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.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I voted for powder measuring as I am a bit anal about that I will admit. However, I have streamlined some things a bit. I unearthed (after a reloading room retrofit) an old Lee handloader press I got from a cousin of mine about 30 years ago. I was tired of breaking decapping pins on my .223 die (crimped primers) so I bought the Mighty Armory universal decapping die. I can use the handloader press with it and sit and watch TV and do several hundred without even realize I'm doing anything.

 

[bober90]

My vote is for brass prep, but really just trimming and deburring. I don't mind sizing and I don't clean primer pockets.

 

[pbroski]

To speed things up, I use progressive presses with case feeders and bullet feeders for most of my loading. I enjoy it at lot. The only thing I actually dislike is removing the lube from the loaded ammo. The best part of all is load development and testing. I love to change one thing at a time with the ammo to see what does and does not make a difference. I only shoot large sample size groups to get a good idea of the true level of precision of each load.

 

[wyosam]

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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I wonder why it fired? What priming tool were you using? Hard to picture anything about a loaded case making it more likely to pop a primer than an empty one while seating.


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[TxLite]

Brass prep. Got less annoying after I got my Henderson but still my least favorite part.

Seating bullets is definitely the best part

 

[ResearchinStuff]

@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

I wonder why it fired? What priming tool were you using? Hard to picture anything about a loaded case making it more likely to pop a primer than an empty one while seating.


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I was pushing real hard on the press handle, but it was a smooth push, not a smack. Not entirely sure why, but that one decided to ignite.

I don't think it's any more likely to pop when loaded vs not, but the consequences sure are different.

 

[ORhunter74]

Brass prep. Specifically when I have 1000 pieces to trim and I’m 599 in and can’t feel my thumb and my index finger looks burnt. It’s about then that I wonder why I do this for “fun”. Or why I don’t finance a Henderson.

 

[SamsonMan22]

I hate that I kept buying stuff to make life easier. It was costly but in the end all of what used to be the worst part now isn’t much of an issue. Sizing and seating is the slow part now and aside from a progressive press there isn’t much of a way for me to speed it up from here. I still have one case I manually trim for because I have been to cheap to buy a holder for my Giraud, there is no way I could go back to manual for all of my cases I hated that part the most.

 

[Jason Snyder]

Buying primers.

 

[JF_Idaho]

Buying primers.

I recently found some LR Magnum primers (cci 250) in store locally. $116. I no longer have principles.....