

I founded this forum with one mission, to expand my own knowledge about the silver stream and make that skill set available to others. That remains the mission for me.

[cobbmtmac]

Hey to Ken/45nut and ALL,

I feel kind of dumb[smilie=b:, but I know that will pass. I go to my own profile and click on it and don't find my Membership #, Please help me out, so I can get back to feeling smart.

Anyway, Ken and all that make this sight so GREAT, Congratulations on 20,000 members!:awesome: My prediction is, in a few years we will look back and this will be a small NUMBER:coffeecom.

Thanks to everyone,

[fishhawk]

Your number 816 when you click on your profile look at the URL at the top of the page your number is at the end of the URL. steve k

[alamogunr]

Your number 816 when you click on your profile look at the URL at the top of the page your number is at the end of the URL. steve k

Well! I'll be. That's interesting. #165 here.

[Char-Gar]

Shooters went down and the birds flew. We ended up on another site operated out of the Middle East. When Ken opened this site, the majority flew again and gathered here. With each move we lost some.

[mroliver77]

I am 207. I remember being on aimoo and the changeover. I cannot remember if I was around on shooters or not. I remember Felix talking about making his lube and people trying different ingredients and proportions for him.
I am a refugee from the Yahoo CB-L forum. I quite because I got chewed out for using "boolits" by the forum "nazi"
Willbird from this forum turned me on to casting around 92 or so. Learned a lot about casting from the CB forum and reading Verals book. Cast Boolits has been my home since I found it.
Some of the old timers that are gone I say "Good riddance." Others I really miss.
J

[cobbmtmac]

fishhawk,

Thanks so much, quite a few ahead of me, but when there is 20,000+, 816 is a low number.

Now I can work on being SMART again!

CHEERS:drinks: