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15 February 2009, 20:02
youngoutdoors
Your occupation?
Husband, dad, general contractor, christmas tree farmer, welder-fabricator. Do a little gunsmithing on the side. Mostly for family.

Started helping my dad reload when I was big enough to polish brass by hand. Probably bout 38 years ago. My 5 year old son can just about reload if everything is already set up.

Just love hunting, shooting, fishing, trapping, camping, anything in the outdoors the Good Lord made for us to enjoy. God Bless, Louis
15 February 2009, 20:17
jimatcat
caterpillar engine mechanic for 20 plus yrs... now into power generation... gas/diesel generators for a kohler generator dealership...started reloading at age 14.... 20 ga shotgun with herco powder...lol.... freaked out a home insurance salesman when he saw all the powder and primers i had in my bedroom.....


go big or go home ........

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15 February 2009, 20:24
MikeN
Retired, tool and die maker engineer, was called on last fall to design and build woodworking CNC machines, built 2 prototypes, so I guess now I'm semi-retired.


"An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man is a slave", Ceasar
15 February 2009, 20:25
DMB
Retired 13 years ago, and have become a full time ammo maker, knifemaker, and hunter.
Was an engineer working the tank plant program in Egypt before retiring.

Don




15 February 2009, 20:28
Oddbod
Own & run a fishing tackle retail store.

Really bu&&ers up fishing as a hobby, so I started shooting again.
15 February 2009, 20:39
R D McMillan
Plywood mill worker times 32 years, elected union officer concurent with the last 18.Set up and ran free help service and food bank (labour financed) for unemployed people from 1983 to 1991. Finished work-life as Vice chairman of the BC (canada) Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) in 2004. Recalled to WCAT as contract adjudicator for a couple of years and then some contract work as a WCB worker's advocate. Fully retired March 2008 (maybe). Moved to the BC interior in 2004 and life is good!!!
15 February 2009, 22:08
bartsche
dancingRetired Electromechanical and process engineer. fishing beerroger


Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone..
15 February 2009, 22:11
Fjold
I manage a gas turbine repair shop and crew for an independent power company that operates 20+ electrical power plants. I also run a gas turbine repair company from our shop for outside customers.

I'm the jack-of-all-trades for the company and do the due diligence for new plant purchases, assess repair/failures of gas turbines, fill in as Construction Manager for new power plant builds and occasionally as a Plant Manager for new plants that we purchase.

Reloading since 1981.


Frank



"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953

NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite

15 February 2009, 22:21
K20350
Wow do I feel under qualified at about everything after reading this forum!! Wink I am a lowly truck driver. I haul milk ,cream, whey, beer, wine, Louisiana Hot Sauce, and just about anything else you can fit in a food grade tanker. Baby's gotta have milk right LOL!! Been loading 10 years. Ever since I bought my first rifle w/ my graduation money. I bought a M70 winchester push feed in .270. That rifle shot sub-moa w/ lots of different bullets. I put a 6-18x on it and it was my Deer/Varmint rifle for a few years till I started making a little more money for other toys.
15 February 2009, 22:35
Wayfaring Stranger
Geophysicist, working in the oil patch (which reminds me I need to change my location)


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If the 270 won't do it the .338 will, if the 338 won't I can't afford the hunt!
15 February 2009, 23:25
Gerry
Semi-Retired, retired Security Professional from the World's Leading Consumer Goods Company and still do Security Consulting.

Been reloading since 1978 and hunting & shooting long before that.

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Cheers,

Number 10
15 February 2009, 23:46
mike_elmer
I work for a non-profit org that assists people with disabilities in finding (and keeping) employment. I also have an HR Consulting business. Before all this, I was a Roofer and Shop Steward for Local 30.

Been reloading, off and on, for the past 35 years.


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Well, they really aren't debates... more like horse and pony shows... without the pony... just the whores.

1955, Top tax rate, 92%... unemployment, 4%.

