Howdy all! I was an avid shooter, reloader, hunter from my mid-twenties through my late thirtees. In my early thirtees, I was roughly a 1000 rnds a weekend guy in the cool parts of the year. Then the kid situation went from “Man on Man” to zone defense, other parts of life went hectic, and I took an almost decade hiatus from all of it.
#1 daugther and #2 son have recently taken an interest in both hunting and shooting, so I’m prepping for their first deer season. Prep involves, among other things, a relatively thorough inventory.
I can assure you, based on this inventory, that I fulfil the key requirements for “gun nut”. I found a 1 gallon Ziploc baggy of 9mm rounds that (I think) are the last of a batch of handloads put together during the second Clinton administration. I found two firearms that I can’t honestly reminder having bought or fired and for which I have no ammunition or dies. There are two boxes each of a caliber I am almost 100% certain fit no firearm I have ever possessed or ever intended to own. There is a set of redding reloading dies for which I have no firearm, brass, or projectiles, as well as an 8lb keg of ball powder with a label so faded that I have no idea what it is.
In short, I’m glad to be back in it, and happy to be here!