Worst part of reloading?

[Jason Snyder]

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

I bought two bricks of CCI200 from Brownells recently. It was $210ish shipped, and I was happy (kinda but not really ).

Remember when they were $15 per brick?

 

[JF_Idaho]

I bought two bricks of CCI200 from Brownells recently. It was $210ish shipped, and I was happy (kinda but not really ).

Remember when they were $15 per brick?

Yep. 15-30. I'm still sitting on some stock from back then. Haven't had to buy primers for years. Unfortunately I didn't stock up on LRMs.

 

[wyosam]

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

I recently grabbed a brick of those for $90. I was shocked to see them, and shocked at the price, considering they’re getting 100 for cci400s.


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[Athens]

Running out of a component.

Got caught in a ice storm years ago, I had intended to pick up the 10K primers, an emergency came up and I was unable to do so, the next day the ice storm hit. I was down to 500 primers. Used all them up....put these with the 30 K rds already loaded up and ...had to actually do something else to occupy my time.

 

[HuntHarder]

Ordered a brass prep station this am. Not sure how much it'll speed things up, but I was bored. Next thing will probably be a better priming solution over a hand primer.

 

[peaches]

I would have voted brass prep trimming, hated that part until I got a Henderson. Now it's easy and I don't mind it.

Me too. Trimming followed by a healing.

 

[Carl Ross]

Neck turning, hand crank trimming would be a distant second.

 

[Caseknife]

That Henderson trimmer is tempting for sure.

 

[7LRM]

I don’t any of those processed, the gun shoots and good group or not the most important to me.

 

[Lawnboi]

Ordered a brass prep station this am. Not sure how much it'll speed things up, but I was bored. Next thing will probably be a better priming solution over a hand primer.

Are you looking for time savers?

Henderson or giraud trimmer
Sac die with expander/decapper
V4 auto trickler

Pricey but saves time.

 

[HuntHarder]

Those Sac dies have my attention. I started looking into them a few months ago. I've never had an issue with redding bushing dies. How are the Sac dies so much better?

 

[Matt5266]

Definitely brass prep. I enjoy the rest of it.

 

[plebe]

That looks really badass. Spendy for sure, but may very well be my next purchase. Thanks!

There’s a poor man’s version of the Primal Rights CPS that threads into most presses. Bought mine from Ugly Reloading, a Veteran Owned business.

 

[Lawnboi]

Those Sac dies have my attention. I started looking into them a few months ago. I've never had an issue with redding bushing dies. How are the Sac dies so much better?

Depends what you do now and if your happy with it.

I used to mandrel and decap in separate steps. They also size the entire neck. My brass only goes in the press one time in my process. If your using Redding dies in a similar fashion and your happy with them your not gaining much.

 

[SouthPaw]

Are you looking for time savers?

Henderson or giraud trimmer
Sac die with expander/decapper
V4 auto trickler

Pricey but saves time.

Are the Henderson, Giraud or new hornady powered trimmers the only way or is there a more budget friendly trimmer that cuts time over the super manual ones? I only really shoot .223 and 6.5cm in high volume.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Are the Henderson, Giraud or new hornady powered trimmers the only way or is there a more budget friendly trimmer that cuts time over the super manual ones? I only really shoot .223 and 6.5cm in high volume.

The Frankford arsenal and rcbs power units are very slow, maybe slower than by hand. The Wilson power adapter i had wobbled terribly.

 

[35WhelenAI]

I'm surprised trimming isn't at the top of the list or part of a list. That flat sucks.

 

[HuntHarder]

I'm surprised trimming isn't at the top of the list or part of a list. That flat sucks.

Maybe I am doing it wrong, but I only trim maybe once or twice on 5 loadings. I only use Lapua brass for the most part tho.

 

[HuntHarder]

Depends what you do now and if your happy with it.

I used to mandrel and decap in separate steps. They also size the entire neck. My brass only goes in the press one time in my process. If your using Redding dies in a similar fashion and your happy with them your not gaining much.

So I usually deprime, clean then resize. I have some 21st century mandrels that I tried and I saw no noticeable difference. I do on new brass run my mandrel just to true the neck without sizing. Is the doughnut you are talking about, the very last 1/16" of an inch that isn't sized using a bushing die?

 

[35WhelenAI]

I touch them up every firing to square up the case mouth and keep everything as consistent as possible. Agree, it takes multiple loadings to exceed maximum but brass is not absolutely consistent and some grows more than others based on the nature of the business.