AzShooter Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Getting ready for a move so I know my Dillons will be down for a while I dicided to go in the garage today and load up the rest of my .38 cases in case I don't get a chance until after the move. I loaded up 500 yesterday and it was hot. Today I loaded the remainder, about 1000 cases. Good thing I use a 650. At 113 it sure was not. No AC, no fan, just the open garage door. I wish my roomate woiuld let me put the presses innside but I know that's never going to happen. At least the new house has and insulated garage and pleaty of ventilation and two fans over where my presses are going. Now to drink pleanty of water and stay in the AC for the rests of the day. Tonight there is a match and it will still be over 100 out in the desert but I have a chilly vest packed with ice to keep me cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaredr Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 i'm used to hearing people remind you to hydrate when you're shooting, this is the first time i've heard that warranted when you're reloading!!congrats on the move to new digs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffreybehr Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 (edited) Ooh ya it's HOT...at least 110d.F. for several days. I've spent a couple hours the last 3 afternoons at the main range evaluating loads for my new Glock 10mm 20SF, but that's in the shade. I've given up shooting Cactus League Thursday-nite matches due to the heat. I guess I'm just too soft. I hate to gloat, but my reloading rig is in my homeoffice; sure is nice. Edited July 3, 2010 by jeffreybehr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neomet Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Yeah, its a scorcher out there today. My dogs don't even want to go for a walk. I'll pile on with Jeff in...uh... not pointing out that I just reloaded 600 rounds in my office/reloading room. I did have to turn the thermostat down a touch though to stay comfy if that helps any. Sorry man. That has got too be rough. My buddy has a portable a/c unit in the garage for days like today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scap99 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 At least when you sweat in the desert you get a bit of cooling effect. With the humidity down here in SE Texas, you just soak through your clothes and never cool down. Hot is hot, and I am not discrediting the heat you worked in...but I'd gladly trade your 113 degrees and low humidity for my 90 degrees and high humidity. I cranked out a few hundred the other night out in my garage. I was sweating so bad that I had to make sure I wasn't dripping sweat into the cases. It's very therapeutic to sit out there, sweat out the day's evils and produce a product that will put a silly smile on your face. Now, if only I could enjoy a cigar and some cold beer while cranking the handle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmap Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 At least when you sweat in the desert you get a bit of cooling effect. With the humidity down here in SE Texas, you just soak through your clothes and never cool down. Hot is hot, and I am not discrediting the heat you worked in...but I'd gladly trade your 113 degrees and low humidity for my 90 degrees and high humidity. I cranked out a few hundred the other night out in my garage. I was sweating so bad that I had to make sure I wasn't dripping sweat into the cases. It's very therapeutic to sit out there, sweat out the day's evils and produce a product that will put a silly smile on your face. Now, if only I could enjoy a cigar and some cold beer while cranking the handle... Man someone has lied to you. I am from the hot humid south and I now live in AZ. I was born and raised in the south. I would take hot and humid over this oven heat of AZ any day. There is NO "cooling" effect here unless you go inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickmix Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 You guys are bunch of baby's. You need to man up. Jason you work out side you should be use to it!! HA HA HA hot is hot I dont care where you live. I grow up in San Antonio and move to Phoenix both suck in the summer!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calishootr Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I hear people all the time say' yeah but its a dry heat'....yeah like convection oven dry heat...even your eyes get scratchy, an if i wore contacts id be concerned they would stick... forthe longesttime my reloading set up wasthe only onethat was insidethe house, all of my friends's were relegated to the garage/shed....tho i learned my lesson with the shotgun loader its outside in the garage, yes ill suffer in the heat, but with a shotgun loader your GONNA spill somthing somtime.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmap Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 You guys are bunch of baby's. You need to man up. Jason you work out side you should be use to it!! HA HA HA hot is hot I dont care where you live. I grow up in San Antonio and move to Phoenix both suck in the summer!!! But whining about the heat is what I do best. You know that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anm2_man Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 It is hot in Phoenix. I have a swamp cooler in the garage where my press is. It helps a little. If its 110 outside, it can hold around 90 inside with just under 60% humidity. Not bad. But you guys with nothing in a garage, and its 110 outside, Your brains will get fried. But its a dry Heat - Yeah I've been here 38 years and it never gets any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Not as hot here in Albuquerque. 97 two weeks ago and has cooled a bit recently. With a garage/shop that faces west it does warm up in the shop. Ordered a 12,000 btu refrigerated unit that rolls around. Have to punch a 6' hole in the garage door for the exhaust. Was going to put in a wall unit but it was going to be too involved... hole through the wall, sleeve,etc.. Now I'm working in relative comfort. CYa, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester116th Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Poor baby's are you all! I reload in the HOUSE with a 25,000BTU window A/C set at 65deg F HAHAhahahahaah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugnut Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 I HATE this kind of heat. In the northeast we had a 95 degree day today but with very low humidity. The rest of the week we get much more humidity. That is one reason I stock up on my reloads as much as I can in the cooler weather- do I don't have to sweat my nuts off during the summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Im sorry you guys live in places that have that kind of hot Wet and hot hurts me the worst But that AZ oven heat I have been there in 120, If I lived there I would only go outdoors after midnight. It seems such a long time ago...we were all bitching about the COLD Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hey all you AZ guys. A friend from your parts once told me your summer is like our(Ohio)winter. You don't go outside unless you have to in your three hottest months or so. I figured this would be your slow shooting season. Not so? Either way you go reloading in the garage has to suck. I feel for you "garage loaders". I load in the basement in year round comfort. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERIC Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Insulate the garage door, seal the vents, get a 12,000 BTU AC unit and a good fan and your problem will be solved. That's what I did with my 2 car garage when I got into woodworking. I turned it on last week when I was going to start a new project when it was around 110 outside. It was 98 in the garage and it cooled down to 87 in around 3 hours which is very comfortable and what I set it to. The humidity in the garage is so low, it feels cooler in there compared to the house which is set at 80. I have a vertical wall unit but a portable one should work just fine and you could probably more it closer to you so you might not have to cool the entire garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzShooter Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Definately going to have to look into that. I'm movin in two weeks. At least the garage is insulated but still no ac. Portable unit sounds like a winner. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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