hope you have a great year this year Jon. It's been said more than once that Obama's the best gun salesman of all time. I've been going over my collection and making sure everything is in good working order and buying parts here and there, to bring everything up to snuff. I realized that one of the reasons that I've had such trouble doing anything in my shop is that I kept tripping over buckets of brass. 35 years of never leaving a piece of brass behind on the range will do that for you. I gathered up about 25 lbs of .223, 308 & .30-'06 and gave it to my brother. Then I cleaned up 1000 once-fired military .223 and 200 .308 and sold them at a gun show for $70. Also sold some '03A3 parts. I still have to get a bunch of brass sorted and shelved. I took inventory and had enough powder and primers to last several lifetimes. I realized however, that while I had 8 mm Lebel and .30 Mauser dies I didn't have either .38 or 9 mm. (Turns out that I always used other people's progressive presses to load those calibers but they're no longer available.) Bought some .38 Spl dies. I also ordered a chronograph, which is another of those things I used to have free access to but no longer. Still looking for 9 mm dies at a reasonable price and also a Redfield International sight block for a Mod 70. What I'm saying is that I was almost completely out of the market until the election. Now, I'm back but on both the supply and demand sides of the equation. One other thing that's interesting. Last year whenever I went to the range I'd find lots of reloadable brass left behind, either in the bucket or on the ground. Today, it's very hard to come home from a shooting session with more than I brought with me.Tommie said:
