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Recently, I was going through my boxes, looking for my 30-40 Dies--still haven't unpacked everything from last year's move--and I found two sleeves of small pistol primers, one of small rifle, and one of CCI LP Magnum primers that I have no recollection of buying. I need to look for something Else, so I can find my dies.:roll:
So, folks, what goodies have you turned up in the loading room?
I will be happy when I find my magazine for my .351 Winchester. But I did find 3 sleeves of S&B LR primers.
I found two bricks of .22 ammo during my fruitless search for SRP a couple of months ago. That was a very pleasant suprise.
I did find 1000 CCI milspec and 1000 regular CCI SRPs for $65 and $55 respectively at LGS a couple weeks later and gladly bought them.
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So it's not just me! That's interesting. When I plunder to find something I usually find other stuff I been looking for ages.
1 1/2 sleeves of shotgun primers buried in a box of old felt wads that came in a whole lot buy. Whatever made me look in that? Had it since 1978!
Found 10,000 SPP hiding behind some ammo the other day
When i rearranged the man cave. I found a pound of powder i forgot i bought. It was CFE pistol or 2400. I was hoping to find a 1911 spring plug too i lost. But no luck with it.
That happened to me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigAlofPa.
I saw it fly up & away. Even after moving, totally emptying, and cleaning the shop, I never did find it.
Best I can figure, its still in low earth orbit.
I found I had bought two of the same mold. 44 wadcutters at that.
That annoyed me enough to pull out every mold I have to bring my inventory list up to date.
I posted a while back that I moved a box on the top shelf of my loading room and found 15,000 CCI LPP. Three cases of 5,000 each.......
An empty modified .45 ACP case will work for this part until you find the real one!Quote:
Originally Posted by BigAlofPa.
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Huh, I usually just find duplicates and triplicates of stuff I have. I tend not to keep looking after I have found what I was looking for, but not always:bigsmyl2:
I was testing 22 ammo in my Ruger 77-22 and found it liked Rem. Golden boolits almost as well as CCI standard velocity. Panicked because I thought I only had a couple of boxes. But I rooted around in my storage and found three bulk packs of it, after I had already traded a bulk pack of Federals for a bulk pack of Rem. Golden boolits at local gun shop.
I thought I was down to 300 large pistol primers and went looking for some small that I had put away from the last shortage thinking I could find someone willing to trade for large. What I found put away with the small were 5 brick of large pistol primers. Problem solved!
Bill
While cleaning my Desert Eagle on two separate occasion I sent the bolt alignment pin flying. Looked for days and couldn't find them. Then on the same day I found both in different places. Both places I had looked. Of course this was right after I received two new ones from Magnum Research.
15 years ago when I moved from Anaheim to Albuquerque, I lost a rifle scope I had been using on a mini-14. Nice Leupold. Then, when I moved last December, I was really hoping I'd find it but nope. Still no joy. Still looking to this day....... Ugh.
--Wag--
Couple months ago was digging around and found 2 50cal ammo cans full of 22lr ammo.
Never happens to me......:(
A friend called last week to see if I could take him with my truck and trailer to pick up a mower he bought. While cleaning tools out of the passenger seat I found a mag for a micro 9MM I sold two years ago. I cleaned that whole truck out and couldn't find it.
Shoved to the back of a cupboard, I found an 8 lb. jug of 2400 that I didn't know was there. I was so happy
Folks that are cursed with organizational skills, never experience the joy of finding treasures behind their other stuff
Nope. Still no forgotten primers or powder. If I find anything its going to be dust.
Been moaning for months that I couldn't find anybody making Ballard extractror blanks for my .28-30-120 build. Last week I opened a jar of Stevens 44 bits and pieces. Lo and Behold, there's not only a Ballard extractor in there, but it's exactly the right cut for the .28-30 cartridge. Marlin never made a Ballard in .28-30. Go figure.
I need to think of something else to find so I can find my buck 120 I haven’t seen in two years
I tend to find factory ammo that I squirrled away and forgot about. Found a can of Unique last week which was nice since I thought I was about to run out.
I found the "guts" to a Mossberg 152 that I disassembled about 7 years ago & have been looking for them off & on for the past 2 years,
Also 1000 55 gr. FMJ J word bullets.
Couple months back I found a sack with box of 100 #1 Mustad Sproat hooks and 4 boxes of Rem 22 shorts. Store I bought them at went under close to 20 years ago.
Mine escaped out in the boonies .Quote:
Originally Posted by Winger Ed.
They’re all together somewhere, partying with the escaped socks.
Still "going through my stuff" of cleaning up my reloading bench. Lo and behold I find I have way more bullets suitable for loading 32acp than I remember having and even found an unopened bag of 32acp PPU brass. Unfortunately I had already ordered 32acp brass from Starline thinking I didn't have enough. Have a gracious plenty now!
That's usually how I find stuff, after looking "everywhere," I buy another one, and just as soon as I throw out the receipt and packaging, there's the original. The only thing this does not work on is 1911 recoil spring plugs. Those disintegrate upon reaching terminal velocity and are never seen again.
Is Ed McMahon back?
I have surgeon 591 action stashed somewhere been lost in my house for a couple years
My reloading manuals were held from tipping over by 6 bricks of 22 ammo. I was using them for book ends!! A visitor noticed, I had completely forgot.