Originally Posted By: bradepb
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
Originally Posted By: Smoky14
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
I only have one big caliber rifle, a 338WM. A friend does my reloading. 185gr Hornady GMX bulets and Hornady powder.
You have an amazing collection. Can you describe them for us?
Please protect "your friend" who is doing your reloading. The ATF can really be picky about that process. They have picked on quite a few people in our area about this.
Smoky
Actually, he reloads for me and I drive him to the range for shooting. He was injured in Iraq and is stuck in a wheel chair. The ATF is no help here. I'm the one that chased him out of the house to do something other than watch TV. I take him sailing too. And I toss him overboard and make him swim back to the ladder. I'm also teaching him to be a SCUBA diver like I learned as a SARC preparing for Vietnam in the 60's. His legs are gone but he's good at reloading and getting better at swimming. If he get through the swimming it's off to sky diving. No pity parties allowed.
You, sir are a fine man and a good friend!
Thank you for your kind words but this is a self serving project all by itself. There's no money, no headlines and no government. I can't tell you how much fun it is to toss someone overboard and yelling, sink or swim. So far he has opted for swimming and that's better than the couch.
There are too many government agencies and government employees butting into our lives and trying to tell us how to live. And worse, there are citizens buying into it and contributing to the problems.
My friend was waiting 2 months for his VA physical therapy appointments to begin. So it was off to sailing for him and getting tossed overboard to do some swimming. We rigged up a rowing machine for him that we now call the "stump pumper" and it really works to give an exhausting work out for all the body parts he still has left. The local gym gave him a free lifetime membership and several local taxi drivers give him free rides which is more than I can say for Uber that refused to pick him up when they saw the wheel chair. He was told he should have been charged "surge" pricing by the Uber driver. So, it appear that local one-on-one help is always the best. Big government and big corporations like Uber can't see through the rules and regulations and are not interested in the person hidden by it all, unless there's a photo op.
As far as this warning about reloading and the ATF, well the ATF can take a flying leap. We follow all the guidelines about pressures, powders and technique. I think the ATF would be better off doing something productive, like their job.