Re: January QOTM doesn't seem to be living up to it's name
Posted: 21 Jan 2019 06:35
Gas,
Aren't you the Lee Loader Lowlife Jedi Master who spawned the interwebs-famous "psychological gun rules" quote? Sorry, but I always love that thought because it totally applies to me, personally! That phrase needs a TM or Copyright stamp to go along with it....
When I was in the middle of reading over your reply to Rich's original QOTM post it made me rethink about my clearly psychological reasons for reloading. So I got into this thought process of what benefits do I get back from this enterprise - I mean I don't "have" to do this, it is a choice, right?
Top reasons "why am I reloading" for "xyz" ammo, from my take:
1. I have a magnetic pull towards tinkering with anything mechanical on my workbench (or on the shop floor/living room table/truck tailgate/parking lot/under a shade tree/etc.) Reloading aligns perfectly to fill this obsession. The infinitely unique levels of detail, modification, adjustment, and personalization available to the reloader just naturally clicks into my personal schema.
2. My never-ending, embedded passion for history in all shapes and forms relates perfectly with the study of the shooting sports, history of firearms, and of course the development of cartridges. I can't pass up any ammo case I find scattered about the ground where I shoot these days at the local WMA. I always end up picking up a bright shiny (or totally tarnished) case, inspecting it, and doing a fair bit of reflection about it whether it is a common-as-nails 9mm or 5.56 (around here) or a 7x7 Jap. I start thinking, "wonder what rifle this guy was shooting today with this ammo. Is he still here? Where did he get that gun - how does it shoot?" Yeah. You know it!
3. Reloading keeps me off the streets, and out of trouble. OK I'm not really kidding (sort of) but without having hobby interests to engage my brain, old Adam gets to be a crotchety pain in the keester. Especially to my wife and anyone within a 12-mile radius! I do not sit still. Can't sit still. Man, I just realized I am exactly like the third graders I am teaching!!! "Adam, sit down and be still, or you get a time-out!" Now, that is just cruel. Give me back my Lyman case mouth tool or I am going to have a fit!
4. Last thing I noticed about my collection of psychological reloading rules? In my case, money doesn't enter the picture for me. Well, not exactly but I mean that when I jumped into this, I was not thinking about doing it to save the pennies from buying factory ammo. There is certainly a cost involved with anything you do in life, especially with one's hobbies or activities beyond "need" - but I do it for fun, not for need.
Gas, Rich, thanks for your patience! Got a bit deep into that tangent. What were we talking about?
Aren't you the Lee Loader Lowlife Jedi Master who spawned the interwebs-famous "psychological gun rules" quote? Sorry, but I always love that thought because it totally applies to me, personally! That phrase needs a TM or Copyright stamp to go along with it....
When I was in the middle of reading over your reply to Rich's original QOTM post it made me rethink about my clearly psychological reasons for reloading. So I got into this thought process of what benefits do I get back from this enterprise - I mean I don't "have" to do this, it is a choice, right?
Top reasons "why am I reloading" for "xyz" ammo, from my take:
1. I have a magnetic pull towards tinkering with anything mechanical on my workbench (or on the shop floor/living room table/truck tailgate/parking lot/under a shade tree/etc.) Reloading aligns perfectly to fill this obsession. The infinitely unique levels of detail, modification, adjustment, and personalization available to the reloader just naturally clicks into my personal schema.
2. My never-ending, embedded passion for history in all shapes and forms relates perfectly with the study of the shooting sports, history of firearms, and of course the development of cartridges. I can't pass up any ammo case I find scattered about the ground where I shoot these days at the local WMA. I always end up picking up a bright shiny (or totally tarnished) case, inspecting it, and doing a fair bit of reflection about it whether it is a common-as-nails 9mm or 5.56 (around here) or a 7x7 Jap. I start thinking, "wonder what rifle this guy was shooting today with this ammo. Is he still here? Where did he get that gun - how does it shoot?" Yeah. You know it!
3. Reloading keeps me off the streets, and out of trouble. OK I'm not really kidding (sort of) but without having hobby interests to engage my brain, old Adam gets to be a crotchety pain in the keester. Especially to my wife and anyone within a 12-mile radius! I do not sit still. Can't sit still. Man, I just realized I am exactly like the third graders I am teaching!!! "Adam, sit down and be still, or you get a time-out!" Now, that is just cruel. Give me back my Lyman case mouth tool or I am going to have a fit!
4. Last thing I noticed about my collection of psychological reloading rules? In my case, money doesn't enter the picture for me. Well, not exactly but I mean that when I jumped into this, I was not thinking about doing it to save the pennies from buying factory ammo. There is certainly a cost involved with anything you do in life, especially with one's hobbies or activities beyond "need" - but I do it for fun, not for need.
Gas, Rich, thanks for your patience! Got a bit deep into that tangent. What were we talking about?
