Casters' ages with a more uniform scale

[GhostHawk]

Getting old ain't for sissy's.

I always intended to live hard, die young and leave a good looking corpse.

Screwed up somewhere down the line.

Over 50 gas happens, live with it. Over 60 it happens a lot.

Still in the long run every day on the green side of the grass is a good day.

Rain showers here today, not much sun. But the smell of the earth washed clean, ohhh that takes you back to long long ago and far far away land. Good clean rich smell. Smell of rich earth, growing things and the untamed west wind.

Yeah life is good, so far.

[JBinMN]

Over 40... Never trust a fart.

[Dirtjumper895]

28 years old here, been into casting for about a year. Lots to learn, but have a large supply of lead to enjoy.

[dragon813gt]

Over 40... Never trust a fart.

The older I get the less warning I have. I'm on the road a lot and toilets aren't usually close by. Lost a couple pair of underwear due to over zealous farts this year

[mold maker]

After 50 I knew all about lumpy farts.

[David2011]

I just started posting on this forum last night but have been an avid follower since before I cast my first bullet only a year and a half ago.

Welcome to CastBoolits! I see you already have the ergonomics figured out. Staying comfortable at the casting bench is paramount to your enjoyment. I've been melting and molding 'em for 35 years.

David

[JasonYbarbo]

42 and started about 5 years ago.

[fivefang]

Hi Larry , I started casting for a 38/40 '73 win. in '55,it is a shame that the reloading industry has mis-led us for so many years, I thank you for de-bunking old wives tales, Chamber casting & Bore-slugging, all that before outside neck turning was very rarely mentioned, Fivefang

[MAGA]

26 well,,, 27 in 2 days

[jarhead0321usmc]

I'm 30 started reloading and casting when I was a young teen with my grandfather. Went in the service and came back to some crazy ammo prices that helped justify in my head to jump back into the reloading and casting hobby. So I guess you could say off and on for 18 years total. Got a great wife that really enjoys shooting so the more I reload and cast the happier she is.

[rogn]

Started somewhere back in the 50's as an uncontrolled teenager. The things we did back then---without hurting anyone including ourselves. Used a Loverin design 55gr 22 cal GC with cookie cutter and a 310 tool push thru. It was interesting but never focused on one thing long enough to learn from it. Added things over the years with a lot of Lee equip as of late. Im learning more how to avoid all the standard procedures and still get adequate performance- sometime startling performance. My cast loads right now are more dangerous to paper than anything else. We could change.
Sorry about the tangential material, my brain got crossthreaded.

[kmrra]

My dad and I cast back in the 70s and 80s , and after he died in 1990 , I got out of guns and reloading till I got back into it in 2014 and just went back to casting my own at the first of this year. Lot more options now days and much more to learn , But it makes for a great past time .

[RIHP]

Well I guess by age I am I the prime of my reloading life!

[robg]

63 now ,what happened ,I was nineteen five minutes ago?

[DerekP Houston]

63 now ,what happened ,I was nineteen five minutes ago?

It seems to be going so much faster now that I have a kiddo to care for.

[dragon813gt]

It seems to be going so much faster now that I have a kiddo to care for.

The child has nothing to do w/ if. As you age your perception of time changes. You have more years to look back upon. In second grade the school year took forever because you only had eight years to look back upon. Fast forward to being eighteen years past graduation and you have thirty-six years to look back upon. Time goes by "quicker" as you age.

Not saying kids don't change how you perceive time. I have a 16yo, 3yo and 4mo. You're definitely more occupied w/ them. If you didn't have them time would still feel like it's going by faster as you age.

[Texas by God]

I 'm creeping up on 59, started reloading in 1972 for a 788 22-250 and an Enfield .38 S&W. I started casting for .38 Special and .45 acp in the summer of 1980. (When Hell came to stay in N Texas) Until I joined this forum I had only cast for one rifle- the 30-30. I've learned a lot here!

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[oldblinddog]

63 now ,what happened ,I was nineteen five minutes ago?

I was going to say that!

Also, I have this responsibility to load cast bullets into brass cases and shoot them and work is getting in the way...and I'm really getting behind.

[1bilmr59]

I started at 55 3 years ago.

[max it]

i have spent much too much time working,
and preciously little casting and shooting.