I used to have a automated grass cutter and snow shoveler.
He grew up and moved out.
Certain kids of automation can get finicky and cost a lot more than others.
expensive to run though
Lol.... I love it.
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I used to have an automated brass sizer, but my grandson got older and decided it's not so much fun anymore.
That is great !
Yeah, mine grew up and don't find it fun anymore. They all like shooting the results, though.
I thought I was being smart the last time we went shooting, and they shot the last of my loaded .40SW. I said "Well, that's all of it. If you want to shoot any more you'll have to clean the brass for me." They haven't asked to go shooting again. They know I'll do it eventually.
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My "automated" things used to work for soda pop and McDonald's........then beer........now it's prime rib and lobster dinners + beer! Guess I should just chalk it up to inflation.
They are fun to have around to help Papa. I enjoy every minute. As others said, they grow up too darn fast.
Cheaper to buy factory ammunition when it is in stock....
Don Verna
I have 3 broken models of those, V-1 is 14, V=2 is 13 & V-3 is 11 no matter how much money, food or electronics I invest in them they never seem to work! I found a better model only 50ft away, it's a newer model V-4 is 9. V-4 is a muti-use unit, runs a drill press, sander. lawn mower, weed wacks, cuts straight lines in wood, operates a commercial snow blower, knows how to wire circuits, de-primes & sizes brass, rebuilds faucets & casts boolits & sinkers and can operate an angle grinder. My wife and I have invested a lot of time in that unit as well.
Many years ago. My automated helper left pecan shells she cracked with my Rockchucker. Now she works fir a gunsmith's supplier.
EDG
Funny stories indeed! This is one of the ways my Dad starting teaching work ethic and attention to detail. "and if you do it correctly and don't miss anything you can go out and play"!
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If those two were mine I would have to have framed pics in the loading room. Great pictures of kids being brought up right
Haha, great stuff !
V1-4 all helped in some way during the reloading process; cause they loved to shoot.
We made gun cleaning an "event"; delivery pizza, rented movies, popcorn.
V4 was up for anything, even at 4-5 years old, he knew at 6 he got to shoot centerfire (but dang, he about wore out a 1911-22lr !!)
G1 & 2 (grand-kids) still too young, like to watch the Dillon work though.
Family tradition : on 2nd bday, kid gets a bullet box and a bunch ammo, I show them that a bullet goes "pointy" down in box, turn 'em loose; the fun is - does kid put bullets in, in random order or across in neat rows ?
Cogno, Ergo, Boom
If you're gonna be stupid, don't pull up short. Saddle up and ride it all the way in.
Darn, I thought there was some new form of mechanical automation here. I will use these pictures to guilt my automation into more help though. Great to get them involved any way they can.
My grandson wanted to shoot my 6.5 Sweed so I told him if he wanted to shoot he had to reload his own ammo.
This has been about 15 years ago. He is in the navy now working on F-18 I think electronics. He is getting ready re-up and be deployed in a few months.
Careful! That might be considered slave labor under this administration. In all seriousness, congrats on having volunteers that want to help and want to learn. Life long skills and values being passed along.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |