Good Wednesday Evening,
Its been a busy few weeks. Three weeks ago I was unpacking things and planning for a reloading space. These past two weeks we’ve reversed course. Because we’re moving to Texas, I’ve had to develop four piles, the junk pile, the donate pile, the packing pile and the sell pile. Have to slim things down, renting a trailer is not cheap.
There has been some work in the background. I am in the works of starting a new business focusing on aerial surveying, and expanding some of the consulting work I’ve been doing for the metal/non metal mining industry. Part of this is developing a new website for the business which means I needed to upgrade the Bluehost account to accommodate a second website. This upgrade comes with an email domain. So I’ve changed my primary contact information for this website from jayandrew338@gmail.com to jay@theballisticassistant.com. It might take me a bit to update everything, but there will be a transition.
Both email accounts are live, so if you send something to either email you’ll get a response from me. I appreciate the feedback and the suggestions. Keep them coming.
Back to the topic of packing, how do you store your spent/prepped brass? For a long time I used gallon and 3 gallon bags. This worked for sometime until I had so much brass, I had to switch to tote. I bought a bunch of totes and tried to organize it all only to have to find space to put all the totes. The problem with plastic bags is the rip too easy, and the problem with totes is they take up a lot of space.
I’ve decided to use my vacuum sealer to store brass. The vacuum packing is overkill, but what isn’t is the the thickness of the bags. They are a bit thicker, and you can seal the brass in. The bags are easy to stack, and you can pick up the bag without fear of it ripping. No I don’t actually suck the air out of the bag, but I do press it out and then use the heat sealing function to seal the end of the bag. I know it’s a pain to open a bag and not be able to reseal it, but for brass that you don’t load for very often, or excess brass that you’ll rotate in at some point, it does seem to be the best of both worlds.
As I’ve been packing, I was able to find my stash of primers. As such, I am open to trades, I know what I got so no haggling. I’m looking for a Barret M107 with accompanying suppressor. No suppressor no deal. 😛
Thanks for the messages of support. We are looking forward to this move and the new challenges and opportunities that it will bring. As always you can reach out to us at Facebook, check us out on Instagram, or now email us at jay@theballisticassistant.com.
Stay Safe Out There!
The Ballistic Assistant