What do you call yourself ? - Page 2

woolleyworm · 03-23-2011, 10:34 PM

I would say that I do more reloading than "handloading"; so I'd call myself a disciple of boom !

redwing carson · 03-23-2011, 11:10 PM

Been loading ammo for over 50 years. Have all my fingers and both eyes. You can call me Lucky.

good luck

RC

Old Steve · 03-23-2011, 11:40 PM

Have had occasion to remind some that "Engineer is what I do to earn money, not what I am". Similar could be said for any other trade or profession.

bulletdriver · 03-24-2011, 11:15 PM

just call me Here! that works.

Regular Joe · 03-25-2011, 04:54 AM

The problem with any specialty name is that nearly no-one knows what you mean. When I tell people that I was a steel fabricator, they say: "oh, you mean re-bar?" No, re-bar is masonary. Never mind what a fitter/fabricator/weldor does. At one time or another, you have driven over, walked around inside, or depended on your water or power from something I've built.
Fine then. though I've been reloading for 40 years, and developed a couple of wildcat cartridges and stuff of that nature, I'm a "Reloader". It's all just tedious, redundant procedure, much like anything that MUST be done exactly right. Let them guess at the semantics.

carver · 03-25-2011, 07:41 AM

I have been called a lot of things! Most can't be printed here! While I am a retired Postal Worker, I suppose that I am a jack of all trades, and master of none, and that falls right into my reloading style.

AL MOUNT · 03-25-2011, 09:16 AM

I use to hand load new 45/70 rounds.

Nowadays I just hand load a dinner plate or re-load a cocktail.

You can call me anything so long as it ain't a Democrat.

Most know me by "Sarge".

jbmid1 · 03-25-2011, 11:28 AM

Gun and Bible Clinger.

Strict Constructionist.

Murderer of endangered species

Destroyer of our mother planet

Greedy Capitalist

Warmonger

Politically incorrect

Old Grump · 03-25-2011, 04:45 PM

When I was married my wife and her boy friends called me sucker,

Now I am single, she and her present boyfriend are broke and hiding from the collection agencies, I have money and they call me Happy.

WILD CAT · 04-06-2011, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Grump

When I was married my wife and her boy friends called me sucker,

Now I am single, she and her present boyfriend are broke and hiding from the collection agencies, I have money and they call me Happy.

You lucky OLD GRUMP, my four ex-wives are constantly skinning me again and again, can't even afford a casual girlfriend

03-23-2011, 10:34 PM	#26
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,882	Re: What do you call yourself ? I would say that I do more reloading than "handloading"; so I'd call myself a disciple of boom ! __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .

03-23-2011, 11:10 PM	#27
redwing carson Former Guest Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: western wyoming Posts: 734	Re: What do you call yourself ? Been loading ammo for over 50 years. Have all my fingers and both eyes. You can call me Lucky.good luck RC

03-23-2011, 11:40 PM	#28
Old Steve V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 57	Re: What do you call yourself ? Have had occasion to remind some that "Engineer is what I do to earn money, not what I am". Similar could be said for any other trade or profession.

03-24-2011, 11:15 PM	#29
bulletdriver Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1	Re: What do you call yourself ? just call me Here! that works.

03-25-2011, 04:54 AM	#30
Regular Joe V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 269	Re: What do you call yourself ? The problem with any specialty name is that nearly no-one knows what you mean. When I tell people that I was a steel fabricator, they say: "oh, you mean re-bar?" No, re-bar is masonary. Never mind what a fitter/fabricator/weldor does. At one time or another, you have driven over, walked around inside, or depended on your water or power from something I've built. Fine then. though I've been reloading for 40 years, and developed a couple of wildcat cartridges and stuff of that nature, I'm a "Reloader". It's all just tedious, redundant procedure, much like anything that MUST be done exactly right. Let them guess at the semantics. __________________ Around here, we don't say "Oh shucks", or "oh man". We say Oh BAMA!!

03-25-2011, 07:41 AM	#31
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,219	Re: What do you call yourself ? I have been called a lot of things! Most can't be printed here! While I am a retired Postal Worker, I suppose that I am a jack of all trades, and master of none, and that falls right into my *reloading* style. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

03-25-2011, 09:16 AM	#32
AL MOUNT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cleaning my Thompson in The Foothills of the Ozark Mountains Posts: 3,107	Re: What do you call yourself ? I use to hand load new 45/70 rounds. Nowadays I just hand load a dinner plate or re-load a cocktail. You can call me anything so long as it ain't a Democrat. Most know me by "Sarge". __________________ 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division Vietnam 67-68

03-25-2011, 11:28 AM	#33
jbmid1 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,075	Re: What do you call yourself ? Gun and Bible Clinger. Strict Constructionist. Murderer of endangered species Destroyer of our mother planet Greedy Capitalist Warmonger Politically incorrect __________________ You can't be too rich, too thin, or have too much firepower.

03-25-2011, 04:45 PM	#34
Old Grump Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Little hut in the woods near Blue River Wisconsin Posts: 2,285	Re: What do you call yourself ? When I was married my wife and her boy friends called me sucker, Now I am single, she and her present boyfriend are broke and hiding from the collection agencies, I have money and they call me Happy. __________________ "When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."~~- Thomas Jefferson Roman Catholic, Life Member of American Legion, VFW, Wisconsin Libertarian party, Wi-FORCE, WGO, NRA, JPFO, GOA, SAFand CCRKBA