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Lee Classic Loaders (wack-a-moles)
I have quite a few of them. I’m currently on the hunt for one made in 7mm-08. My most prized one is made in 350 Remington Magnum.

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Glad you said it.

I think I spent more time working on mine than I did mowing,

Last couple of years just fat in my liver. Been fun though. One bottle at a time.

I collect things that I think will come in handy someday. Off the wall stuff that comes out of things like the $2.00 box at auction sales.

Wife thinks I'm crazy for buying some old farmers "junk" but I tell ya what, that junk always gets used for something eventually.

100 dollar bills

Can you adopt me?

I have a lot of interest but the only thing that I really collect is guns. I like everything from hunting rifles and bird guns, to military pattern rifles, to antiques. At some point I’d like to narrow in on more specific models but I never seem to get their.

Barnacles, at least that is what the wife calls them, skin tags, moles, little nodular growths of all shapes and places...

What if he has 17 and decided that was enough?

Headstamps for me, but since we've moved, I've got an organization project to keep me busy the rest of the winter. See you in the man cave...

Lately it seems to be liquor bottles with 2 or 3 inches of booze in them. Nowadays I seldom drink and what is in the cupboard seems to be looking more and more like a collection.

My s-i-l uses a metal detector and has uncovered a mixed collection of coins, cartridge casings, mixed jewellery, etc. Some of his findings date back into the 1800's. After he finds something he does research on the items and has become quite a fount of knowledge of early happenings in this area over many years. It has given me a much greater appreciation of what these detector users get from their hobby.

Jim

M1 Rifle En Bloc clips.

Knowin' that the rifles won't run worth a damn w/o'em... is psychologically stressful.






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I've told people that all my life.

I'd rather sit with someones old sick people so they can get out. Good stories picked up while helping someone else.

I do like firearms but its not an obsession.

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Oh and ears.....

Don't ask

I have a few small lot collections.
Have a few Zippos, picked up over the years. 2 limited editions from the Pa. Game Commission for the 2001, 1st Elk hunt in Pa. and the 1st Elk Expo. Only 500 ea. were put out. Mine are #378and 173.
When I was stationed at King Salmon, Ak in the 70's, hand blown glass floats from Japanese fishing nets, was a big thing. Myself and 2 other guys chartered a Cherokee 6 to drop us off on the beach below Pilot Point. Was there for 2 days and picked up over 300. Divided up, almost 200 handblown, rest were molded. From what I understand, handblown floats were only used up to 1966, and have the name of the boat and its port pressed into the closed end. I have about 50 but can't read Japanese. 1 has a tack in the glass, guess the person dropped it while molten.

Dust

Big Game Trophies and Indian Artifacts.

Got a few 99’s, a few 700’s, a few Sako’s

Had a few Kleinguenthers, sold them 2 days ago. I mostly accumulate rifles!

Lately taken to early Africa hunting books like 1800 up to about 1920's, exploration, and survival works from the same interval.

Say it ain’t so! I was hoping to pick one up for myself.