How many yrs. of experience is here?

[Jim]

I can't count the times I've seen someone post about how much knowledge and experience there is on this forum. I got to wonderin' the other day how that could be determined. Well, I've come up with another one of my wild, hair-brained ideas.

I'm gonna start by simply posting how many years I've been at this casting and loading stuff. The next guy posts his number of years, adds it to mine and shows the total. The next guy takes the second guy's total, does the same thing and so on. I'd be real curious to see where this goes.

Nothin' wrong with addin' comments, that would only serve to make the thread a bit more interesting in my opinion. Y'all game to try this? Your figure should show years of experience in casting, loading, swaging, etc.. I DID NOT include my years of shooting, just years in casting and loading.

EXAMPLE:

Jim- 30

second poster- 25

30 + 25 = 55

Third poster- 35

55 + 35 = 90

Clear as mud?

Here's my entry- 30 YEARS

[bearcove]

I might be dating myself, but 37 yrs

30+37=67

[500MAG]

28 years.
67+28=95

[Echo]

Castingfor 48 years - but knowing what I'm doing, casting, only 4 - so 67+4=71

Reloading - 48+67=115

[375RUGER]

143+19= 162

OK I think I got it back on track

[Jim]

Careful, guys. Let's keep this simple so it doesn't get confusing and go askew. Looks to me like we're gonna go way past a millenia before this is done.

[waksupi]

We had a thread on this a few years ago, the numbers were getting astronomical, with even a very small percentage of total members adding in the years. I bet it is easily over 100,000 years now.

[Jim]

We had a thread on this a few years ago, the numbers were getting astronomical, with even a very small percentage of total members adding in the years. I bet it is easily over 100,000 years now.

Ric, I wasn't aware of that. Had I known, I would have tried to dig it up and just read it. If you think this is just taking up band width uselessly, by all means, delete it.

[500MAG]

Keep it. Like I said, I was loadin 28 years before I even found this site. Never went to the internet, all by the book. I use to spend all my time loadin, now I spend all my time on this site and don't have time to load.

[ph4570]

162 + 48 = 210

[waksupi]

Ric, I wasn't aware of that. Had I known, I would have tried to dig it up and just read it. If you think this is just taking up band width uselessly, by all means, delete it.

Heck no, Jim, lots of new folks here to add up. I wouldn't even know where to start looking for the other one. I was just mentioning it in passing.

[bob208]

i did it backwards. a friend of mine had a reloading out fit. i did not. but when i bought my first pistol i got a mold for it too. so i cast he reloaded.

i was 21 then am 62 now. that is 41 years.

where has the time gone????

[DCM]

210+41(bob208)=251
+my21=272

[wallenba]

Hmmm...37 loading, only 5 casting. Shooting since....well, I can't remember that far back.

[429421Cowboy]

Started loading all by myself on my own press when i turned 17 so that is just under 3 years:oops: So 272+2=274

[runfiverun]

i learned to cast [learned from a neighbor] before i learned [was allowed] to reload.
i could sort/pick-up empty's/shoot,and box ammo, but not load it.

so 38 more.
=312

[dragonrider]

It been about 25 years so 312=25=337

[**oneshot**]

337 + 28 = 365

28 years of reloading, casting for the last 15, shooting for 38yrs, understanding my limitations PRICELESS.

sorry had to throw that in.

[quilbilly]

45 of reloading including 30 of casting here

[stubshaft]

365+45(quilbilly)+47=457

[John in WI]

Since about May.

A whopping 0.25 years

162.25 years!

[wgr]

10 years 457+10=467

[WILCO]

I started reloading in 1995 and picked up on casting boolits in 2007......

[WILCO]

10 years 457+10=467

Plus my 17 = 484 total.....

[swheeler]

484+48(1964)=532

[burntpowder]

started reloading shotgun shells 1961, started reloading rifle and pistol along with casting 1965.

[swheeler]

bp; you forgot total 532+51=583

[Adam10mm]

Reloading: 6
Casting: 5

[thebigmac]

532+37=569

[TJF1]

Started loading in 1960and casting 1962
so 569+50 =619
terry

[big dale]

I added casting to the reloading 46 years ago so 619+46=665.

Big Dale

[Larry Gibson]

Been reloading cast since I was 14 years old for the 30-30. 665 + 51 = 716.

Larry Gibson

[Kraschenbirn]

Began reloading in the late '50s and cast my first .58 cal. Minie ball in 1973...716+39=754

Bill

[tchepone]

How many yrs. of experience is here?

Handloading 1965-2012=47
Casting 1967-2012=45

754+47=801

[fishhawk]

here the original thread http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=14017 we were over 6500 years at the last time here.

