DeepSouth

I checked out Range USA years ago while looking for local reloading supplies. They had some bullets but nothing else. The place was a bit more crowded than I liked and they didn't want my cast bullets with Alox. Range time was by the hour. A trip to Range Masters was about half the mileage so I shot there 4 times. Space in lanes was great. I carried my granddaughter and a friend, could get all 3 of us at the bench to show them how the guns worked at the same time. Shoot as long as you like. My 5th trip they were closed. My CCW permit class was in Southaven with shooting at Bullseye. It was small, dark with narrow lanes. I shot there twice before the class. The night of the class those walls seemed to get closer. Shoot as long as you like. Range USA has a new store in Southaven. I went there when it first opened to check them out. Have checked them out a few times online since. Can have orders shipped to store.

Yep, that time again. I called the local high school MCJROTC officer about cleaning the range room. Was there at the appointed time. The cadets had cleaned one room and left me a container. I cleaned the second room. Counting the bucket I got 34 pounds of spent tin .177 pellets. When my grandson was on the rifle team there were 25 cadets. 2 to 3 computations per week as far south as Columbus, Grenada and Greenville. Lt. Col said this year he had 5 cadets and 4 students, never got a call for computations. Lt. Col. gave me the phone numbers of the 5 other schools in Desoto County that had rifle teams in the past. None had enough to fill a team either. Some removed it from the program. I built a fire in the pit, laid a steel bar across and added a grate. Sat the Dutch oven on and filled with pellets. Added more wood. As the pellets melted I was able to empty the bucket in the pot. After they melted I added a scoop of sawdust, stirred, scrapped the bottom and sides, spooned the trash off and added a second scoop of sawdust. Stirred, scrapped the bottom and sides, spooned the trash off again. I got 28 cornbread stick ingots of tin. Roughly 1 lb each, I'll weigh them later.

Got my 16 tomato plants growing. Had a late bamboo habitat cutting day this year. Got me some new stakes 9 ft long. Got sheets of cardstock from pallets at Sam's. Cut/fit around plants and covered with sawdust/leaf mulch. Got to replace some of my buckets that split down the side. 5 quarter inch holes in the bottom, filled with last year's kitchen compost and leaf mulch, placed between plants. All chemicals and watering goes in the buckets. I use to plant a 2 liter drink bottle by each plant for the same.

There was a free newspaper for our area and Western Auto had an ad on both center pages. We collected a few papers from neighbors that didn't want it. A coupon for Western Auto 22 shorts a nickel or dime per box with a limit of 4. We had 10 brick before buying a rifle that would shoot shorts. Dad would let us shoot the pistol.

It's been a few years, haven't been to Nashville since 2013.

Looking at the hunting section of a fishing website I saw a person in Horn Lake, MS with a case of Winchester 9mm ammo for $140. I made contact and went after it. I didn't look at the case until I got home. It was Winchester 40 S&W. Called him back. Yep, gave you the wrong case. I went back for the 9mm. I posted the 40 S&W the same way as he posted a week later, this time for $400. Sold 20 minutes later.

Our last trip to Stone river gun range they were $3 per 100.

Being banned didn't stop dad from coming back in under another name. The boys down south wanted reloading supplies and DLM wouldn't make a trip. Dad took a parttime job for a bit. Rules in our retirement is we can't get extra income. So he lost his retirement for 3 months. Dad made a deal with DLM. He'd sell the supplies the boys wanted, collect payment then DLM would deliver. All supply prices were through DLM. We had a funeral in Grenada the coming weekend. Mules were arranged to get supplies farther south. Dad had sold close to $3,000 in supplies. He called DLM to make sure of the order. Found out someone didn't want to deal through dad. DLM was making a special trip to Jackson, MS the same weekend. Said he wouldn't sell enough to cover his trip. He was right, didn't have enough of what they wanted. About a quarter of what dad had sold for him. Dad had to return the money cheapest he could. Check 25 cents. stamp 45 cents 75 times. He barrowed that money from me and closed the checking account after emptying it. DLM came online and said dad was under selling his supplies. He was banned without a chance to defend himself.

He was banned before defending his actions in a transaction that went bad. He traveled to east TN to inspect some reloading equipment and supplies before buying. The seller set up a sale before he got there. Most that wasn't sold or the owner would be taking with him was junk. A lot of stuff that wasn't reloading related, western movies, magazines, books, kitchen sink. Dad talked to DLM after seeing what was offered. "I've seen it, I offered him $50 for everything. Figured I'd sit on it for a long time before getting my money back."

No telling why others aren't replying. How many are still active in our area? How many have been offended by other's comments and left? I would like to change my username to my dad's, most likely get banned for something he didn't do.

Got it on my calendar.

American Reloading had 9mm 115 gr fmj blems $55 per thousand. I ordered 4,000. State tax, no shipping fee.

I stopped at Avery's in Memphis Tuesday. A pretty good display of powders, $80 to 110 per bottle. Price on a jug was $199. A few primers @ $9 per pack. 100 box of bullets were about the price of 50 rds of the same caliber of pistol.

