Lessons Learned

Mitty38

Well-Known Member
Unfortunately 2020 hit just as I was really getting into shooting and loading to shoot, on more then an occasional bassist. So loaded ammo got down to what I consider essential supply.

I got stuck with no pistol primers, but bullets for my pistols. Also, I do have rifle primers. But no rifle bullets. Not enough cash for a 357 rifle.

Thank goodness, I know how to cast and was able to buy a mould . So I should be able to shoot something besides .22lr for fun soon. Plus it gives me great satisfaction to develope a load then see it do what I want.

Been trying to teach my boy problem solving. They just do not do that in school any more. It is like they are teaching them to be the sheep instead of the shepherd. Problem solving can often be more important then preparation, you can not be ready for everything. But with problem solving you can work your way around things." Adapt and overcome".

Like my issue no primers for the pistol, no bullets for the black rifle. Have casting stuff so start casting for the black rifle.
Have thousands of 22 lr. Want to shoot my Revolver. It's 38 special. So buy a cheap 22lr revolver. Then keep going doing what I can.
 
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Rockydoc

Well-Known Member
I actually sold a couple of bricks of primers a week ago to a fella from out of state . He drove 120 miles to my house to pick them up. He was flat out and I had some I could spare. $50/brick.
I went to a gun show at Panama City Beach, FL this weekend and primers were available, for $325.00 a brick.!!
 

Gary

SE Kansas
Yeah, I know they're sky high, but this fella was needing to have primers for his own use and I wasn't going to stick him with a heavy price tag. I have NOTHING against anyone who wants to charge that much, it is after all capitalism.
 

JonB

Halcyon member
SNIP....
From a young age I was told (repeatedly) to avoid being, "That Guy". It must have taken root because deep down inside my brain, I always tell myself, "Don't be That Guy".
I don't recall ever being told this, or any similar type of phrase in the same context.
As long as I can remember, I have been the prepped or stocked up guy. I don't ever recall a time where I wasn't prepped or stocked up on things I believe are necessary. Maybe I was influenced by my Parent's actions? My Parents would always stock up on things when they were on sale...but they never preached it. Both my parents grew up during the Depression, my Dad grew up on a farm in northwestern MN and my Mom's Dad was a auto mechanic from the late teens (that was his age, as well as, the time frame- 100 years ago), until 1977 when he passed away. That's a long time to pump gas and wrench on carburetors in the same small town, and not make much more than a good living, ie no retirement fund, just a paid off home and a paid off "one stall" business.

Anyway, back to the title of the OP, I guess my "Lessons Learned about being that guy" were not from experience, but from osmosis. But, trust me, I have learned many other things from experiences...bad choice type experiences...like the amount of alcohol a person can consume before they pass out, LOL.