"Beware of the Free Market. There are only two ways you can make that work. Either you bring the world's standard of living up to match ours, or lower ours to meet their's. You know which way it will go."
by My Great Grandfather, 1960

Protection for Monsanto is Persecution of Farmers.
16 February 2009, 00:10
Remington720
Registered Nurse
16 February 2009, 01:50
bja105
HVAC service tech


Jason
16 February 2009, 02:13
azjohn
Director of Nursing, Retired
16 February 2009, 02:43
Doc224/375
Where to begin ?. I've worn so many hats I rival Stetson .

When I was Young general contractor residential and commercial it in turn got me into custom Wood working .

I then became a Purveyor of exotic hardwoods world wide importing .

Put myself through one junior and 2 major colleges . PhD. Chemistry , MD.Structural Engineering .

Formulated explosives too Pharmaceutical pill coatings , Mostly protective coatings . Then 22 Years

with Composites just about anything one could think of I've been involved in it !.Still lecture and consult .

Retired 06/06/06 from Scaled Composites . Re loading 44 years , hunting a bit longer fishing 10 years

longer . Shooting reloading hunting fishing raising German Shepherds cutting wood along with the Wife

fills my life !.

My friends nicknamed me the Wizard as I seem to be able to pull it off more times than not !.
16 February 2009, 02:45
jb
cabinetmaker for 25 years.father,dog breeder.


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16 February 2009, 04:21
700varmint
currently a "activated" fleet Marine force navy corpsman reservist since sept 06 until sept 2010 before being activated I have been a corrections officer with state of Pennsylvania and a nationaly registered paramedic for 18 years. someday I will retire from one of the listed jobs.
16 February 2009, 04:30
390ish
Been a lawyer 11 years. Once the kids get older I want to take some machinist courses at the community college. Been reloading, gosh, let me think, since 1991. Did not get serious until 1995 when I lived in Texas, then went through the looking glass when I moved to New Mexico.
16 February 2009, 04:32
wino
Subterranian migratory mineral extraction specialist


"Earth First, we'll mine the other planets later"
"Strip mining prevents forest fires"
16 February 2009, 04:59
ted thorn
quote:
Originally posted by wino:
Subterranian migratory mineral extraction specialist


Does this mean you are a traveling miner?


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16 February 2009, 05:48
crabyx78
Retired railroad conductor after 38 yrs.Been reloading since the late 70's.Make knives for a hobby when the mood hits me.
16 February 2009, 08:56
wino
quote:
Originally posted by ted thorn:
quote:
Originally posted by wino:
Subterranian migratory mineral extraction specialist


Does this mean you are a traveling miner?


Winner, winner, chicken dinner. dancing

Out here we're called tramp miners Big Grin


"Earth First, we'll mine the other planets later"
"Strip mining prevents forest fires"
16 February 2009, 08:59
bartsche
SmilerNice thread beerroger


Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone..
16 February 2009, 09:10
Idaho Sharpshooter
I been reloading and casting my own bullets since 1964 when I rode a tractor for 90-cents an hour and spent two months wages on a Sporterized Krag in 25 Krag FL. The kit included a bullet mould and and a Lyman tong tool and dies.

Rich
Buff Killer
man, does that make me old, or what...
16 February 2009, 10:01
Mark
quote:
Originally posted by wino:
quote:
Originally posted by ted thorn:
quote:
Originally posted by wino:
Subterranian migratory mineral extraction specialist


Does this mean you are a traveling miner?


Winner, winner, chicken dinner. dancing

Out here we're called tramp miners Big Grin


Sorry, but now I can't get this picture out of my head!



for every hour in front of the computer you should have 3 hours outside
16 February 2009, 13:13
seafire2
Retired Professional Walmart Sign Holder....

you know, one of those people with the signs that say "Stranded, Please Help.... God Bless.."
at the corner of your local Walmart...

I retired after doing that from 1970 when I graduated High School... all the way thru until I discovered the political forum on AR here in 2004.....

Now I am a professional complainer on the poltiical forum here....

The dumocrats make it a full time job.....

Walmart sends me a monthly retirement check now since I have left their parking lots alone now...soon will be getting my Obama share the wealth check also monthly....

I have petitioned him to give me a new house also...wekfare just ain't paying the rent on the 1100 Sq Ft duplex....

and to think I gave up my dreams to be a drunk out of work Canuck ex lawyer....


