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1.) Wild Bob - 11/20/2013
How about a thread showing off where you reload? I love pictures and seeing what equipment others are using... I'll start off since I'm pitching this out there:
2.) DParker - 11/20/2013
LOL! I love the shotshell Christmas lights! (I wonder if I could talk the wife into....naaaaahhh).
Mine's not this fuzzy in real life. I'm just one sorry-arsed photographer.
Mine's not this fuzzy in real life. I'm just one sorry-arsed photographer.
3.) Wild Bob - 11/21/2013
Why not the lights? It is your space and not her space...correct?
My wife wasn't nuts about them at first either, but she knew resistance was futile. Besides, she gets a kick out of them now any way.
I like your Hornady press. I still use my old RCBS Jr. press. I want to get a Hornady and set it up just of reloading .40 S&W and 9mm; I'd like to not have to switch presses between handgun cabilers and rifle (It's really not an issue to switch...I just want a second press set up for both that so I can reload for both without having to re-set up my dies.)
My wife wasn't nuts about them at first either, but she knew resistance was futile. Besides, she gets a kick out of them now any way.
I like your Hornady press. I still use my old RCBS Jr. press. I want to get a Hornady and set it up just of reloading .40 S&W and 9mm; I'd like to not have to switch presses between handgun cabilers and rifle (It's really not an issue to switch...I just want a second press set up for both that so I can reload for both without having to re-set up my dies.)
4.) Ohbuckhunter - 11/21/2013
The key question here is what's in the fridge. I hope not zimas. If so Jon will be there shortly.
5.) DParker - 11/21/2013
[QUOTE=Wild Bob;12795]Why not the lights? It is your space and not her space...correct?[/QUOTE]
When it comes to decorating the Christmas tree (or the rest of the house for that matter), it's definitely NOT my space.
[QUOTE=Wild Bob;12795]My wife wasn't nuts about them at first either, but she knew resistance was futile. Besides, she gets a kick out of them now any way.
I like your Hornady press. I still use my old RCBS Jr. press. I want to get a Hornady and set it up just of reloading .40 S&W and 9mm; I'd like to not have to switch presses between handgun cabilers and rifle (It's really not an issue to switch...I just want a second press set up for both that so I can reload for both without having to re-set up my dies.)[/QUOTE]
That's the beauty of both the Hornady and Dillon systems. You can quickly and easily switch between cartridges on the same press without having to readjust your dies. In fact Hornady makes a conversion kit ([url]http://www.hornady.com/store/Lock-N-Load-Conversion-Kit/[/url]) that works on any press with 1-1/4"-12 threads, like the RCBS Rockchucker, that allows the latter to use the Hornady die bushings, giving you the same quick-change capability. But I don't know about the RCBS Jr. If it does work with the Jr then that might be a better solution for you than a whole additional press (unless, of course, you have other reasons for wanting a 2nd press, which a lot of reloaders do like to have).
When it comes to decorating the Christmas tree (or the rest of the house for that matter), it's definitely NOT my space.
[QUOTE=Wild Bob;12795]My wife wasn't nuts about them at first either, but she knew resistance was futile. Besides, she gets a kick out of them now any way.
I like your Hornady press. I still use my old RCBS Jr. press. I want to get a Hornady and set it up just of reloading .40 S&W and 9mm; I'd like to not have to switch presses between handgun cabilers and rifle (It's really not an issue to switch...I just want a second press set up for both that so I can reload for both without having to re-set up my dies.)[/QUOTE]
That's the beauty of both the Hornady and Dillon systems. You can quickly and easily switch between cartridges on the same press without having to readjust your dies. In fact Hornady makes a conversion kit ([url]http://www.hornady.com/store/Lock-N-Load-Conversion-Kit/[/url]) that works on any press with 1-1/4"-12 threads, like the RCBS Rockchucker, that allows the latter to use the Hornady die bushings, giving you the same quick-change capability. But I don't know about the RCBS Jr. If it does work with the Jr then that might be a better solution for you than a whole additional press (unless, of course, you have other reasons for wanting a 2nd press, which a lot of reloaders do like to have).
6.) bluecat - 11/21/2013
[QUOTE=DParker;12749]LOL! I love the shotshell Christmas lights! (I wonder if I could talk the wife into....naaaaahhh).
Mine's not this fuzzy in real life. I'm just one sorry-arsed photographer.
[/QUOTE]
With so many tools, how do you know which one to use?
Mine's not this fuzzy in real life. I'm just one sorry-arsed photographer.
[/QUOTE]With so many tools, how do you know which one to use?
7.) DParker - 11/21/2013
[QUOTE=bluecat;12801]With so many tools, how do you know which one to use?[/QUOTE]
I use whichever one is closest and doesn't require me to get off the chair.
I use whichever one is closest and doesn't require me to get off the chair.
