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indoor range ... Yes, that is correct. It pulled the air toward the shooters ... I stopped shooting there
indoor range ... Yes, that is correct. It pulled the air toward the shooters ... I stopped shooting there
I realize that this subject has been brought up before (maybe many times before) but I see no harm in revisiting it from time to time to keep us honest with good habits.
I realize that this subject has been brought up before (maybe many times before) but I see no harm in revisiting it from time to time
Whether or not reloading (let alone casting) is the next "logical step" after taking up shooting is also a subject that has been brought up many times before. I personally don't think it is.Not to mention the influx of new shooters who may be considering taking the logical next steps of reloading and casting.
It would seem that the more dangerous source is aerosolized lead from indoor shooting ranges?
I'd like to take an incense stick and see the direction of the airflow at my local indoor range, but that would probably get me kicked out.
Not sure how many people are aware, but the most expensive physical component of an indoor range is the ventilation system...
I certainly agree in these parts anyway.Whether or not reloading (let alone casting) is the next "logical step" after taking up shooting is also a subject that has been brought up many times before. I personally don't think it is.
And I love handloading. I used to cast too - before I got lazy and started buying all of my bullets, instead of just the jacketed ones.
I got asked a kinda funny question at the neighborhood father's day shoot. A fella and his new girl/soon-to-be-new-wife (???) came over and we showed off single actions. New girl has old Smiths. Saturday she brought out a pair of .22's : a 17 and an 18. Very nice! Anyway, he was shooting a Ruger Bisley Vaquero .45Colt and came over, chatted a bit, and asked me, "I hear a lot about reloading, mostly that its for people who want to shoot more, not save money, so I'll ask you since you do reload: is it true that if you reload you don't actually save money, you just get to shoot more for about the same dollars? And you end up buying more guns to spread out the cost?"Whether or not reloading (let alone casting) is the next "logical step" after taking up shooting is also a subject that has been brought up many times before. I personally don't think it is.
And I love handloading. I used to cast too - before I got lazy and started buying all of my bullets, instead of just the jacketed ones.
Never know. Turns out the gal and her hubby in the big house by county line rd with all the "This house believes..." rainbow coalition signs in their yard is not only a gun owner but a lot more pro2A than any of us figgered. They stopped by for BBQ and burgers, brought a half a deer from their smoker, real good stuff, and we all chatted. Cautiously. She said they put the signs up to pi$$ off the people on the other side of the intersection - which means in the next county - who really are like that. They're transplants from Colorado so, go figure. Never knew Coloradans had that kind of sense of humor.I certainly agree in these parts anyway.
Pre-pandemic when I’d hang out at the range before and after shooting I met/saw only a very few reloaders—maybe 2 employees and waay less than 10% of the shooters scrambling around picking up brass. No one shot nor cast their own bullets. The reloading guys at the gunshows didn’t even sell casting related stuff.
Of course ammo was comparatively cheap in those days and the perceived cost savings from reloading wasn’t apparent.
Today I don’t know ANY other reloaders personally nor do I have any face-to-face contact with any reloaders and I’m not even sure you guys aren’t bots.
I do have neighbors with virtue signally yard signs saying save kids, not guns. Don’t think they reload.
Could be, but here, until the recent revelation of child indoctrination which played out on national TV, on voting day the former 60/40 split had become 40/60 the wrong way. And that’s the functional equivalent of putting your money where your mouth is.Never know. Turns out the gal and her hubby in the big house by county line rd with all the "This house believes..." rainbow coalition signs in their yard is not only a gun owner but a lot more pro2A than any of us figgered. They stopped by for BBQ and burgers, brought a half a deer from their smoker, real good stuff, and we all chatted. Cautiously. She said they put the signs up to pi$$ off the people on the other side of the intersection - which means in the next county - who really are like that. They're transplants from Colorado so, go figure. Never knew Coloradans had that kind of sense of humor.
Never know. Turns out the gal and her hubby in the big house by county line rd with all the "This house believes..." rainbow coalition signs in their yard is not only a gun owner but a lot more pro2A than any of us figgered. They stopped by for BBQ and burgers, brought a half a deer from their smoker, real good stuff, and we all chatted. Cautiously. She said they put the signs up to pi$$ off the people on the other side of the intersection - which means in the next county - who really are like that. They're transplants from Colorado so, go figure. Never knew Coloradans had that kind of sense of humor.
I’m not even sure you guys aren’t bots.
I am kind of a lead Nazi, wash my hands with lead removing soap after every shooting, cleaning of guns, or reloading session. I never eat during any of those activities. I am very strict with the kids (now in their 30's) as well.