I replied in the other thread. I don't do restaurants except call in/carry out. Maybe meet at a park. There's a lot to choose from. Grill lunch if we have too. Select a date, time about 9 am till 2 pm or so. Make a food/supply list.

I don't do restaurants except call in/carry out. Maybe meet at a park. There's a lot to choose from. Grill lunch if we have too. I'd bring a grill, charcoal, table, a couple of chairs and a cooler for drinks.

Tommy is all I remember from the coworker from Munford. Smith is all I know from the husband in Atoka, retired Memphis fireman.

Since we had a good breeze yesterday I casted almost a pint jar of 358-120 RN before my leg gave me some pain. Put them in a quart jar, added a couple of lumps of Alox and twisted the jar every which way for 5 minutes. A little to much Alox so I'll add more bullets today. I found a video that looked good. The guy filled a sheet pan with bullets standing up. Poured melted crayons in to cover the lube groves. They were 358's. He had swagged a 357 case that a bullet would fall into the case. Had a spring loaded push rod through the primer pocket. After the wax hardened he'd push the case onto a bullet, twist, pull the bullet out and press the bullet from the case. The bullets had a thin coat of wax, removed when pressed through the sizing die. A good idea but a bit more work than I want to do. For a softer lube could use toilet wax rings.

Welcome from Horn Lake, MS I use to work with a guy that did a little reloading from Munford. A classmate lives in Atoka, her 3rd husband reloads some.

Dad used Lee Alox and White Alox that was sold on ebay. Both work the same. Stick a cookie sheet or board in a shopping bag and lay the coated bullets on it. Set them up to cure a month before sizing. Then into a labeled jar. I loaded 1,000 in the past 2 weeks that are 10 years and got very little Alox on my fingers. I read a thread somewhere that Alox was mixed with Johnson & Johnson paste wax and something else. Was wondering if money was saved doing it and if it was a better coating. Sad, we let some threads pass without thinking about putting them in a sticky folder.

Is there a thread for homemade bullet lube?

Got them pulled yesterday morning. Glad granddaughter came along, she drove us home. A stop at the drugstore for Hydrocodone for pain. Took one when I got home and took a 4 hour nap. To keep my mine off of the teeth I loaded 1,000 38spl the past week. Ready for range time. Not this weekend, both sons have to work. I found bags of 70, 205 38spl and 80 357 last night. Got them decapped, cleaned pockets and expanded. Ready to the tumbler with polish today. I feel good enough to get out and shop but will stay home and give it time to heal. I know I'd find someone to talk with while out

I see it's an old thread. All the 22 shorts I can find are CB's, $11 per 100.

Dad left me a box of parts from his travels. A Lee C frame mounted on a board, C clamps with a few tools. The company would send 2 coworkers to other cities for a week of classroom training. He was sent to Pittsburg, PA once. He searched craigslist and found a 5 gal. bucket of 38spl casings for $35, the guy wanted $50. It was a short detour from the airport to the motel. During that week he decapped all the casings. Taped the lid on the bucket for the flight home. We always wondered what house cleaning thought about the trashcan full of primers.

By noon today I hadn't heard from anyone. I called the drugstore first. The dentist had prescribed ibuprofen for pain. Can't take ibuprofen with Eliquis, a blood thinner. That's why they needed to talk with the dentist. I asked about Tylenol, yes you can. I have 3 in a bottle so I'll need more. I get to walmart and plan to buy the Equate double pack. Nope, exp date of 8/24. Single bottle exp date 8/25, got one. Yesterday I asked about an appointment to pull the tooth. The dentist said, I want you on the Amoxicillin for 3 days and off the Eliquis for 3 days before pulling it. I think an appointment could have been set up for Monday or Tuesday. I didn't question it. I called today and my appointment is 8 am Tuesday. I asked why I couldn't setup the appointment at the office yesterday. We set appointments by phone calls only.

Tuesday at 4 am I woke with a tooth ache. I search the cabinet for pain relief pills. Tylenol 500 mg, only 5 in the bottle. Take 2 and start my morning. I search online for dentist close by, no one opens before 8 am. The first 10 or so can see me in later April, May and June. Last call, we can see you at another office at 4pm Wednesday. Great, my heart doctor is near, I have a bill to pay and pick up sample drugs. I have a pick up at the drugstore to get too. The dentist office is between them. 2:50 pm, I'm leaving the doctor's office headed to the drugstore. Got a call from the dentist. We are closing early, can we see you at 1:30 pm Wednesday. Sure. I got there at 12:45 and finished up at 4 pm. I take Eliquis, need a doctor's permission in writing before they will pull the tooth. Call my nurse, leave a message. She calls back, will forward a form to the office near me. Got it back to the dentist. Head to the drugstore for Amoxicillin. The druggist is on the phone, can't get the dentist to answer. Needs to hear from them that they know I take Eliquis before filling the scrip. Got to be off the Eliquis and on the Amoxicillin for 3 days before they will pull the tooth. Weekend is coming up, looks like I'll have this pain for a week.