Setting up the man cave....

So one of the first chores I've set out for myself in the new house is carving out my little nest of relaxation.  Right now this means my reloading bench in the basement.  I knew coming back that I couldn't totally immerse myself into "family time" without going crazy.  So I started buying reloading stuff in Afghanistan in preparation for High Power season.

The good news is that the Lee Pro1000 reloader with double disk setup I ordered from Midwayusa was waiting for me when I got back from Afghanistan.  I like to tinker, the unit was on sale, so we'll see how it works for me once everything is properly mounted.  Need to stop by the hardware store and pick up some 4" bolts.

The bad news is that the 1000 308 caliber 173 gr FMJBT bullets I ordered from Wideners wasn't in the box with the 5000 224 caliber 75 gr HPBT bullets.  Considering that I placed that order six months ago and it was delivered to my old address outside Joint Base Lewis McChord and my wife drove it cross country to our new home, I'm likely out $180.00 (which is almost our two week family food budget) not including shipping.  Lesson learned?  Don't buy from Wideners if you aren't physically there to inspect the package when it arrives, which is probably a good thing to do for every internet purchase. 

More bad news.  Somewhere in the packing one of the linkage pins for my RCBS Jr. Press went missing.  Will need to order a new one.  On the flip side I have a backup single stage press available. 

On the awesome side, today I got to play in the snow with my boys.  Don't care how you slice it, that's pretty cool.