What’s your least enjoyable part of loading?

[Drew P]

For me, it’s primer tube filling. Someday I’ll design and build a filler that works. But until then, I made a huge improvement to my system by grinding out the tip of the Hornady filler tube tips so they don’t require as much effort to push down on the primer. Wow, why didn’t I do that earlier. Hugely better and faster.

[Taterhead]

I use APS priming on my progressive, so that's pretty easy.

My least favorite job is trimming and de-burring rifle brass.

[rbuck351]

Mine is cleaning primer pockets so I don't. I uniform rifle primer pockets but after that one time job I don't clean them again. Pistol primer pockets I don't fuss with at all.

[Walks]

Lubing/sizing bullets.

Now PC'ing Bullets/sizing.

[smilin jack]

Fussing with the old Lyman 450 lube sizer that leaks out the bottom pressure plug. Can't get the new part... been discontinued. They don't have one for the 4500 either. Guess I'll have to fine a machinist to copy mine.
Tore it down yesterday and found most of the O-rings cracked or broken, so found some at NAPA that worked. Base pressure plug still leaks using hard wax lube and have it heated to 110°F.
Any suggestions?

[Bazoo]

Cleaning lube off cases.

[Drew P]

Fussing with the old Lyman 450 lube sizer that leaks out the bottom pressure plug. Can't get the new part... been discontinued. They don't have one for the 4500 either. Guess I'll have to fine a machinist to copy mine.
Tore it down yesterday and found most of the O-rings cracked or broken, so found some at NAPA that worked. Base pressure plug still leaks using hard wax lube and have it heated to 110°F.
Any suggestions?
Throw it away and buy hitek coating instead. Much cleaner and faster.

[Land Owner]

Case prep.

[wch]

Least favorite part: case preparation.

[dale2242]

Trimming and deburring....dale

[fast ronnie]

cleaning lube off cases. fixed the primer pocket cleaning by using stainless pins and tumbling.

[RED BEAR]

Deburring after trimming . Cleaning primer pockets close second. The rest ain't so bad.

[brass410]

driving 325 kms to nearest lgs to find they sold the powder by mistake (new employee) 20 mins before I got there. And having to buy a new rifle of choice at store cost ( kinda like get outa jail)

[swheeler]

Trimming and prepping brass, boring!

[Thumbcocker]

Used to be lubing boolits until I found a Star cheap.

[mattw]

Brass prep, whether new or once fired and trimming 303 Brit every few firings.

[jmort]

All are like steps in a walk in the park. I enjoy all of the steps, from ingot to loaded ammunition. Otherwise, I would probably just buy ammunition

[OS OK]

I have liked it all from the start...still do.

Every step is important, every step matters & I don't have that need for instant gratification.

[Froogal]

Lubing/sizing bullets.

Now PC'ing Bullets/sizing.

I agree. Particularly when the lube doesn't stay in the lube grooves.

[Markopolo]

Well, I love reloading, but my least favorite is weight sorting 22 cal boolits. Just makes me nutz... them little things deviate much and are kinda hard to get a hold of. And when I do it, I do a huge pile so I don’t have to do it often.... literally a mountain of them dang things...

[44Blam]

Case prep is my least favorite. But my wife bought me the Lyman case prep express for my birthday... Looks like it's gonna help a bit.

[Tom W.]

Trimming brass.

[Harter66]

1x case prep . Although trimming runs a very close 2nd .
I think probably the part I hate worst is primer swage in 223/556 ....

[gwpercle]

That's an easy one.... Picking up brass off the floor at the range !

When you get old , fat and have a bad back and no good pain killers ...stooping over and picking up a bunch of little stuff (or big stuff) just about kills me !
I don't pick up penny's anymore...gotta be a at least a nickle . I can buy once fired 9mm Luger from the local range at such a cheap price I won't put myself through the misery of picking the stuff up off the floor.
I mostly shoot revolvers now...even bought a 45 acp revolver ... I can't leave 45 acp brass on the floor...just can't do it !

Everything else I enjoy doing , little tedious jobs , I use as a sort of therapy... I enjoy all the little steps .
Gary

[spfd1903]

I have liked it all from the start...still do.

Every step is important, every step matters & I don't have that need for instant gratification.
My sentiments also. Flash hole uniforming is tedious, but have seen it's benefits in rifle shooting. I will keep crimped primer brass off to the side until there is no other option, but a Super swager does make short work of it. Once I get started on either activity, it is gratifying to follow through and complete a batch.

