Back before uncle arthur started coming to see me each winter I did most of my reloading/casting in the spring.
And it wasn't uncommon for it to spill over into early summer.
Now days my reloading all happens in the winter.
I bought a portable building a few years back that was fully insulated and wired up, I call it the man cave.
I keep a little oil filled electric radiator out there.
Usually keep it set at about 3/4 max heat this time of year.
I go out most days after work and piddle fart around.
My wife's dog has gotten used to her afternoon runs.
When she finishes she come in the man cave and keeps me company.
It's a regular ordeal for us.
This year using my single stage I've reloaded about 8-900 rounds of 38 spl.
Which I go through like candy in the summer plinking.
I've got a couple thousand more rounds to load.
I took advantage of some moderate temps in November to cast up a few coffe cans of 148gr ws's.
I've got a bunch of other rifle rounds to reload.
For the most part they will all be cast bullets.
I've gotten re-interested in the old milsurps this past couple years so there's those to be feed also.
I guess it's theraphy for empty nest syndrome
..or rather my teenage son shoots. By the time he gets done with a couple of Saturday or
Sunday shooting sessions, I will need to start processing brass by the time May comes
around. I swear he thinks that ammunition is free, at the rate he shoots it. Still,
it is great fun and affords us a lot of time for father-son bonding.
Sounds just like my grandson, who by the way has been introduced to reloading.
I told him you shoot them, you reload them.....he does almost all of my depriming/resizing.
My son learned reloading early in life, he still comes by to help.
Working on learning the son-in-law.
I'll probably be laughing my a$$ off when I see how slow some of my stuff is,
I've gotten where most of my rounds are loaded light on purpose.
Old hands don't like the constant banging of hot magnum rounds these days.