[PS Paul]

801 + 25 years fer me = 826 Years. THAT was easy math!!!

[tryNto]

826 + 16 = 842 years

[Aunegl]

842 + 31 = 873 years

[Blacksmith]

873+36=909 years

[Jim]

Not two pages and we've almost broken a millenia. This is crazy.

[fishhawk]

just look what we had befor jim over 6500 years

[camaro1st]

909+5=914

[Jim]

just look what we had befor jim over 6500 years

I know it! Can you imagine trying to document all this experience and put it in a book? I don't think that would be possible!

[Calamity Jake]

914 + 30= 944

[handyman25]

944+53=997

yes older than dirt.

[mold maker]

I started 58 years ago. Let's say I struggled for 52, and then found new ways to do everything.
So 944 + 58 = 1002

[Jim]

I started 58 years ago. Let's say I struggled for 52, and then found new ways to do everything.
So 944 + 58 = 1002

45 responses and we broke a grand. I figured we would break a grand, but I never had any idea it would happen so quickly.

Thanks for all the participation, fellas!

[waksupi]

1002 + 40 = 1042

[largom]

1042 + 60= 1102

Larry

[nodda duma]

1102 + 5 = 1107

-Jason

[reg293]

1107 + 52 = 1159

reg

[starreloader]

May as well put me in, started loading in '68 and casting in 1970 and still at it. I'll split the time and go for 42 years

1159 + 42 = 1201

[chboats]

Started casting in 1980 32 years 1201 + 32 + 1233

[pmeisel]

1233 + 25 = 1258

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

It seems that casting while being a daily visitor/member here would be more like dogs years.
cause my 2 years here seem like 14 ;)
been reloading for a decade.

but with all that said... 1258 + 2 = 1260

[fecmech]

Started loading in 1966 but that was mainly shotgun and casting around 1970 so I'll add 42. So 1258+42=1300 Whoops type too slow. 1260+42 1302

[TCLouis]

Started shooting and casting 429215s in 66 for my old Flat Top 44 Maggie.
Let's do the math

1260 + 46 = 1306

[gmsharps]

I was introduced to reloading and casting in 66 so 1306+46=1352

gmsharps

[clintsfolly]

started in 1976 so 1356+36=1392 Clint

[Grandpas50AE]

Started casting in 1973, so:
1392 + 40 = 1432

[stubck]

32 years --1464 Cast in the dark until I found this place, then thr lights came on.
Stubck

[armexman]

1464+25=1489

[sundog]

Had to go back and check if I had already responded, as there are several threads floating around similar. Nope.

I started casting and loading about the same time, ~1972, and added shotgun about 4-5 years later. Always learning something new, and always something new or different with which to experiment.

1489 + 40 = 1529

[rockrat]

Started about 1970 with the little lead soldier melter I had and a 452460 mould, but didn't really get into it till around 1973 when I bought my Saeco furnace(still use it).

1529 + 42= 1571

[geargnasher]

I went back and re-added everything, since a couple of members mis-added and some were missed. I come up with 1,757 years including Rockrat. The first page of 40 posts made 1,004years, so Jim, it DID make 1,000 on the first page.

Anywhoo, 1,757 + 20 + 1,777 years.

Gear

[Jim]

Thanks for helpin' out, Gear! You're a team player!

[bobthenailer]

1,777 + my 45 years = 1,822

[BDJ]

1822+ my 43 = 1865

[Ed Barrett]

First time casting was 1953 so I guess that's about 58 years. For a DCM 30-40 Krag. A WWI Vet Showed me how.


1865 + 48 = 1913

[krag35]

I started casting for a little 31 cal colt in Junior high school

1913 + 35 = 1948

[Bullet Caster]

Started reloading and casting last year, so 1948 + 1 = 1949. BC

[Cactus Farmer]

1949 was a good year, plus my 53 years makes 2002.

[waksupi]

Averaging the numbers so far, and multiplying by the amount of members, we should end up around 684,823 years of experience.

[sav300]

40 for me =2042

[MBTcustom]

17 for me =2059

[Ola]

14 years = 2073

[Jim]

Averaging the numbers so far, and multiplying by the amount of members, we should end up around 684,823 years of experience.

According to the 'What's goin' on?' section, Most users ever online was 786, 11-09-2011 at 12:40 PM.

I'd be amazed if we got half of that in responses. There's no tellin' how many thousand members who's names are on the records, but no longer participate.

