Dad’s reloading assistant in training

[Calvin45]

he was supposed to be in bed, but all the Christmas excitement had him revved right up so last night at 10:30 my oldest son (5) asked if he could help me "with brass".

He's doing a good job with the chamfer deburr tool here, and is fascinated by all that goes into this.

We off to a good start….

His mother is not so impressed about this

 

[Sockeye66]

That truely is what it's all about, quality time, teaching and learning. My youngest is now 15 and he was the same way, loves the reloading part and shooting as well, just not so keen on taking live game which is fine by me. He loves to go and is a great spotter. Congratulations on having a new partner.

 

[GRG]

That is great!
Keep them involved and give them as much time as you can.
Good Parenting!

 

[Muddyboots]

Omg! A memory for the ages! Can I send you some brass to work?

 

[Calvin45]

Omg! A memory for the ages! Can I send you some brass to work?

He's got the patience for this haha. We chamfered and deburred the mouths of 298 pieces of .243 brass together last night.

 

[Ol' Red]

Let me know when he starts trimming cases. I would happy to help out by sending a few hundred. LOL. Seriously, I enjoy seeing this sort of thing. I had one that enjoyed reloading and still does.

 

[Calvin45]

Let me know when he starts trimming cases. I would happy to help out by sending a few hundred. LOL. Seriously, I enjoy seeing this sort of thing. I had one that enjoyed reloading and still does.

Ugh that's the one job I hate. Trimming! He better learn quickly

The other day I trimmed (no power tool, Lyman trimmer) 100 pieces of reformed 30-06 brass down to 8x57 mauser. That was tedious but a good hand and forearm exercise haha

 

[nealm66]

My son is 30 now and still enjoy shooting together. Except he's better than me lol. He competed in high school and placed in state and still off hands 6" gongs with a 22 at 200 meter. Enjoy every second

 

[Left Hand Dave]

I learned to reload from my uncle. I can remember him teaching me how to reload shotgun shells first. I think I was about 8 or 9. I would crank them out by the case. When I got older it was rifle and pistol. Sitting in the basement at the reloading bench are some of my fondest memories. I was a very lucky boy.

 

[Darryle]

When momma has to walk to the reloading room to find her teenage son or daughter, she'll come around.

 

[dmj]

That's just plain great. It doesn't get any better than that.

 

[Muddyboots]

Anything you can teach your child or develop their interest off their phone is golden.

 

[Calvin45]

Anything you can teach your child or develop their interest off their phone is golden.

Plus my friend had another take haha:

"If you get them hooked on reloading young, they'll never have money for drugs!"

 

[HSmithTX]

All three of mine started at 4-5, my wife wasn't sure it was a good idea so we showed her we were always going to wash our hands really well and change our clothes if we got dirty, mitigate any health concerns and she got on board. As soon as they were savvy enough to sort brass they started fading out and we went shooting more often to keep the willingness to work going. Many hours of time with them that I would have never gotten, reloading and shooting. I wouldn't change it even if I could.