Missing Brass in Man Cave

[Squaregrouper]

In early/mid January, my basement flooded (not flooded, but boots required). I was lifting everything off the floor to lessen damage. I slipped and fell while using the shop vac and really hurt myself. After a major Dbledoc surgery on 2/12, I am finally starting to wander around the aftermath of what used to be my semi organized man cave/reloading room.
I have no idea where most of my crap got to. Over the past few evenings, I have failed to locate 100+ pieces of .450BM brass, a ton of 6.5 Grendel brass and a stack of G19 "LE Only" Clinton era mags. God only knows what else will be missing once I realize I don't know where it is.
On a positive note, yesterday I loaded 350 precision .308 loads at my portable "Trailer Park Single Stage Bench" in my dining room. I can set it up when my wife leaves for work and have it gone and cleaned up before she returns.

 

[outrider58]

Looked inside your shop vac lately?

 

[E.Shell]

Did someone 'help' you clean up?

Look up high, like on top of your safe or on high shelves?

 

[AlBeight]

Let us know how many detent springs you find after the mass cleanup.

 

[Squaregrouper]

Looked inside your shop vac lately?

Yes, I did. Primers, primers, primers.

 

[outrider58]

Yes, I did. Primers, primers, primers.

Just fooling about...

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

You dint sit on any of them, did you? Innuendo is always a possibility given your time in Key West.

Did you find a Sandy beach when the water receded?

Hope you find them. Wouldn’t fret. You’ve just the beginning of CRS. Can’t remember shit. It gets worse.

(I’d have asked about “help cleaning up” too but see that angle has been covered.)

Good luck with search. No need for rescue.

 

[Blacksmith101]

Good excuse to buy more! Stock everything deeeep in case SHTF.

 

[P-12 Norm]

Me? I'd ask the wife. She'll point to some place that you've already looked, and magically, that's where thy brass shall sitith.
Methinks this magical power is what caused womyn of olde to be thoughtest to be witches.

 

[Squaregrouper]

Me? I'd ask the wife. She'll point to some place that you've already looked, and magically, that's where thy brass shall sitith.
Methinks this magical power is what caused womyn of olde to be thoughtest to be witches.

My wife is a "I put it away" = "It is no longer in sight" kind of gal.
Me- "Honey, do you know where my channel locks got to?"
Her- "I put them away." (As she reaches under the fireplace grate to retrieve them)

 

[Trekker]

...Over the past few evenings, I have failed to locate 100+ pieces of .450BM brass, a ton of 6.5 Grendel brass...

I would be real worried if you are also missing matching primers, powder, and bullets. That would be concerning indications of the mice planning a revolution, and stocking heavy firepower

 

[Growler215]

That sucks.

If you have to replace it, the best deal I've seen on the Bushy brass is at Arm or Ally, about $71/100 (Starline). For the Grendel, $59/100 (Starline) at Creedmoor Sports.

 

[Uncle Duke]

Me? I'd ask the wife. She'll point to some place that you've already looked, and magically, that's where thy brass shall sitith.
Methinks this magical power is what caused womyn of olde to be thoughtest to be witches.

Ain't that the truth! The finders of all things lostith.

 

[Uncle Duke]

In early/mid January, my basement flooded (not flooded, but boots required). I was lifting everything off the floor to lessen damage. I slipped and fell while using the shop vac and really hurt myself. After a major Dbledoc surgery on 2/12, I am finally starting to wander around the aftermath of what used to be my semi organized man cave/reloading room.
I have no idea where most of my crap got to. Over the past few evenings, I have failed to locate 100+ pieces of .450BM brass, a ton of 6.5 Grendel brass and a stack of G19 "LE Only" Clinton era mags. God only knows what else will be missing once I realize I don't know where it is.
On a positive note, yesterday I loaded 350 precision .308 loads at my portable "Trailer Park Single Stage Bench" in my dining room. I can set it up when my wife leaves for work and have it gone and cleaned up before she returns.

Make yourself stop actively looking. They'll turn up immediately.

 

[pitpawten]

Make yourself stop actively looking. They'll turn up immediately.

Or buy more, then you're guaranteed to find them while unpacking from the shopping trip!

 

[Uncle Duke]

Or buy more, then you're guaranteed to find them while unpacking from the shopping trip!

That too!

 

[MeatGrinder]

Ehh, buy more anyway. You've got a great excuse now.

 

[P-12 Norm]

My wife is a "I put it away" = "It is no longer in sight" kind of gal.
Me- "Honey, do you know where my channel locks got to?"
Her- "I put them away." (As she reaches under the fireplace grate to retrieve them)

Mine will put them some place, and then tell me when I ask, that she hasn't seen them. When I find them, she'll say "Oh, those, they weren't where they belonged so I moved them (pliers from counter where I had been working, to the junk drawer)

 

[outrider58]

I predict, like car keys, you'll find them at the last place you look...

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

Two in the morning or in the shower…that’s when your minds eye will open to remind you where they are.