Life Member: The American Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

Jan 20, 2009.. Prisoner in Dumocrat 'Occupied America', Partisan in the 'Save America' Underground


Beavis..... James Beavis..... Of Her Majesty's Secret Service..... Spell Check Division



"Posterity — you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."
John Quincy Adams

A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him "Why do you carry a 45?" The Ranger responded, "Because they don't make a 46."

Duhboy....Nuttier than Squirrel Poop...



16 February 2009, 13:53
Bruz
Blast Mitigation Consulting and Sales.

ATFP

Robert


Bruz

"Honor,Courage and Character"

NRA Lifetime Member
16 February 2009, 20:09
Heat
quote:
Originally posted by seafire2:
Retired Professional Walmart Sign Holder....

you know, one of those people with the signs that say "Stranded, Please Help.... God Bless.."
at the corner of your local Walmart...

I retired after doing that from 1970 when I graduated High School... all the way thru until I discovered the political forum on AR here in 2004.....

Now I am a professional complainer on the poltiical forum here....

The dumocrats make it a full time job.....

Walmart sends me a monthly retirement check now since I have left their parking lots alone now...soon will be getting my Obama share the wealth check also monthly....

I have petitioned him to give me a new house also...wekfare just ain't paying the rent on the 1100 Sq Ft duplex....

and to think I gave up my dreams to be a drunk out of work Canuck ex lawyer....


animal animal animal

After some years as an Intel Analyst for Uncle Sam I went into the IT industry. Been a consultant now for almost 20 years.

Ken....


"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so. " - Ronald Reagan
16 February 2009, 21:21
the jigger
I spent 36yrs. in Education. Retired June '99 as a program administrator at the local community college. Sept. '99 went back to work as a project manager for a wholesale plant nursery. Retired again in '05.
I've been hunting and shooting since I was 8yrs. old. I've been reloading for something over 25yrs. I love quarterbores!!


IF YOU'RE GONNA GET OLD,YOU BETTER BE TOUGH!! GETTIN' OLD AIN'T FOR SISSIES!!
16 February 2009, 21:24
rcamuglia
What a cool thread!


I see that I may be the only restaurant owner on the forum!

Italian. Everything made from scratch. Fresh pasta!

Grew up in the business from age 11. Been reloading shotshells and metallic since I was 16.

45 years old now.

Shooting and hunting are definitely my passions. I shoot shotguns for Browning.
16 February 2009, 21:44
wildboar
Policeman since 1987. Before, I was barman and apprentice car electrician for a few years. I'm 46.

Ciao rcamuglia, immaginavo che fossi Italiano... Smiler
16 February 2009, 22:23
Terry Blauwkamp
Seasonal ( semi-retired) distributor of vegetables from Michigan. Work 24/7 from June 1 to middle November. Then do as I please the rest of the time, like to to DSC, SHOT, SCI etc. And of course, go to Africa hunting.


Remember, forgivness is easier to get than permission.
16 February 2009, 23:54
meptampa
Certified Public Accountant - and project manager for a telecom contractor
17 February 2009, 01:52
KLM300
Currently Laid Off.
19 years in the aluminum industry.
Licensend Water/Wastewater Operator
Mechanical Maintenance
17 February 2009, 02:12
Rich H
Locomotive Engineer now, 11 years working as a rig hand/driller before that. Spent 5 years in college learning how to drink so I could be the best damn driller out there!


*Life is hard, but it's harder if you're stupid*
17 February 2009, 02:24
kennedy
Worked in a mill til it shut down. Drove heavy equipment for awhile. Now I run chainsaws most of the day.I prefer husqvarna.
17 February 2009, 02:41
Bill Thibeault
Retired US Army Officer and aviator; flew helicopters for most of my military career. Also retired TWA and American Airlines pilot (MD-80 Captain). Then drove a school bus for two years before my wife retired as a 4th grade school teacher. Been reloading off and on for 40 years. 63 years old.
17 February 2009, 05:45
Sioux
Paramedic, 80+ hrs weekly.
17 February 2009, 06:33
allensee
Geez, if we are all supposed to be retired, I wish someone had told me sooner. I have been going to work all this time. Smiler