Reloading kit for my Grandson

[CZ93X62]

Nobody is copping out here. Am I the ONLY member to have launched a Lee Loader drive rod ceiling-ward while tapping a case down onto a primer? C'mon, you rapscallions--SPILL.

The second such occurrence prompted my trip to Yellow Mart in late 1978 to buy RCBS press, dies, powder measure, scale, and other tools to Do Things Right.

 

[Pistolero]

I have loaded maybe 10 rounds ever with a hammer type Lee Loader. I started on a Lyman 310 and that
primer seater is a joy to use, albeit a bit slow.

Bill

 

[Ian]

I used a deadblow mallet on the rare occasions I have used the Whack-a-Mole loaders, including the shotshell versions. SO FAR, nary a problem but I'm never surprised to hear about popped primers.

 

[Ben]

Trevor visited yesterday.
He asked for reloading books.
He said......." I want to read as much as I can about reloading. "

I gave him 5 books.
I called this afternoon.
He said he had already read 15 pages in " A B C's of Reloading ".

Ben

 

[KeithB]

Ben, can he read a micrometer accurately? It is a good skill to have.

And good for him wanting books and actually reading them.

 

[Brad]

An interest in actually learning instead of just doing is awesome.
I have a feeling Trevor is well on his way to becoming one of us.

 

[Ben]

Ben, can he read a micrometer accurately?

Keith,

Not just yet ?

 

[KeithB]

I'm sure you'll know when he's ready. Just thinking you have lots of things he could practice on.

 

[Ben]

Yes, certainly.
Maybe the next time we sit down at the loading bench, we can begin discussing measuring and practice some with a dial caliper and a good micrometer.

Good idea.

Ben

 

[KeithB]

A young person that can read a micrometer is employable. I know you're teaching Trevor some real adult skills while having a lot of fun in the process. Don't want to turn things into work and not fun. But believe me when I say that if he walked in to my shop in six or seven years and showed me he could read a mic and I knew he was responsible with firearms I'd hire him in a heartbeat. And so would a lot of other employers that need people that can act responsibly with dangerous tools, have useful basic skills, and can read and process data.

Go Trevor, and kudos to you Ben.

 

[Ben]

Many thanks Keith,

Ben

 

[Bill]

Keith, while at a Jr. High football practice with one of my sons a boy came and asked the time, I showed him my watch, he never said a word but turned around and asked another guy what time it was, I said hey, you just asked me. He said he couldn't tell the time on my kind of watch. I doubt if he could read a mic either.

Bill

 

[Ben]

I'll also bet there were A LOT OF OTHER THINGS he couldn't do either.

Ben

 

[462]

Like read longhand.

 

[Brad]

But he could program your VCR, hook up your WiFi, and many other tech support things.
Our daughter when younger couldn’t tell time on a regular clock. That was when we realized that they were used to digital clocks and we never even noticed. Our fault more than hers.
I can remember learning cursive in grade school. We were told that later in life papers would be required to be written in cursive. Imagine my surprise when we learned that typing was expected. Things change. I couldn’t write in cursive today if I wanted to.

 

[Hawk]

As a surveyor and civil engineer, I can print much faster than my wife can write in cursive. But I started this profession back before AutoCAD. We drew and printed everthing by hand. By the time the 90s came along, I was one of the only one in the office who could make revisions to the older drawings and plats.

 

[Ian]

Keith, while at a Jr. High football practice with one of my sons a boy came and asked the time, I showed him my watch, he never said a word but turned around and asked another guy what time it was, I said hey, you just asked me. He said he couldn't tell the time on my kind of watch. I doubt if he could read a mic either.

Bill

Lots of someones failed that poor child in the past. Probably failed him in lots of other ways, too.

 

[KeithB]

It's a digital world now. Better in a lot of ways but there is some knowledge being lost. But hey, how many of us know why there are 360 degrees in a circle to start with?

I did require all my students to learn how to read an analog mike and a vernier caliper before I let them use a dial caliper or digital mike.

 

[Pistolero]

How about a vernier caliper, Keith? I have my father's and it is about as accurate as the dial one.
Of course, a bit more difficult to read - although that is mostly my old eyes on those super fine
vernier lines. When I was younger it was easy to read. I have two vernier calipers from my father,
three dial calipers (one metric) and a digital caliper. All work., but one requires batteries.

How many even understand the concept of a vernier? Of course with a 0.0001" micrometer, you
have the last digit on the barrel vernier, but how many recognize how that even works?

Whoops! reread your post.....you said vernier caliper. Sloppy reading on my part.

Bill

 

[Ian]

"Very Nears" as I have heard them called are generally accurate and repeatable to about the same or better than Chinese digital. My (RIP, *sniff*) Swiss Fowler digital calipers would rival quality, calibrated Vernier c-clamp mics to +/- the low end of four decimal places.