Going through withdrawal...

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Poper

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It has been 5 weeks since I have been to the range and 7 weeks since I have been able to load any ammo. My wife and I have purchased our "downsized" house, refinanced our rental home, and sold our current home. We haven't closed on the downsized house yet, that will happen Tuesday, and our sold home will close about 3 weeks later. In the meantime, I have been fixing things on the rental and our current home; cleaning, painting and managing stuff all while working full time plus a little.

My entire shop is now sitting in a storage unit and will require re-building in the new place. Meanwhile, I am beginning to get the shakes. My sleep is disturbed because I keep waking up in the middle of the night thinking I just missed another silhouette match (I did, but there is no way I could shoot it anyway....:notworthy:) and I haven't inhaled the smell of burnt gunpowder for so long, I have considered going to a local indoor range just to take a deep breath to get a fix. Heck, I am losing my bullet handling dexterity! I tried to thread a new shoelace into my shoe and kept thinking how much easier it was to set a 50 grain onto the neck of a .222 case for seating. :scrutiny:

I am not sure I can survive these withdrawal symptoms. I can tell it's going to be another 4 weeks before I will have any semblance of a shop. :eek: I'm thinking I'll have to call a buddy to take me out to the range and loan me some shooting goodies so I can get through this without completely losing my grip on reality.... :what:
 
Hang in there Poper….. :(

I was getting ready to go to the range this week after being closed in all winter and found that they had closed the range for a least a couple more weeks because the last wet snow we had collapsed the club house roof and pushed the walls out. The shooting area is where they've park equipment while they do the reconstruction.
 
Be strong friend. I too feel your pain.
I am only three weekends of trimming and building a new bed away.

But I do have a new shotgun just sitting in the hallway, whispering every time I walk by with an armload of trim...
 
I hear you! I was gonna go today... instead I did laundry, mowed the grass early and sprayed the weeds that keep trying to grow everywhere after the wet winter we had here.

Maybe I’ll get some trigger time next week... because the one after that I’m busy...if not, there’s always...o_O

Hang in there, once you’re all settled and everything is placed where she wants it in the house and yard you’ll be back at it with a vengeance :thumbup:.

Stay safe.
 
Look at it this way, after the smoke clears from moving, you get to set up your new reloading room to your specs. Use this time to think about every detail of how you want it and anything you want to build for in there.
Then when you done with the moving and setting up of your new home, you will have a clear plan on what direction you want to go with it.

I did that when we moved to North Carolina and I wasn't sorry I took my time to think about it.
I was lucky though, it was like the former owner had that room built for me, for a reloading room.
12' bench with cabinets under it and drawers in the right places and a 5' long 4' high chambered shelves right beside it and shelves over top.
The price I had to pay was that room also had washer and dryer hook ups in it. Guess what my side line is.
It is worth it though, air conditioned and heated. Lots of room.
It's hard to have patience's but it's our lot in life.
 
I can identify!
After we bought our new house, with moving, weather, having to totally gut and rebuild my new shop building, it was about 6 months before I got back to reloading! I only had time to go to the range once in that time!

Hang in there, you can get through it!
 
Feel the pain. We haven't shot since the end of July last year. Wife and shooting partner had a knee replacement which sidelined her for a few months. Then I had a couple medical issues that sidelined me. Now the wife's job has her running crazy so we have to fight to find time for everything. I just feel bad going without her!
 
and it already hit one hundred degrees in the valley. hope you get out there soon.

murf
 
Some time ago I spent a year in the hospital recovering from an issue. The first thing I did when I got out was to get my Ruger MKII out and make a range day of it. If I can do it then it should be a cake walk for ya.;) Seriously though, those little speed bumps in life are quite an aggravation when they happen. I would set aside a bit of time every day and pencil down a drawing of the new reloading area to keep things in the loop.:thumbup:
 
My "itchies" have been assuaged for the moment. :)

I took the VR Eighty out yesterday to see what's up. It needed some break in. To the tune of two boxes or so. It's said to use some heavy loads for a start, but I have, had, six boxes of target loads hanging about. So, as not to waste them, nor the day, I went and burned them up.
After many rounds of single shooting and two tear down and cleans, I am happy to report I sent three boxes of twelve gauge down range. In rapid fire groups of five. And off my own shoulder yet! The first few I used the porch post to brace the butt for more cycling energy.


So take heart! The time is soon approaching! The nitro will fill the air soon enough.
So, today I go to install a few more sticks of moulding, since I can do it without scratching now...

Ow! It hurts to pick up the finish nailer! :D

And I agree fully with the rimfire. Fun and no Handloading necessary! Stay with the game, even if you can't play for real right now.:thumbup:
 
UPDATE!!!
Couldn't take it any longer. A buddy called and asked if I would shoot the Smallbore Rifle Silhouette match with him. "Weeeeellllllllll..........Sure."
Like I said earlier, I haven't been able to get to the range for a couple months. I haven't shot a silhouette match since before Christmas if not since before Thanksgiving. Holy moley, did my bad shoulder (left) give me hell! I have Arthur I. Tiss, his brother Burr Cy and cousin Tenn Don in that left shoulder and forearm. By the time I finished the match it was all I could do to straighten my left arm and my shoulder was one solid mass of pain.

To top it all off, I found out a very popular member of the shooting club passed away in February due to pancreatic cancer. A great guy and he was the reason I got started shooting silhouette competitions several years ago. He will be missed very much by everyone in the silhouette community that knew him.

Withdrawal symptoms have temporarily subsided.
 
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