Cleaning/separating range brass. Hoarding components for too many calibers. I keep trying to reduce calibers, they multiply overnite. .223, 308, 30-06 for rifle. 38spl, 45acp for pistol. I shoot but don't reload 20ga, 12ga, 9mm. Otherwise I like reloading
What is the most unpleasant part of reloading for you?
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Worst part?
Reading about what is the "best" press to get and how wonderful certain methods of "cleaning" brass is.
Hands down it is case trimming(rifle brass)
next, would be doing the chicken dance picking up brass , spend more time doing that then shooting
Reading about what is the "best" press to get and how wonderful certain methods of "cleaning" brass is.
Hands down it is case trimming(rifle brass)
next, would be doing the chicken dance picking up brass , spend more time doing that then shooting
Having to purchase components at today's prices to replace the ones I bought 15 years ago for a lot less money. Remember the one cent primers, the five cent jacketed bullets and the surplus H4831 for about fifty cents per pound?
Spokes
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I remember buying 4831 from what looked like a fifty or hundred pound drum getting it in a paper bag or a container I brought in... It was fifty cents a pound..
Primers were a dollar box or less.
All close to sixty years ago..
Primers were a dollar box or less.
All close to sixty years ago..
Casting and lubing bullets,,I gave that up some years ago. I just by them now in that form.
I save & accumulate scrap lead (and brass) still. I sell that and figure it helps bring down the cost somewhere but I don't really worry about it.
Next is having a case stick in a FL sizing die and the rim pull off.
Just a simple mis-q by me,,not enough case lube.
It's a simple process to remove, I've done enough of them!, but it kinda spoils the reloading session. Kinda like a flat tire on that nice summer evening drive.
I don't load anywhere near the # of rds many of you do,,the many 100's or 1000's of rds in one caliber at a time.
So if I do have to anneal cases or trim them it;s just a few and not a real chore.
I still use scoops for powder measuring but do check them against a scale.
On the shotgun side I use a progressive MEC in 12ga, If that decides to dump a load of shot or powder on an open station (in attention by me!),,that can usually end the night of fun.
Other than that, it's pretty smooth running hobby. Sometimes finding stuff like that set of dies you haven't used in a while or that odd size shell holder can be a challenge.
Especially if you use the 'separate stacks of stuff' arrangement like I seem to do to keep things in order.
It's all (supposed to be) fun!
I save & accumulate scrap lead (and brass) still. I sell that and figure it helps bring down the cost somewhere but I don't really worry about it.
Next is having a case stick in a FL sizing die and the rim pull off.
Just a simple mis-q by me,,not enough case lube.
It's a simple process to remove, I've done enough of them!, but it kinda spoils the reloading session. Kinda like a flat tire on that nice summer evening drive.
I don't load anywhere near the # of rds many of you do,,the many 100's or 1000's of rds in one caliber at a time.
So if I do have to anneal cases or trim them it;s just a few and not a real chore.
I still use scoops for powder measuring but do check them against a scale.
On the shotgun side I use a progressive MEC in 12ga, If that decides to dump a load of shot or powder on an open station (in attention by me!),,that can usually end the night of fun.
Other than that, it's pretty smooth running hobby. Sometimes finding stuff like that set of dies you haven't used in a while or that odd size shell holder can be a challenge.
Especially if you use the 'separate stacks of stuff' arrangement like I seem to do to keep things in order.
It's all (supposed to be) fun!
old&slow
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It would have to be case trimming, that's what I was doing yesterday. A couple years ago I purchased a 'Little Crow WFT' and it made the chore a whole lot easier.
I also have a Wilson trimmer which does a good job , but is slow and a pain to use when you have more than just a few to do.
I haven't cast bullets in years. I found it much easier to just order them.
I also have a Wilson trimmer which does a good job , but is slow and a pain to use when you have more than just a few to do.
I haven't cast bullets in years. I found it much easier to just order them.
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old&slow
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I done that a couple times. Shrinks my vocabulary to all four letter words.
I hate a 'lube pad'. Hornady One Shot is good on pistol cases, but not so good on rifle bottle necks. I few years ago, a friend got me started on Imperial Sizing Wax. Great stuff haven't got one stuck since and a tin of it lasts forever.
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otasan56
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I use carbide dies so resizing doesn't require lubing. No part of the reloading process is difficult, for I have a Dillon 550B press.
2ffat
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Getting interrupted which seems to happen whenever I reload.
old&slow
Member
I have carbide dies in my 550 also. But, I spread my pistol brass flat on a cookie sheet and give them a very light spray of Hornady One Shot. It just makes it smoother.
You and I may have gotten this from the same place. I ordered mine from Walter Craig, still in business in Montgomery, Alabama though at that time I think he was in Selma. The price was $29.95 delivered for 50 pounds of H4831 in one pound paper bags! I still have a little of it and it has stored well. The year was about 1965.
Worst part?
Reading about what is the "best" press to get and how wonderful certain methods of "cleaning" brass is.
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next, would be doing the chicken dance picking up brass , spend more time doing that then shooting
Winner, right there. Although I would also add "listening to guys that brag about how they buy the $70/500 super-duper .45 ACP bullets".
And Wise_A Sr is always dancing around picking up brass. We have perhaps 2000 .45 ACPs, and 1500 9mm (and there's always more to find). One, I'd rather do it myself, because I figure that (a) it's the least I owe, (b) I don't have 30 years of policework on my back, and (c) I figure if I hemorrhage some cases, it oughta cut down on the number that wear out.
TomkinsSP
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Uh, eh, no, don't think I want the accompanying demerits.
BruceM
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When I got my North Hollywood AutoMag, I "made" 150 .44 AutoMag cases from once fired .308 Win. brass. This included shortening and inside reaming the cases. Did it once just to know I could do it but won't be doing it a second time. Starline Brass get the nod from here on out.
Never got any bulk powder in paper bags but remember back in the day buying bulk Winchester 630 by the pound. It came in a "2 pound" clear plastic deli potato salad container which promptly began to melt and distort.
Bruce
Never got any bulk powder in paper bags but remember back in the day buying bulk Winchester 630 by the pound. It came in a "2 pound" clear plastic deli potato salad container which promptly began to melt and distort.
Bruce
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Qc Pistolero
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Trimming
Eddie Southgate
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Trimming or cleaning primer pockets . I got ol' Arthur and I get cramps in my hands and forearms on top of that .
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Straight wall case reloading = gravy
Bottle Neck case reloading = PITA - brass prep sucks,..and powder measuring stinks,...lots of rifle powder doesn't meter very well, IMR 4064, etc
Bottle Neck case reloading = PITA - brass prep sucks,..and powder measuring stinks,...lots of rifle powder doesn't meter very well, IMR 4064, etc
