Thread: Playing with some Redding Competition Shell Holders

Originally Posted by zimmer

Nice post GPM.
Had a laugh at your "fingers tell you when to stop". Not at your annealing process itself but the hot fingers brought back memories of my days working in a mine. The fitters were taught to check bearings on their rounds by doing the fingers/touch test. If after around 3 seconds they couldn't stand the heat any longer the bearing was deemed to be overtemp. Us other trades (yeah, probably thin skinned) reckoned all fitters were thick skinned and they could leave their mits on hot bearings a lot longer than the rest of us mortals which probabaly meant the bearings were toast using their method.

I'm at the stage now where I given up going to my reloading room. I can only sit in there and do nothing except gaze out the window so many times!
Haven't fired a shot since just before the Orkland lockdown began. About half way thru the lockdown I'd boringly counted brass, primers, and projectiles. Boxed all my brass (some was still in ice cream containers and margi containers). Everything is now boxed in MTM 100 round boxes. All boxes are labelled.

My local range is now open, sorta. We're restricted to 3/4 or 1 3/4 hour prebooked slots. I have some 185 gr projectiles I need to try in my FTR rifle and want to get my 6mm BR going again but cannot get enthusiastic about a rushed session at the range.

Glad to have brightened your day Zimmer,
I have been thinking how bat moon crazy some in Auckland and Waikato must be getting being locked up week after week. I was expecting the pox to spread to other areas and my trip to the Taupo Range at the end of the month is starting to look doubtful. Still having seen other restrictions (like carless days) pass into history we of a certain age know that this too will pass. I do find amusing the hysterical reaction of some of the younger brigade who seem to believe that the end is nigh. There is always something to laugh about.
All the best Grandpamac.