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    Just wondering if you have woke up yet?? Just kidding, hope the best for you.

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    Be careful what you wish for.....

    I can envision some shooting that can become boring and tedious.

    But congratulations on having a job and one you think you will enjoy!
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    If it's like one company I worked for, it would consist of inserting the barrel into a catch trap, and pulling the trigger.
    The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
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    good luck on you new dream job wish there were some like that here in Florida but I have never found one congrats D Crockett

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    In Florida, somewhere off to the northeast of our house was a shop building M16 rifles I think. When the wind was right I could stand out in my yard and listen to the testfiring going on. One shot ,rest ,two or three shot burst, rest ,six shot burst, rest, empty the mag. Next. I was just thinking of all the brass they were making empty. I am sure It would get to be work pretty soon.
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    As I have pointed out many times on this site, I spent my entire working career with he phone company. I did not install phones or climb poles but instead I installed phone systems in businesses big enough to need one. Each job may take days, weeks, months or in some cases like North American, years. I saw many very boring jobs but the worst job I ever saw was watching a man making golf club shafts. This man stood at a machine that resembled a lathe. It had a chuck in which this man would insert a piece of steel tubing. He would then step on a foot peddle which would cause the machine to press steps in the shaft. All the time the shaft was being sprayed with water soluble oil which meant his hands were also in the coolant thru out his shift. As soon as he finished one very large rolling rack they would take it away and roll him another rack of shafts. I would have gone mad the first day.
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    Back when Kel-Tec was first getting started I had a friend who scored a job with them. He showed me around and I remember seeing all these 55 gallon drums of plastic frames and thinking, this company aintgona be around long maken plastic guns! Silly me! By the way I now love my PF9, it’s one of my favorite edc’s! Good luck with the new job!
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    I spent over 39.5 years creating or recreating objects of art. Never considered it work. Hope you retire with the same enthusiasm. It's a blessing to make a living at something you enjoy.
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    Shooting for a living can get old.

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    Dont forget your hearing protector and have a ball!!!!!!
    When guns are outlawed only criminals and the government will have them and at that time I will see very little difference in either!

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    Oh no! You know that work isn't fun, right?
    Micah 6:8
    He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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    Did something similar for 18 years. Never got tired of it. On weekends I shot my own guns. You will love it.

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    had a job like that once, bad part was as soon as you started shooting the backstops were in front and behind you. Good luck

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    Quote Originally Posted by LUCKYDAWG13 View Post
    My brother worked for a Rifle maker in SD the shooter there got lead poising how often will they check your levels
    but that sounds like a great job Congrats
    If you stay away from the front of the gun you shouldn't get lead poisoning.
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    A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie. — Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

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    Nice!!!

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