Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Your most unfavorite part of re-loading?

You guys have got to stop this. Your making me hate reloading. I hate seating short fat bullets like for my 44 magnum and 45-70. If you don't get them perfect, you get that damned unsightly bulge on one side of the case.

My wife dismisses the whole process, saying "Reloading is the most boring part of the world's most boring hobby".

For removing lube, I take one of our many old "dog" towels, dampen it with camp stove fuel, put in a batch of cases, fold the towel lengthwise and rock it back and forth, so the cases tumble from one end of the towel to the other. Works slick.

Paul

No matter what I do,case trimming is still the worse,closely followed by chamfering and de burring.
Frank

Cleaning up the powder that I always spill on the table while spooning to the scale. Wish I could make myself trust powder measures....

try seating 223 bullets with a cast on a broken hand. made bullet seating twice as long and frustrating to boot. i got to hold the bullet and the mouth of the case reach over and use my cast to pull the ram down. its real a new twist on bullet seating. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

TRimming cases, followed by deburring and chamfering.

Without a doubt! Just another reason I like straightwall pistol calibers and mil-surp ammo.

mikeone,

Running out of supplies.

Hate weighing powder, trimming, & trying to reset the measures. I will use Lee dippers if I can, but they are not always accurate, and practically never the right size. Another pain is loading something new, and then having going to the range (only 4 miles) to try them. (I guess I should set up a portable loading rig of some sort, then the shed will probably be locked, the I cannot get in.) Another gripe is trying to find a new powder, advice and the books leave a lot to be desired. I end up with cans I don't like, but usually find a use for it. I disliked Varget until I got a .300 Savage, and found it to be just right.

Trimming cases, followed by removing lube. The second is seldom done anymore, they just go back in the vibrator for a second pass. Weighing charges is up there too, especially when you nearly finish a block just to notice that you have bumped one of the poises over a couple of notches! Not that it ever happens to me. GRRRRR.

I've already posted once on this topic, but didn't really answer the question as it was posed. For me the worst is cleaning the carbon off the case neck, especially the inside. I use gun cleaning solvent and fine steel wool, steel wool wrapped around a q-tip for the inside. Then, I have to use clean q-tips to get the residue left inside from the previous step. Grrrr!



Paul



p.s. My wife is sitting at her desk as I type this, and says that she stands on her original statement about the whole process of reloading. "B-O-R-I-N-G".

[quote] For me the worst is cleaning the carbon off the case neck, especially the inside. te]


Ever try a stainless bore brush chucked up in a variable speed drill? That makes the carbon fly, and there is no cleanup! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Cleaning the lube off,I use Lee white stuff,it washs off,but.......

Model70Guy,

Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think I'd be comfortable spinning a stainless steel brush inside my cases. No doubt it gets them real clean real pronto, but I'll bet it wears the heck out of them too. I'll just stick with the labor intensive method, but I'll keep bitching about it.

Paul

Taking the time to trim cases has always been a pain it the azz, 'till I broke down and bought an RCBS electric trimmer...Still don't like to mess with trimming, but at least it goes faster now... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Virgil B.

Cleaning the cartridge cases for my 45-110 Sharps. I have to use blackpowder only. Gotta clean 'em.

I will have to say cleaning primer pockets or trimming.

Chamfering case mouths, and flash hole deburring new brass. Thats what wives are for! Bill T.

Used to be wiping the lube off.--Switched to Lee Collet dies.
Triming cases and preping primer holes.-- I do trim the necks one time on brand new brass and never do it again until that batch of 100 brass is down to 50 brass.

I quit doing primers pockets all together. I experienced no loss of accuracy and the only brass prep I do now is size the necks and reprime with Lee tools.

Weighing charges. When I can I use ball powder and throw 50 at a time.

Repititious boring stuff like seating bullets and sizing is now handled by my 13 year old apprentice. He now has over 5 years experience. I just do the setup and do quality control. Working as a team 100 rounds in seasoned brass can be done in 1 hour or so.

My next toy is going to be an automatic powder measure.