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Izzoquazzo
09-04-2011, 09:16 PM
I've been out of the hobby for some 25-30 years. Just getting back in ala Cowboy Action shooting and went digging in the basement to see what I didn't sell off back then. Seems I kept most of my reloading stuff except my Lyman Turret press. Anywho, I found 5 Lyman boolit moulds from back then. Looks like a couple of them are no longer made and at least one other is a single cavity which isn't available anymore. Just for grins here's the list:
1. 358477 (Single Cavity) 150gr Keith Style
2. 358432 (Dbl. Cav.) 148gr Wadcutter (discontinued)
3. 429348 (Single) 180gr Wadcutter (discontinued)
4. 429421 (Dbl.) 245gr Keith
5. 454616 (Single) TC 245gr Maxi-Ball
Oh yeah, and I found my old SAECO Model 24 Furnace. Time to find some lead.
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22Short
09-05-2011, 11:48 AM
Keep looking! There's powder and primers in the Jeep!
WILCO
09-05-2011, 11:51 AM
I've been out of the hobby for some 25-30 years.
Welcome back to the hobby! Glad you found this place. [smilie=s:
Izzoquazzo
09-05-2011, 12:46 PM
Yeah, I read that thread after I started this one. There's two Jeeps and a Harley in my garage too. I should go out and clean them.
Thumbcocker
09-05-2011, 03:22 PM
When I straighten in my loading area it's almost like going to a gun show. I always find stuff I forgot I had. I have tried to get Mrs. Thumbcokcer to take the same view on her sho collection but no luck so far.
Yeah, I read that thread after I started this one. There's two Jeeps and a Harley in my garage too. I should go out and clean them.
I have a 62 650 norton, an 850 Commando, a 65 Atlas, a 78 wing, and a 81 CB650 in my garage that I haven't seen for years.... No Jeeps though. My dad had one in the early 1950s and the cost to keep it on the road were astronomical.
Remodled the office into my man cave/reloading room/hidey hole and found things that I had forgotten about years ago. Putting things into stacked old kitchen cabinets and actually labeling what is in them. Categorizing stuff this time--that way I can forget whole sections-lol. Got the old "ham" and CB base things into a Faraday container and that has cleared off a nice area of the desk. Stuff does accumulate, then pile up, then it starts sliding off-lol.
Bought a '79 Jeep Comando several yrs ago from a gent's barn. He had it under a tarp and just wanted it gone. Picked up an old "boss hog" Lincoln Continental close to the same way. Yahoo, found a parts car just the other day for it sitting in high grass behind an old fenced in closed garage. Got it and a Chevy doolie for $300. Just love folks who need room for other junk-lol. Now just have to hide things from my wife so she doesn't skin me for bringing home my "treasures".
uscra112
09-07-2011, 07:50 PM
Being a pack rat is like having Alzheimer's. You keep meeting new stuff every day !
x101airborne
09-07-2011, 09:21 PM
I had a mentally challenged buddy in high school who made a fairly healthy living cleaning out barns, building fence, clearing brush, etc. He called me one day to bring a trailer and help him with a car. I showed up and helped him load a 1957 chevy convertible on my trailer. He traded the price of cleaning out the barn for the car. I fronted him the 5 grand to put it on the road again and he sold it for 65,000.00 the day it came out of the shop. I have always felt the money he made maybe earned me a place in the afterlife "not so hot". I did not ask for or make a dime on helping him. He did repay me in a timely manner and we are still friends. I am glad that "God" gave him that opportunity and I was able to help.
BTW.... you guys need some help cleaning out your garages and shops, let me know!! I need another jeep. Just Empty Every Pocket. J.E.E.P.
Cherokee
09-07-2011, 10:43 PM
Just yesterday, I shot some loads I put together back in 1978. Still shoot good too. Never know what you will find.
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