[Gew]

Case prep, trimming, chamfering, primer pocket swaging.

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Case prep, seating gas checks (I shoot mostly plain base). Lubing could be better, but I'm determined to use up my tube of Lee case lube.

[Toymaker]

Running out of something when I still have plenty of all the other stuff left.

[fatboy]

sorting wheel weights, now with all impurities like zinc and steel weights.

[Moleman-]

Picking up the brass at the range, or if I forget a tarp elsewhere.

[fredj338]

Reloading. I am well over 350-360K rds over 40y. So reloading for me is just getting it done. The primer thing is not a big deal, I fill tubes watching the news, 90sec per tube. Then reload on my 550 or 650 depending on caliber. Bullet casting is far more enjoyable way top pass time for me.

[pertnear]

Cleaning lube off cases.


Trimming and deburring...

+1 on both tasks :groner:

[robg]

Trimming and preping brass .

[ShooterAZ]

I enjoy all aspects of reloading, though I'll admit some tasks are a bit more tedious than others. It's a hobby for me... If it gets to the point of not enjoying it any more, it I'll hang it up for something else.

[Greg S]

Deburring and cleaning primer pockets.

[adcoch1]

Trimming and deburring small rifle brass. I don't mind on short action cases and up, but 223 is just annoying...

[stubshaft]

Weighing powder charges.

[Wheelguns 1961]

I love casting bullets and powder coating, but I find sizing 1,000 bullets tedious. I also consider case trimming tedious. So, I just put on some good music and have at it. Time flies when you’re having fun.

[Conditor22]

The excessive screeching coming from behind the locked door to my reloading room [smilie=l:

[lar45]

Picking up small caliber bullets...

[Bazoo]

I piddle with reloading a little at a time. Every day or maybe every other, sometimes several times a day. I don't reload huge quantities so spreading it out makes it a lot of fun. If it starts getting like work, I take a break for a few hours. I enjoy reading all manner of gun stuff, so I'm just as likely to be reading about loading in my area than loading.

[RugerFan]

Trimming and chamfering cases is what I dislike more than anything.

[sniper]

Trimming!:bigsmyl2:

[Texas by God]

Weighing powder charges.+1.

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[lightman]

For me, dealing with primer pocket crimps. I've tried about every method there is. The Dillon tool works ok but I get tired of readjusting it for different headstamps. My RCBS tool works ok but is tiring. My 45º countersink works everytime without adjustment but gets tiring. Crimped primer pockets just plain suck! I just about scrap crimped brass!

I also tired of trimming brass but my Giraud trimmer takes most of the work out of trimming.

[Pmg]

filling primer tubes

[country gent]

My least favorite was sorting bullets after casting. A long slow process. Ive modified refined to now its more visual for small defects than weighing.

[goryshaw]

Trimming cases, hands down. WFT II makes it better, but still hate it.

[sigep1764]

Trimming and chamfering and lubing rifle cases even with a carbide die. Pain in the butt.

[Maine1]

Paying the CC bill for component orders.

[Tom W.]

One of the benefits of having my rifles re-chambered to A.I. is that after the last trim that's it! At least so far, and it's been a number of years now....

[bmortell]

pretty much everything before gunpowder

[flyingmonkey35]

Spending hard earned cash on primers.



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[L Erie Caster]

Pulling boolits and/or bullets. So I do everything I can to avoid the need.

[Carrier]

Pecking primers with tubes. Bought Hornady prime tube filler and it works very well.

[Texas by God]

Pulling boolits and/or bullets. So I do everything I can to avoid the need.
Just the other day I cut around ten grains each from some loaded 38-55 boolits so I wouldn’t have to pull them. I loaded them slightly hot so this was a way to reduce pressure. You might say I hate pulling bullets/boolits too!

[dverna]

One of the few who does not like to reload or cast. It is a means to an end....that being...quality but inexpensive ammunition.

I even reload 12 ga to save a $1 a box...but I can load about 20 boxes an hour so the savings are worth the time.

I do not find any of the processes and steps "fun". For me, it is like cutting grass. Some people have fun doing that but for most normal people it is a chore that needs doing. Could hire it out but too cheap to do that.

I read about folks who weigh every powder charge for pistol rounds and wonder...

But if I had to pick one aspect of reloading, it would be prepping military brass. Overall, the worst is reclaiming and smelting alloy.

