Too many calibers

[KZ45]

Wow. I'm not even close.

[pagosawingnut]

There's still time, add some more!

[Roe Deer]

Shame you. No 8,5x63..

[Gun Barrel Ecologist]

You guys must have more automated set ups than me - the actual mechanics of reloading are fine but case prep drives me nuts. Loading for all of 8 cartridges it can take me years to get inspired to sit down and restock supplies for some rifles.

Shame you. No 8,5x63..

If you know of a low mileage R93 barrel for sale and an exporter

[pagosawingnut]

Yes, case prep is also the single thing I look least forward to. Very labor intensive and time consuming.

[stokesrj]

I think most of us hate case prep. I've even been known to use forced Labor, the Florida Jr. High Power Rifle team. But then I do provide them good tools, I have a Giraud case trimmer that makes short work of the trim, chamfer and bevel operation. And I use universal decap dies and then the stainless steel tumbler case cleaning in large batch operations. It makes it go so much smoother.
For the actual loading I use my Dillon 550B for anything over a hundred rounds and I throw powder charges instead of weigh in the vast majority of cases. I've proven to myself that my thrown charges hold as good or in some cases better vertical dispersion at 600 yards than my carefully weighed charges.
In general we tend to spend too much time on things that simply don't matter, and too little time getting the important things right, like the recipe.
Neck turning and the like is absolutely a waste of time unless your are trying to reduce a bench rest group from .19" to .17".
Bob

[mchughcb]

Case prep sucks. I remember the good old days when was young and all I had was a 22 hornet. I didn't even know of the concept of case prep when I reloaded. Probably explains why I couldn't hit the side of a barn with at a 100 yards too

[Gun Barrel Ecologist]

I was lucky, at 15 I was given a Lee Loader AND an RCBS chamfer tool
A few years past before anyone told me you have to trim cases to a specific length

[Vaughan]

Case prep sucks. I remember the good old days when was young and all I had was a 22 hornet. I didn't even know of the concept of case prep when I reloaded. Probably explains why I couldn't hit the side of a barn with at a 100 yards too

Sounds fmiliar - did you also have the die set where the main reloading tool was a hammer?

[Gun Barrel Ecologist]

Yep, that be the Lee Loader



You have to supply your own hammer

[SPEEDY]

I used one of them in 12ga, I'm surprised their weren't more accidents with them.

[Dom]

Wow, and I thot I was the only one who didn't like case prep! Now the truth comes out, ha.

There are those who reload only so they can shoot, and then there are those who only shoot so they can reload.

I belong to the first group and proud of it!!

[SPEEDY]

Yep, I just finished loading up 223rem to find a long range load, 1st reloading I have done in years.
I don't enjoy it exactly but there is something relaxing about reloading.
Must be catching as now I'm looking at developing a new load for the 9.3x62

[stokesrj]

Yep, that be the Lee Loader



You have to supply your own hammer

This is also what I started with but for a 16 gauge. It took me a while to figure out that the pretty crimps were dependent upon how the components stacked in the case, not how big a hammer you used.
Bob

[pagosawingnut]

I started with one for a .38/.357. I thought I was in tall cotton.