Reloading as therapy

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Ok, had a suck ass day at work today. Short story.

When I got home tonight I just wanted to do something mindless....hey, I have lots of 9mm brass to de-cap. Spent some time doing just that....in peace and quiet...and later on I will citrus bath them...just used a decapping die...

It actually calmed me down.
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Agreed. As I use dippers and a scale for the powder, it forces single minded concentration, not too far from meditation.
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Same here...it's always had a meditative effect on me. I get in the zone of repetitive motion, focus on performing each step meticulously, and have something to show for the effort in the end.

I'm thinking my future avocation as a gunsmith will provide additional opportunities along this line...

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Glad to know that I'm not alone here...

The time that I spend reloading takes me out of the daily crap. It is a place that I control, without battle, to do the the best of my knowlege and it is ok for me to ask about things.

Mental focus...about what I am doing right now, focused about what I want to do. It is hand skill too? WHHHHHOOOO!

Oh and I get ammo I can use. :clap:
Heller and McDonald are precedents to be followed, not obstacles
to be overcome

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There is a definite meditative quality to it. It forces you to focus on the process and is really good for clearing your (or at least my wee little) head.
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For me reloading mirrors the kind of concentration on the details that shooting requires. A reflection of what I call the "paradox of the serious shooter". Non- firearms folks can assign negative qualities to reloading and shooting; in the worst cases likening them respectively to sociopathic plotting and nihilistic catharsis.

It seem really clear to me that the opposite is required, to be an effective shooter/reloader a clear mind is needed. Reloading is not forgiving of mistakes, neither is mindless firearms handling.

There is also nothing better than getting a sub moa group knowing that you loaded the ammo!
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Oftentimes after work I like to work at the reloading bench -- prepping brass, popping spent primers, loading cases, whatever -- and just enjoy the process. Sometimes I have tunes on (I totally dig Ratatat for this), sometimes it's just silence. I find that often I enjoy reloading almost as much as I enjoy shooting, and I sure as hell get to do it more often.

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I did some reloading therapy AT WORK the other day. Was at a remote site in SW Texas where there wasn't much for me to do except oversight of some simple, tedious work. Once in a while some of the workers and I would go shoot the 44 Mag and when time permitted I'd sit in the work truck reloading what we shot with a Lyman 310 kit.
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