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Here's one. What are some others only rifle looneys achieve?

Never seen one empty, a might used up, yes, empty, no

I have one thats about 3/4 full and I've been using it for years. It was in storage and got hot and some melted and ran out and that didnt even make a dent. Dang it gets hot in Southeast Texas

Mine still half full and I’ve used it many years.

^^^ Makes a guy wonder what else you’ve been using it for! LOL

Wow!

I don't expect to use up my tin, but I still use a lube pad for some thigs & the real high volume stuff gets the spray can.

I’m on the verge of using up my first, after 12+ years. The new one is considerably smaller.

Old70

Decisions , yep which hunting irons am I going to clean and put away ?
Which ones am I going to try new loads in and clean later .
You know , bullet and powder combos you haven’t tried in this one or that one .
Will any of these decisions hold ?

Should I sell some guns I hardly ever hunt and buy one of the latest and greatest ?

Holy shiet ! Hunting season only ended Saturday and I’m already wanting it to come around again , will target shooting hold off the rubber room ?
Kenneth

Rifle barrels burned out by yourself, start to finish? That is, you did not inherit the rifle from someone else who had already shot 1000 rounds through it.

Or, in the words of milennials: "Which barrel are you running on that Winny action"?

Millennials don't shoot Winchesters.

That's why the question is posed BY the millennial in the above example.

Been doing some reloading for some time. Good ‘nuff! MTG

I am half way through my second can.

Don't they?

Another rifle looney issue. Needing to add some cant to my scope to maximize travel & ALL the +/- 10s are in use, only 0's remain...

Mine's empty, but only because huntsman22 uses it to wax his moustache.


And yes I know it's really spelled "mustache" but Don spells it the old way.

Having a dedicated gunroom, boxes full of rings, bases, lens caps, fill screws, slings, and other odds and ends, takeoff stocks and a closet full of saved gun and optic boxes.

Was that even necessary smokepole. We're on a forum where half the members think typing "I seen" is actually the way it's done, especially when talking about how stupid the guy was they "seen".

My Imperial sizing wax will/would last multiple lifetimes the way I use it. Spray is for any batch constituted by ten or more rounds. The Imperial is only used for those very small batches.

As to milestones, I like the burned out barrel referenced above by 3584ELK above. Another, is when I come across my last container of a specific powder with a price tag of something like $11.95 or a last box of "premium" bullets with a similar price tag.

Epiphany or realization…… however blasphemous it my be! 😉 I don’t need a different rifle, cartridge, bullet, or load for each and every species or day of the week!

There…….I said it! My psychiatrist said that this was the first step toward recovery! 😂 memtb

When you realize you can kill everything with one rifle it's kind of like after you have your first virgin.

You're all, "Now what?"