Thought about it while I was writing the post below, in fact, though I was already boiling chicken for dog food and couldn’t run right out to test my theory.
In the previous post I mentioned that I have a new(ish, now) Lee manual primer tool that uses proprietary shell carriers. Comes with a whole set of them.
That reminded me that I also have an old manual primer tool that does not use proprietary shell carriers, and that I did not look on it for my one and only carrier that fits .44.
So later, after the chicken and rice were done cooking, I went back to check…
…and there it was, safe and sound.
It never made sense to me that I would have lost that one singular essential component out on the ground somewhere when everything else seems just fine. I mean if I were missing a whole bucket’s worth of stuff I’d be looking for where I absently mislaid that bucket. But I’m really not.
Guess I should have read all the posts before responding below. 😉
Yup. I am missing my diamond sharpening stone and chef’s knife and fancy-schmancy soldering equipment. Stuff couldn’t have walked off and yet… Methinks reality tries to make us humble. Or pissed off. Or something.
😀 I had a whole set of case holders ready to order from Brownell but then thought, “seriously, Joel, go look at that priming tool first.”
Robert, if you have packrats like Joel does, or other smallish annoying rodents, they probably have your stuff just like they have had so much of Joels. Follow the rodents to their nest/den/burrow, then off the rodents and wearing PPE demolish the nest/den/burrow and look for things you are missing.
“if you have packrats” Yup. The landlord. He denies knowledge of the items.
“smallish annoying rodents” Do roomies count?
“off the rodents” Tempting…
“wearing PPE” I don’t venture out without it. Got a free McD’s Happy Meal today.
Thanks for the advice and letting me vent, Zelda.
Off topic, but I thought I’d share. Just read this in an online forum.
How do you know when its safe to no longer shelter in place?
“Release a dove. If it comes back with a piece of toliet tissue in its beak, it’s safe.”
Someone needs to find Murphy and check his temperature, he let Joel off the hook. Guess we can hope, he is off tormenting that thieving bunch of Congress-critters we got and leaving the rest of us alone.
Quick question – youre reloading for .44 SPl, 44 Mag, or both?
Both I guess but mostly Special. I can buy Magnum locally and don’t use a lot of it for practice though it’s what I usually keep the pistol loaded with.