Ok guys heres the deal.

[Lloyd Smale]

Like i said im not looking for freebees. Im not broke and theres guys on here that can use the free stuff more then me and id gladly pay you for anything you send. Just do me a favor and put your user name on here in the box and a bill for what i owe you. dont be shy as like i said im not broke. Its just that its a nightmare to search the fourms for all of this stuff. Ill post a list and my address below
.223
.308
.257rob
.250 sav
.8mag
. 4570
.444
.356
.35rem
3030
762x39
500 line
475line
454
45colt
44mag
44 special
38 special
32 mag
45acp
any .223 or .308 ball bullets youd sell
any primers youd sell
Dies for most of these. (someone allready offered me .223 and 762x39
gas checks for any of those calibers.
any of this would help me get started. As to offers of presses and pots i plan on replacing all of mine so there really not needed, and i have no place to set them up right now anyway.
You dont know how much this is apprecatied. God smilled on me when he gave me friends like you.
Lloyd Smale
E8088 Jinglebell ln
Munising MI 49862

[Lloyd Smale]

by the way ive answered over 30 pms today. To say im overwellmed would be the biggest understatement of my life.

[briang]

I'll send you some 30-30 ammo I have. It was given to me and I don't have a use for it so it's yours free of charge.

[fecmech]

Lloyd--RCBS 308 FL die set coming to ya with an additional neck sizer die, hasn't been near a shell casing in 20 years and if I keep it, never will. I know that has to be a terrible feeling in the pit of your stomach when you look out the window. Good luck my friend. Nick

[Catshooter]

Lloyd,

Send me 15 or twenty of your moulds - I'll clean 'em/lap 'em, whatever they need to come back to life.

PM sent.


Cat

[6.5 mike]

Lloyd, if you can get your steel mold's out try submerging them in a bucket of diesel. It has a good rust inhibitor in it. Offroad, heavy equipment, works best. We use it on the boat for penatenting oil. ya one day i'll learn to speeell.

[kywoodwrkr]

Lloyd,
Will be sending you a Dillon set of carbide 357 dies, RCBS Carbide 454 Dies and a set of Lyman shellholders.
If I said I have a little knowledge of what you are going through, please believe me when I say I do.
Patience is possibly the one most important thing.
It's taken me a year to get where I am ready to start reloading again-but I am and with almost a vengence.:Fire:
As you are finding out, friends can make a big difference(Thanks again Ken:drinks:)
Good luck and just look for the good-like you've found here.
Interestingly enough my primers were at ground zero(or 1100F) and survived.
Biggest surprise of all to me.
Good luck with all recoveries and keep HIM in mind as well.
Dave

[45nut]

Dave is spot on, there is no real measure of the bond we share here, brothers of the silver stream.
Lloyd is quite overwhelmed at this point.

[223tenx]

LLoyd,
Some 308 and 223 ball bullets and 223 brass is coming your way and I'll check my dies and see if I have any duplicates you can use. I noticed you have 257 Rob on your list. You don't need 257 Rob AI by any chance , do you? No charge, stuff is just collecting dust on my shelf.

[Heavy lead]

RCBS dies, I'll send them this week. Don't have any brass though, but dies will be on the way.

[stubshaft]

LLoyd - will be sending a couple of hundred 147gr .30 cal ball bullets. Yhese are pulls but they shoot great in my guns.

Beat Wishes,

Joe

[1911sw45]

Lloyd,

I am sending ya 1000 .358 158gr SWC, 1000 .356 124gr RN, RCBS carbide 44mag/44spl dies, 115 .45acp Fed once fired brass, 115 38spl mixed once fired brass, and 150 9mm mixed once fired brass. Coming by USPS insured. Its all your free of charge.

1911sw45
Adam

[Bret4207]

Lloyd- I'm going to gather some extras I have and get them out to you. Wish we could have a get together " barn raising" but this is as close as I can come.

I think this shows we're ALL blessed here. The overwhelming support shown gives me a bit of hope for us all.

[armyrat1970]

Lloyd I share your pain but of course I really don't as I haven't gone through what you have. I am going to put something in the mail for you today that I hope will lessen the pain to some degree but of course???. Just something to get you back up and loading again I hope. Wish I had a press I could let go of but I don't. The cases is all I have right now. Feel free to PM me if you have other needs.

[opentop]

Lloyd,

I'm sending a set of Lee .223 dies, some 38 sp. brass, and few other goodies.

Opentop

[ddeaton]

What did I miss? Someone point me to the thread.

[txpete]

I'll have a goodie box heading your way tomorrow.did you give up on the 44/40 ??.I think I have some extra brass if you need it.
pete

[redneckdan]

Email sent about primers.

PS- Any use for .224 75 or 80gr hornady A-MAX bullets? They cannot be loaded to magazine length in the ar-15 but will work in most bolt action magazines...i think...

PPS- Also got some gator checks in .30 I can spare.