8.) Wild Bob - 11/21/2013
"When it comes to decorating the Christmas tree (or the rest of the house for that matter), it's definitely NOT my space." - DParker
-Oh, I thought you meant for your reloading space. Yea, I'd love a Dillion, but can't justify spending that much beer money.
-Oh, I thought you meant for your reloading space. Yea, I'd love a Dillion, but can't justify spending that much beer money.
9.) Wild Bob - 11/21/2013
No Zimas or beer in there... Actually, that fridge is my meat cooler. I gutted it out, put in a stainless steel hanging rod, and when I get a deer, I skin and quarter it and hang it in there. It actually works pretty good; consistent temp, clean environment, and it's a great way to process when it fits my schedule, rather than the other way around.
(Well, sometimes beer ends up in there.) :re:
(Well, sometimes beer ends up in there.) :re:
10.) Ohbuckhunter - 11/21/2013
Pics inside the fridge please. I'd like to steal that idear
11.) luv2bowhunt - 11/21/2013
Don't do it Bob. First an innocent pic and then it's posted all over the internet.
3 Years from now 'Team Realtree' sports a product that sells like hotcakes, looking alot like your 'deer cooler'.
3 Years from now 'Team Realtree' sports a product that sells like hotcakes, looking alot like your 'deer cooler'.
12.) DParker - 11/21/2013
[QUOTE=Ohbuckhunter;12830]Pics inside the fridge please. I'd like to steal that idear[/QUOTE]
Ditto. At slightly higher temps it would also make a great aging container.
Ditto. At slightly higher temps it would also make a great aging container.
13.) Wild Bob - 11/21/2013
That's pretty much how I use it; I keep it at about 37 deg F and it works great.
14.) Wild Bob - 11/22/2013
Here you go...but keep in mind that I filed for a patent....:-)
I can fit 4 quarters and the rest of a deer or antelope in it. I used to work with a guy that was in the commercial walk-in-cooler business; I was collecting used components to make my own, but he said why not just gut out an old fridge and modify it to use. Works great because its compact, and just runs off of a regular 110 outlet.
I can fit 4 quarters and the rest of a deer or antelope in it. I used to work with a guy that was in the commercial walk-in-cooler business; I was collecting used components to make my own, but he said why not just gut out an old fridge and modify it to use. Works great because its compact, and just runs off of a regular 110 outlet.
15.) DParker - 11/22/2013
Outstanding! Thanks. I'll paint mine camo so as to distinguish it from yours and not infringe on your patent. :wink
It would be really cool to find an old refrigerator with no freezer at all, assuming anyone makes/has made such a thing. Do the bolts through the flanges for the hanging rod go all the way through the outside wall of the fridge? It seems like they'd have to.
It would be really cool to find an old refrigerator with no freezer at all, assuming anyone makes/has made such a thing. Do the bolts through the flanges for the hanging rod go all the way through the outside wall of the fridge? It seems like they'd have to.
16.) bluecat - 11/22/2013
Looks like you could brine a turkey in there with a big bucket.
I like it.
I like it.
17.) DParker - 11/22/2013
Bob,
Since the Jr is a discontinued model I'm having trouble finding specs for it. Does it take die bushings, like the Rock Chucker...or do you thread the die directly into the frame?
Since the Jr is a discontinued model I'm having trouble finding specs for it. Does it take die bushings, like the Rock Chucker...or do you thread the die directly into the frame?
18.) Wild Bob - 11/22/2013
Nah, no bushings - the dies just thread into the frame.
19.) DParker - 11/22/2013
[QUOTE=Wild Bob;12899]Nah, no bushings - the dies just thread into the frame.[/QUOTE]
OK...bummer. The Hornady conversion kit won't work for you.
OK...bummer. The Hornady conversion kit won't work for you.
20.) Ohbuckhunter - 11/26/2013
Thanks you taking a pic for us goobers.
21.) Wild Bob - 11/26/2013
No problem, glad you found it useful ("Remember, if women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you useful," or something like that I think is how the quote goes! LOL)
Yes, the bolts supporting the rod hanger do go completely through the side walls. I just drilled right through the walls - it's all just rigid insulation sandwiched between two sides of sheet metal. The freezer is small on that unit, so it's long (tall) enough to let quarters hang. I agree, I'm always keeping my eyes open for a full refrigerator unit...that would be better.
Yes, the bolts supporting the rod hanger do go completely through the side walls. I just drilled right through the walls - it's all just rigid insulation sandwiched between two sides of sheet metal. The freezer is small on that unit, so it's long (tall) enough to let quarters hang. I agree, I'm always keeping my eyes open for a full refrigerator unit...that would be better.
22.) Ohbuckhunter - 11/26/2013
That's what I just found was a full fridge. Once I get started on ill pics some pics of mine as well. I'm in the process of building a cool room for my calves for 4H. That could double as my hanging room.