[32ideal]

55 + 2073 = 2128

Started casting 50cal round balls in 1957 for a 28ga / 52cal single shot rifle/shotgun when I was twelve under direction of my grandfather, also sorted reclaimed shot for him and used it in the same rifle/shotgun, plus melted the deformed shot for the 50cal balls, he got to use the fancy Herters shotshell loader with the good reclaimed shot.
32ideal

[Able 5]

2128+23= 2151

[garym1a2]

Just four years

[Jim]

just four years

2151 + 4 = 2155

[Dale53]

I have been casting for 62 years.

2155+62=2217

Dale53

[btroj]

30 years. Make it 2247.

It is amazing tough to think that I learned more in the last 5 years than I did the first 25.

[DCP]

31 years. Make it 2278

[riorider]

42 yrs = 2320

[Geraldo]

Only been at it 23 years.

2320+23=2343

[GT27]

33 years reloading,1 year casting,I'm a late"bloomer"![smilie=l:2343+34+2377

[OBIII]

May as well add my 6 years into the mix. Total now at 2383. Did I win? :mrgreen:

[DRNurse1]

Dang, I must be a lot younger than my wife says I am: reloading and casting 18 years puts over 3 millenia at

3001

[sljacob]

reloading 35 years casting casting only 5

3001+35=3036

[Jeffrey]

Reloading 42 years, casting 24 years.

3036 + 42 = 3078

[tryNto]

Count is off. Went from Post #88 2383 to Post #89 3001..

Corrected count as of now. 2478

[kodiak1]

2478 + 41 = 2519

Ken.

[Jim]

Sharp eye! Thanks for catching that.

Count stands at 2519

[Cariboo]

sarted casting for 47years ago -26 (some rough years)= 21
2519+21= 2540

[catmandu]

I did a quick count and it's been 31 years.

2540 + 31= 2571.

[Artful]

best count loading on my own is 32 + 2571 = 2603

[GL49]

I won't count the years when I was a kid and just helping my dad, so.....2603+42=2645

[DRNurse1]

My math error, the boss is happy I am not 600years old. Sorry guys.

[RayinNH]

40 more=2685...Ray

[toooldtocare]

I bed if we took all the politicians in the white house and did this the numbers wouldn't hit a thousand!!!

[27judge]

i started in 1960 that makes 52 years or 2737

[hiram1]

I started 2 years ago and with a lot of help on here from the guys on cast boolits i am doing good now.you have to read it and if you cant find it ask somone.and im sure thay will help.thay sure did help me a lot.the guys spend a lot of time trying to help others to cast good boolits and a lot of other things in shooting.so just ask.Tell them about your good luck as well as the bad.just look out for the lube groove sellsman he will try to sell you a large box of them and you dont need the large box i still have a lot of them left over from 2 years ago

[Gar]

Well I started reloading and casting in 1975 so thats 37 years.
2737 + 37 = 2774
plus hiram1 2 years makes it 2776

[Whistler]

2776 + 4 = 2780 years

[williamwaco]

Only 105 members total 2780 years.
What would be if all 23,000 members answered ? ? ? ?

Mind boggling.


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[PbHurler]

2780 + 32 = 2812

[avogunner]

2812 + 25 = 2837
Semper Fi!

[Boerrancher]

2837+35= 2872

[LIMPINGJ]

2872+43=2915

[Brasso]

Reloading-1971, casting- 1984
2915+41=2956

Sam

[Wal']

Bought my first rifle at 14 & have been reloading for the last 27 years, & this year started casting my own.

2956+27 = 2983

[Bad Water Bill]

Well i guess I will have to be the one to break the 3000 barrier with post #113.

I started around 1970 so about 40 years

2983 + 40 =3023

[farmallcrew]

3023+10= 3033

Keep casting, swaging, and loading!!!!!

[Smitty's Retired]

I started reloading around 1986, so 26 years.
3033 +26=3059

But only been casting for a few months and having fun learning.

[David2011]

30 years since I cast my first boolit.

3059+30=3089.

David

[TheDoctor]

Reloading and casting for 20, and still trying to figure out what I'm doing.

3089 + 20 = 3109

[tmax64]

Been reloading for 19 years now and casting for 10 of that. I'm a N00B!
3109+10=3119

[Tazman1602]

Man been reloading since 1979 and casting since about 1985 so

3109 + 27 = 3136

[captaint]

I'm only gonna count my years of casting. I've been loading my own since the 70's. But, after all, this is Cast Boolits, so I only count those years.
3136 plus 4 = 3140. done. Mike

[fixit]

37 years. got started in reloading and muzzleloading about the same time when i was in my teens. casting for reloading came later. add that to 3140, it comes to 3177!