[Lloyd Smale]

thanks for the offer but my gun is a standard 257
LLoyd,
Some 308 and 223 ball bullets and 223 brass is coming your way and I'll check my dies and see if I have any duplicates you can use. I noticed you have 257 Rob on your list. You don't need 257 Rob AI by any chance , do you? No charge, stuff is just collecting dust on my shelf.

[Lloyd Smale]

will eventually need the checks dan but the bullets wont do me any good as all i have are ars in 223
Email sent about primers.

PS- Any use for .224 75 or 80gr hornady A-MAX bullets? They cannot be loaded to magazine length in the ar-15 but will work in most bolt action magazines...i think...

PPS- Also got some gator checks in .30 I can spare.

[KCSO]

Lloyd

I donate a big box of assorted brass, this will be range pickup and will be everything from 38 special to who knows. Hope this helps.

[Recluse]

Lloyd,

Am assembling a care package that includes 45ACP, 45LC, .223, 9mm, 30-30 and .308. Am looking around for additional stuff to put in.

:coffee:

[ktw]

I can pony up some 44 Mag brass, a lb of Bullseye, couple lbs of H110, CCI LP & LPM primers. Will stop by on my next trip through.

I could put together a 310 tong tool set in 257 Roberts out of my parts box if it would be useful to you.

Let us locals know if you are organizing a working party.

-ktw

[IcerUSA]

Lloyd , going through my brass and will send what I have in whats on the list , some might not be but a few as it's range brass but a bunch of fews sure do add up . :)

Keith

[runfiverun]

some 30-30 dies comin your way and assorted other stuff too.

[redneckdan]

Also, I have a 400lb capacity smelting pot if you need help re-ingot-izing I'd be glad to help.

[pumpguy]

I have a FRB of assorted brass coming your way. I hope it helps.

[Catshooter]

RCBS small base .308 dies in the mail tomorrow Lloyd.

God bless.


Cat

P.S. I read once that a man is as rich as he has friends. That about what you're feeling about now? :)

[largom]

Lloyd, Large PR flat rate box shipped to you this morning. Several hundred Win. 223 brass and a bag of .308 Rem. brass. Wish I could help with primers but you know what that story is.
Larry

[6.5 mike]

Lloyd, got a box of brass ready ,will ship it tomorrow. I don't know what else I have that you could use. I 'm a small time operation, have tryed to keep it that way, but came up long on milatry brass. I'll keep an eye on this while I'm on the boat & maybe can find something I missed.

[Bret4207]

What did I miss? Someone point me to the thread.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=53364

[Typecaster]

Lloyd—
I'll be shipping a set of RCBS .444 Marlin dies, a bag of .444 cases, 5.56 mil cases & FMJs, and I'm pretty sure I have some 120-gr. FMJs for 7.62x39 and the like. If I can unearth my zip-loc of .308 range pick-ups, I'll top off the box with those.

Also have an old RCBS Jr. press you're welcome to use until your final stuff arrives; I was going to list it in the PIF group anyway to get a newbie going.

I'll hold off packing until you let me know about the press.

Best,

Richard

[1Shirt]

Not a great qty, but some 223,30-30,38S, and 45ACP are on the way. Hope they help. :coffee:
1Shirt!

[223tenx]

Hey Lloyd,
Found a set of 257 Rob (standard) dies. They're on the way along with 223 brass and 223 / 308 ball bullets.

[armyrat1970]

Cases coming your way buddy. Hope they help. 223, 35Rem. 30-30, 44mag, 44spl. and 45colt. A couple of different that I had only one each of. Take care my Brother.

[No_1]

PM Sent.

R.

[db2]

Lloyd, I have almost 100 brand new 8mm Mag brass I do not need.

PM coming your way

db2

[Old Ironsights]

I'm sitting on (iirc) 200 .45-70 brass right now with no .45-70.

If you want/need them until I get a Handi-rifle/Encore/build a .45-70 Double-gun, you are welcome to them.

[hoss-noogy]

Mr. Lloyd,

Flat rate box on the way. Assorted brass . 100 pk. 223 55 grain soft point, case trimmer and deburring tool. Enjoy


Hoss
.

[DLCTEX]

Lloyd, I'll get the 7.62X39 dies off to you with any brass and bullets I can find. I also have 5 boxes of 250 Savage factory ammo that was given to me that I haven't found a home for till now. Hope we aren't creating too much of a storage problem for you by rushing this stuff off, but things put off have a way of getting left undone. I'll finish up the box with some WW metal, as I'm blessed with a good supply, and they can be stored outside. Really enjoy seeing the response from the brotherhood. (ladies are included in the brotherhood, don't feel left out). DALE

[357maximum]

Lloyd

35 rem, and 444 brass headed to you from troll land.....as payment I only want an answer to the following question..(if you posted it I missed it somehow).

What does your lead stash look like (one big lump/puddle etc)?

