Sorry if this is off topic, but as I am new to the site and to reloading I was wondering if you would mind sharing what your occupation is? Since I finished reading Lyman's 47th, and am now getting through The ABC's of Reloading by Chevalier, I find most of my free time consumed by reading about reloading, pricing and comparing equipment, reading articles and forums about reloading, etc. I also work in an industry that requires a lot of hours, and was wondering what serious reloaders do for a living, if you dont mind sharing..

Don't you know? Reloaders are all retired.

You're making an investment right now. It WILL pay off when you actually get started. When you read a post that says, "My Lee 50th Anniversary Kit came today, and the boxes are unpacked. What do I do next?", you'll appreciate your efforts.

I was always told that a person needs a vocation and an avocation which is defined as

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An avocation is an activity that a person does as a hobby outside their principal occupation. There are many examples of people whose profession was the way they made a living, but whose activities outside their workplace were their true passion in life.

The important thing is that all of here share the same avocation. I would suspect that our vocations would be a complete cross section of the vocations in America with the exception of the few that the bleeding heart liberals work at.

Personally, outside sales commercial doors/frames/hardware.

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a person needs a vocation and an avocation

While currently retired, I was a Manufacturing engineer and did quite a bit of design work as well.

Avocation is shooting, hunting, fishing, gunsmithing, reloading, and harassing liberals! God knows they need it!

Who's serious, this is for fun? Seriously, I work in electronics assembly and maintenance 40 hours a week, before that active duty Navy. Until a few months ago I was out of shooting and reloading for a couple of years.

Another Retiree!! After 35+ yrs I retired as Plant Superintendent of the nations 9th largest refinery last September. Now, it's all for fun!! Each day is a true blessing.

30 years on the California Highway Patrol

Not retired yet, about 8 years to go. Work as Head of Engineering/Programing for a machine shop specializing in aircraft parts.

after 30+ years in a machine shop, my legs gave out. Now I work as a part time receptionist for the state.

Wish I could afford to shoot more than I do. Cost of staying alive is about to surpass my ability to pay.

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Originally posted by joe25/06:
after 30+ years in a machine shop, my legs gave out. Now I work as a part time receptionist for the state.

Wish I could afford to shoot more than I do. Cost of staying alive is about to surpass my ability to pay.

Disabled Vet, Part time Historical Interpreter, help the wife(soon to be) clean the Post Office, and collage student in which I start the "precision machining" classes in the fall....if I pass collage algebra.
Oh and before I forget I also trap.
Best of luck my friends. You do what we got to do to pay bills. fixed income is a 2 sided sword!

Veterinarian. Almost 34 years.

I work at a remote gold mine in northern BC, Canada.
I work a 2 week rotation, so I'm on the "vacation of the month plan". 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off. My wife works at the same mine Monday - Thursday, so when I'm on days off, I have from 04:30 Monday to 19:30 Thursday to do my reloading, shooting,hunting and gunsmithing.

Machinist/injection mold maker/welder for 21 years and counting.

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Machinist/injection mold maker/welder for 21 years and counting.

Currently leaning all you just listed

heating and air tech/business owner

retired.

rich
Buff Killer

Retired

gainfully unemployed.
GWB

almost retired (1 year to go) union carpenter with allot of milwriting and metal fab experience.

Retired Forester.

I own an agriculture service business and raise registered Brangus cattle.

Let's see here....built and serviced packaging machinery....got a millwrights job at a place I installed and serviced said equipment....got layed off in the Enron stuff in 2001....went to school and got the paper to go along with my career....maichened for 8 months (which I hated)...have been a pipeliner for 5 years now...do mostly maintenance.


Been reloading for about 25 years now......hope I can continue to do it till the day I can't operate the equipment any more due to old age!!

Well I shouldn't have any time to hunt shoot or reload but I work it in somehow. I am a self employed small time Electrical Contractor mainly, have a small farm I grow hay on and take care of our place where we live and a couple rentals. I have a great lady in my life and two boys 15 and 6.
I've been reloading since I was 14 so that has been about 34 years of reloading this spring, you do the math for my age.
My time is always at a premium!

At the moment, I am a truck driver for fed X freight. Local driver, here in portland or.
But I have done lots of jobs for usualy about 3 years at a time. I have also been imployed . so to speak as a giutar player and singer, in evry thing from funky sole bands, in the late 70s , to semi punk bands in the 80s.and even sang in the chorus line in the local opra as a kid.
Also spnt 20 years as a semi pro fastpitch softball player. Or mabye it was amiture i,m not sure. sometimes we got traveling money and stuff , and the sponser would pay for hotels and pizza. but most years we paid our own way.
Im, still about 15 years from retirerment, if such a thing still exsits in 15 years.
...tj3006
This job at fed X freight formarly Viking freight has kept my intrest for about 9 plus years. But I am curantly on a Workmans comp waiting for back surgery.
Trust me it would much better to be working.
...tj3006

I design electronics for military, space, commercial air, private air, or medical.

So far, that is who has found my phone number.


I have a BSEE from the UW.

So does my father, who designed guns and vehicles. He has always bought factory ammo.

So does my wife, who has no guns to feed. She does cook the venison, that was shot with my handloads.

So does my cousin, who handloads.

Retired 5 years ago after 30years as an engineer with a major oil company.

Industrial Maintenance Supervisor for Alcoa...many years, now with a large(the largest) pet food company. 28 years in total. Reloading since 1991 and love it.

Manufacturing engineer - machining and other metal working processes in aerospace, semiconductor and medical devices.
Like the Wendy's fried chicken commercial - parts is parts.
Reloading since 1970.

I am an illegally furloughed Airline pilot for Us Airways. Lots of time for reloading now, though 3 days after I lost my job illegally, my wife gave birth to our first child Jett Wolf B. Now I am a stay at home Dad.

Mark

Full time professional firefighter working on my 20th year. Been an engineer for the last 12 or so and currently drive and operate a 75 foot ladder truck. Hope to be retired within 3 years if we've still got a pension to retire to.

General surgeon---cut back to half time this last year and the quality of life vastly improved.

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General surgeon---cut back to half time this last year and the quality of life vastly improved.

Yours or the patients! Sorry I couldn't resist.

Retiremant age Realtor, but refusing to retire because of my dire addiction to RELOADING-SHOOTING-HUNTING. The only thing I love as much as hunting and reloading is the Real Estate business and it enables me to carry on. I do question paying Uncle Sam his full share and him paying me my full share, but that is the way he wants it, so be it. Good shooting.

College Student

34 years in the brain farm

Enlisted in USAF in '84...retiring in 2012/13...

HR manager in the semiconductor industry. Trained as a gunsmith and machinist and ended up in HR (long story). Been reloading for 30+ years and doing all my own gun work for 25 years, perhaps not your normal HR professional. Works for me as many of my conversations with employees are gun related which are much better than regular HR topics.

Retired US Army Paratrooper and currently work in a hardwood sawmill.

Retired Ph.D. Chemist. Worked in instrument design, lab automation, process automation, and IT strategic planning.

Retired , From the rat race, Machinist ! lots of hobbies , Guns 1st ! Harley 2nd ETC !!