Worst part of reloading?

[huntsd]

the endless rabbit whole

 

[ResearchinStuff]

It was very disorienting, but not as painful as I would have guessed. Thankfully no lasting damage, pants were fine lol

 

[Shortschaf]

Primers weren't quite flush on a large batch of recently loaded ammo, 300+ rounds. Decided to get cute and reseat the primers without pulling the bullets and powder to "save time."

Thankfully, once the case blew the powder stopped burning. Made a mess of my pictured hand and face. About 60 gr of brass is still missing in my basement somewhere. The bullet skipped off the press and the i beam above it before crashing into the floor.
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This sounds like something I would have tried

Thanks for sharing so we can learn the easy way

 

[Mojave]

I get tired of it, but it still fascinates me and I love it.

Especially with wildcats.

 

[ID_Matt]

Primers weren't quite flush on a large batch of recently loaded ammo, 300+ rounds. Decided to get cute and reseat the primers without pulling the bullets and powder to "save time."

Thankfully, once the case blew the powder stopped burning. Made a mess of my pictured hand and face. About 60 gr of brass is still missing in my basement somewhere. The bullet skipped off the press and the i beam above it before crashing into the floor.
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This is a good reminder. I had a new batch of alpha that had real tight pockets. Some primers didn't seat fully. I didn't notice until the match where there were a few that wouldn't allow the bolt to close. Shot most of them without issue. The 3 that wouldn't close sat on my reloading bench and every time I looked at them I thought, "meh, I should be fine to just re-prime them". Talked myself out of it until I finally just threw them away. Too lazy to pull them and re-process.

 

[ID_Matt]

Powder dispensing used to be my favorite part. Now that I load in larger batches - I actually enjoy the brass prep and priming because I can do so many so fast vs the slow process of watching each powder charge dispense.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

This is a good reminder. I had a new batch of alpha that had real tight pockets. Some primers didn't seat fully. I didn't notice until the match where there were a few that wouldn't allow the bolt to close. Shot most of them without issue. The 3 that wouldn't close sat on my reloading bench and every time I looked at them I thought, "meh, I should be fine to just re-prime them". Talked myself out of it until I finally just threw them away. Too lazy to pull them and re-process.

This was also new alpha brass

 

[JF_Idaho]

I find the worst part is when I'm too lazy to get after it, so I research and buy something to make it more efficient, but then I'm still too lazy.

I usually wait until I *have* to do it instead of ahead of time.

 

[HuntHarder]

@ResearchinStuff Glad you are ok and shared this mishap with us. I have had a few primers not seat flush. I usually catch it when I'm priming, but if I hadn't, I probably would have done what you did. After seeing that, I will never attempt it.

 

[rideold]

Worst part for me is actually setting up all the gear every time I decide to do a bunch of loading. My shop isn't a good space to leave it all set up as I'd like, and haven't built a dedicated reloading space yet. This also means that once I do set things up again, there's a ton of backed up reloading to do. I usually have to dedicate a few days to it at a time.

Absolutely. My reloading "room" is the kitchen table and a plastic storage tub. Takes me 10 or 15 minutes to get everything set up. Longer to break down because getting everything to fit back in the tub is like playing tetris.