[sleeper1428]

Lloyd

Two boxes went off in the mail today, one with several hundred 45ACP cases and a few 30-30 cases and a second one with 44Mag and 38Spl brass. Considering all the supplies that appear to be headed your way, it looks as if you'd better start figuring out somewhere to store a lot of material until such time as you can rebuild your barn and get your reloading bench set up once again. Hang in there. And as someone mentioned, enjoy yourself when you start purchasing new equipment - it'll be just like Christmas!!

sleeper1428

[Down South]

Lloyd

35 rem, and 444 brass headed to you from troll land.....as payment I only want an answer to the following question..(if you posted it I missed it somehow).

What does your lead stash look like (one big lump/puddle etc)?

I had a camp that burned some years ago that I had quite a bit of lead stored in. I wasn't able to recover any of it so I'm wondering if Lloyd is able to recover any of his.

[Old Ironsights]

I had a camp that burned some years ago that I had quite a bit of lead stored in. I wasn't able to recover any of it so I'm wondering if Lloyd is able to recover any of his.

Why not?

The lead should still smelt out just fine - as long as you/he didn't have buckets full of Zincers sitting in immediate proximity to the Lead.

Smelting/refining is smelting/refining. Shouldn't matter how much other trash is in the lump...

(Yes the BHN will be odd... but better than a stick in the eye...)

[Lloyd Smale]

i was out peeling slabs of it out of the dirt this morning. I think i can get some back. Its awful dirty though and some even had brass and aluminum that had actually melted in it.

[SciFiJim]

Having smelted incredibly dirty radiator shop drip tank gunk to get the solder, I can tell you that dirt and the rest of the junk melted in will float to the top. It's a dirty, smelly job, but some should be recoverable. If I lived within driving distance I would offer to do it for you, but CA is a bit far away.

[ovendoctor]

i was out peeling slabs of it out of the dirt this morning. I think i can get some back. Its awful dirty though and some even had brass and aluminum that had actually melted in it.

no problem Lloyd with the junk

just gather all ya can and save it

I can show ya a trick with a water tank shell to separate the junk

[Brick85]

How difficult is it to send a few hundred primers? I have some CCI large pistol primers I could donate, and some various (sorted) brass in handgun calibers. You didn't ask for 9mm (that I saw) but it seems folks are sending it. Do you have a use for it, because I've got a shopping bag full.

Seems like you're going to be getting an awful lot of mixed brass from ranges, Lloyd--do you have one of those shell sorting tools? I'm in the process of making one for myself now, but I see that Midway has them for sale for around $40, sorting out .45 ACP, 9mm, and .40 S&W. Probably cheaper than sending one of my home-made sets in the mail.

[Down South]

Why not?

The lead should still smelt out just fine - as long as you/he didn't have buckets full of Zincers sitting in immediate proximity to the Lead.

Smelting/refining is smelting/refining. Shouldn't matter how much other trash is in the lump...

(Yes the BHN will be odd... but better than a stick in the eye...)Under that kind of heat the lead will find cracks and crevices that you wouldn’t believe, plus all of the debris on top of it. Believe me, a lot of it will be hard to recover.

[Old Ironsights]

How difficult is it to send a few hundred primers? ...

Difficult.

It's DOT HazMat...

[Down South]

Difficult.

It's DOT HazMat...

That is true. I wanted to send some primers by my sister who lives in Mi. but it was still too far to drive to be feasible for Lloyd. I wish there was an easy way to get primers up there. I even Goggled a map. Lloyd lives too far north of my sister to come pick them up. I was hoping that perhaps that he was sort of in line with her destination somehow but not. Lloyd is almost a Canadian.

[sundog]

Lloyd is almost Canadian. Could be worse....

If it's anything like the Four Corners revelation a couple weeks ago, his Canadian neighboUrs might be Americans..., by God!

[phil218b]

pm sent for 38 special!!

[Brick85]

Difficult.

It's DOT HazMat...

Is primed brass any easier? I could prime up some .45 ACP or something.

[Lloyd Smale]

guys im pretty much set for know on what i need. let me get whats here and comming sorted through. My buddy was down state and jays had some primers so i should even have enough of them to get going. Again your generousity is just overwelming!!

[No_1]

Lloyd,

My package that I PM'd you about is ready to ship if you still need that stuff. Let me know when you are ready. If you forgot what I have for you, send a PM and I will refresh your memory.

R.

[Typecaster]

Just so no one sends a duplicate, I've shipped .444 Marlin dies and a few .444 cases.

Richard

[Circuit Rider]

Lloyd, Haven't been on in a couple of weeks. Just read about your misfortune. Have some xtra pistol and rifle primers, could you use them. And if you ask how much I'll come up there and kick your behind. Don't know you, but as with all of us, I want to help. Been loading for ten yrs and each time I get on the forum I learn a lot. Did I read the address correctly?: E8088 Jinglebell Lane Came through there last fall with some boats going to northern Ontario. Circuit Rider