Thread: A Bit of a Sort Out

Greetings All,
Mutterings about moving into town have started in our house, from both occupants I should add. A quick inspection of the garage and the barn (96m2 in total) showed there is much to do. Today it is likely to be warm and horrible so what better place to start than the reloading stuff. It looks as though it is going to be a pretty big job. Fortunately I have kept reasonable records. First cab of the rank are the handloads and cartridge cases and a sort into likely will use, likely wont use and won't use piles.
Wish me luck. GPM.

I don't envy you the moving task but can relate as my wife and I are reaching an age where will will have to start to think about quiting or lifestyle block (and our alpacas) I have an absolute hatred of living in town, something we haven't done for ~55years.

Yes, we too have lot's of stuff which has acculated over a lifetime. Plus tractor, trailer flail mower, paddock suction which would all have to be sold.

One thing I have done is create a detailed list of my gats plus a detailed list of my reloading gear both with estimated values. It's a "just in case" list to assist my wife manage my shite. (I have recently had a health issue which I'm philosophical about in knowng it will likely return.)

I saw the post and then the poster and laughed my tits off. I’m making a few assumptions here but “a bit of a sort out” has to be the understatement of the year
My aim is to hold out for another ten years before I have a bit of a sort out but the best of luck mate, I don’t envy you.

Originally Posted by zimmer

I don't envy you the moving task but can relate as my wife and I are reaching an age where will will have to start to think about quiting or lifestyle block (and our alpacas) I have an absolute hatred of living in town, something we haven't done for ~55years.

Yes, we too have lot's of stuff which has acculated over a lifetime. Plus tractor, trailer flail mower, paddock suction which would all have to be sold.

One thing I have done is create a detailed list of my gats plus a detailed list of my reloading gear both with estimated values. It's a "just in case" list to assist my wife manage my shite. (I have recently had a health issue which I'm philosophical about in knowng it will likely return.)

55 years. I wish. You have been very lucky.

Im not super old yet but been contemplating having a bit of a thin out of all the crap Ive accumulated

Originally Posted by Oldbloke

55 years. I wish. You have been very lucky.

In the country includes the yeras we lived in Tyabb.

Good luck GPM
I feel for you
I've been in one place for 35 years and accumulated a vast hoard
Foolishly a daughter has forbidden me to sell the farm
So she will inherit a lifetime of accumulation

I've banned moving house again. Point blank.

Good idea listing value of shooting/Reloading gear.

Greetings all and thanks for your replies,
Work has started on culling the cartridge cases. There is a box of cases for calibres I don't own and a larger box of spares for those I do. Next is to evict the fencing and firewood kit down to the barn after a cleanout there. This may take some time.
GPM.

We went thru the buy/sell/move fun & games about 6 months ago. Big life style block (42acres) to a smaller one (6 acres). We had a long settlement 6+ months so managed to have a big sort out. Stuff you accumulate over 30+ years is scary. Farm stuff, boat & fishing stuff, kids stuff, horse stuff, camping, hunting, reloading etc etc. Sold off a bunch of things, even though it was not a great time to sell as everyone is skint. 4 or 5 skip loads went to dump. Still have a collection of things to sell but no hurry now we’re shifted. The shifting process & month or so leading up to it was pretty stressful, won’t be doing that again in a hurry!!! One good outcome was to compile detailed lists of reloading stocks & components & parts. So now know exactly what Ive got on hand, what might need topping up & what can be sold off. Thankfully the new place came with a big shed.

My career in private sector has seen me go Wellington to Auckland to Wellington to Christchurch to Auckland- the wellie to chch move saw a huge clean out as we left the kidds behind- sounds bad but they were adults all.
Next move is to Blenhiem to retire - we (the bank really) just brought a new house down there tenants move in this weekend

So home wise we skinny on stuff now.

xmas before last decided to clear out the junk around the bach in pelorus sound so got Johnsons barge service to bring in a 10m3 skip and we filled the fecker with 50* years of stuff under the bach and chucked in the undergrowth- generators scallop dredges mowers kayaks u name it. Felt bloody good.

Except after this xmas now there’s a old washing machine and a dead mower under the bach….

Greetings again,
The cartridge cases are still work in progress with the first batch rehomed. A start on the powder cupboard has been made. My eye has fallen on some IMR4198 which although quite old is in good condition. The powder is a bit of an orphan in that other powders in stock seem to fill most of the gaps so I thought I might use it in some light .308 loads with plated projectiles. A search of my handloading data has turned up some for both IMR and H4198 (AR2207) much of which is for cast projectiles. I also found data for the .30-40 Krag which has close to the same capacity as the .308.
So the question is does anyone have any actual experience in light loads for the .308 using IMR4198?
Regards and thanks Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings again,
The cartridge cases are still work in progress with the first batch rehomed. A start on the powder cupboard has been made. My eye has fallen on some IMR4198 which although quite old is in good condition. The powder is a bit of an orphan in that other powders in stock seem to fill most of the gaps so I thought I might use it in some light .308 loads with plated projectiles. A search of my handloading data has turned up some for both IMR and H4198 (AR2207) much of which is for cast projectiles. I also found data for the .30-40 Krag which has close to the same capacity as the .308.
So the question is does anyone have any actual experience in light loads for the .308 using IMR4198?
Regards and thanks Grandpamac.

Well I don't need to tell you.
But any 303 load or any 308 starting load is good for the 30-40

Years catch up on you, in my life I’ve built 7 houses and one bach. That’s in 50 years of marriage. Sell, rent, built, move in, repeat. This last house we built in 2005, about the time the government decided leaky house also included the likes of me and decide we needed work signed off by some LBP dick.
So we were very good at minimising stuff.
I take it this will be the home I leave in a box, so my kids and grand kids will inherit all, including my garage and shit.

My desire to hoard less received a knock today. I had an old LG washing machine here that suffered a failed spin brake motor (cracked housing). It's still a good machine apart from that, but not worth spending a $100 notes on for the new part let alone your time to fit it. Replaced the entire machine for a one owner 2nd hand but unused special for $150 (the people that brought it were setting up an air b-n-b type operation but a sudden sickness resulted in one owner passing away so the project was never completed, and they sold the 2nd set of everything off).

So the main LG 10Kg machine inside (this thing is a workhorse, one or two loads a day for I think 6 years so far) finally sprung a leak today, a bit of water draining into the basement area and much drama and excitement from the female residents of the household. Stop the machine and drain it, clean up the water and stop everything draining through the floor into the basement as per. Take the machine outside, open up, and look at that - the main drain hose has perished. Funny old thing, I know where there is a nearly new spare (the old LG machine which was the spare downstairs had this part replaced about 5 months before the spin brake motor failed and it's a fairly generic part on LG machines).

Take everything apart on the 10Kg unit, clean it up (absolutely feral inside, no wonder our clothes were not smelling the freshest - note to self clean machine more often!) and refit the replacement drain hose - good to go.

I really need to get rid of crap and have a serious de-hoard, but these sort of Sunday missions that save multiple hundred dollars do not help my cause!!!