[bedbugbilly]

I'ma other one for liking all the steps and always have - it's a good way to relax . . . from the ingot to the target . . . it's "all good". :-)

[1Hawkeye]

Cleaning off both the sizing lube and the extra bullet lube from each case.

[Alan in Vermont]

I'ma other one for liking all the steps and always have - it's a good way to relax . . . from the ingot to the target . . . it's "all good". :-)

I'm another one in that group as well. I need to stay busy or I get terribly bored, loading & all related activities keep that at bay.

[McFred]

Trimming and deburring afterward.

[owejia]

I enjoy most aspects of the whole process, my main complaint is when casting my boolit pile is never as large as my sprue pile. But it is quite satisfying to finally get to the finished ammo.

[shoebox56]

Least enjoyable: sizing-lubing boolits. Got so aggravating that I broke down and bought a Star Lube Sizer recently.

[DEC505]

Listening to my wife complain about how much money I’m saving by reloading

[Conditor22]

Looking at tools that would save me a lot of time and headaches for a certain process but not being able to justify buying them cause I don't do that process often. :killingpc:groner:[smilie=b:

[mjwcaster]

Processing rifle brass.
Can’t trim/debur in the house, too many brass shavings.
Too cold during the winter in the garage.
Boring as can be and too much like work.

Most other operations besides casting I can do in the house in cold weather.

Brass work I like to set up a table outside in nice days and enjoy the weather so it is almost fun.

But really the thing I hate is having to do something just to get ammo to shoot.
Reloading/casting/ processing when I want to is fun.
But if I am low on loaded ammo and need to do it just to be able to shoot it is rushed and feels like work.

When people ask about reloading to save money my advice is- if you want another hobby go for it.
If you just want to save money pick up a second job, you will probably come out money ahead.

I enjoy it as a hobby.





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[tigweldit]

All the money I've saved from 60 years of this hobby.

[David2011]

Trimming and prepping military brass, hands down.

[Shopdog]

Cleaning up.

[PbHurler]

Definitely, new case prep.

[3GRacing]

Vacuuming dropped spent primers.

[WardT]

Having to hurry up because I'm supposed be doing something else.

[Cast_outlaw]

For me it’s charging cases as I don’t have an auto drop or mechanical means of doing it it’s all scoops, scales and, a Trickler makes loading very time consuming for the amount I get in return

[Beagle333]

Brass prep.

[bmortell]

im changing my vote to dealing with crimped primer pockets, even if I try 2 steps to fix them I still get failures and erratic seating

[Charliemac]

I have 2 least favorites. First is trimming 30 carbine brass. It seems that you always have to check them and can't use a Gracey. The other picking up the empties of any of autoloaders.

[WardT]

Forgot to add small primer 45ACP

[georgerkahn]

Running out of something when I still have plenty of all the other stuff left.

This is, without a doubt, mine, too!
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[Mitch]

I enjoy casting more than loading.that said I think a progressive press is in my future.

[psweigle]

I too enjoy it all. I have to admit though, that putting it all away after I'm done, is my least favorite part. I don't have a dedicated room or shop for my stuff, so some of it goes her and some goes there.

[jimb16]

My least favorite part is waiting for decent weather to test all those new loads! Rain, rain, go away!

[Blammer]

cleaning brass

[Smk SHoe]

Using up all the cast lead bullets that I spent the morning making. I am getting more enjoyment from casting lately than shooting. I think the only reasons I have been shooting lately is because I have to have a reason to buy new molds and PC colors.

[WheelgunConvert]

Disassembly is the walk of shame. Doesn’t happen often but it’s never supposed to happen to me.

I’m presently learning to use FAs new trimming gizmo. That part may be getting better

[clum553946]

Finding that I crunched 44-40 brass because the crimp die is set too deep, total brain fart on my part

[Black Jaque Janaviac]

Pulling bullets suck. I do the math in my head and think, "I'm doing all this work to save a few bucks worth of powder, lead, primers, and brass. I should just pitch it in the garbage can." But I can never bring myself to do it.

But pulling bullets really isn't a part of reloading so . . .

Since the question is least enjoyable - that means I still can enjoy somethin' but just not as much as the other steps. . . I would say picking up spent brass. Shootin's all done, I just looked at my watch and I'm gonna be late for supper, and my 9mm puked empty brass all over the tall weeds. So, like an idiot, I spend way too much time trying to find a few cents worth of brass. The first 80% are found easily, I just don't know why I spend so much time trying to find that last 20%. Probably because I sickly enjoy the challenge. . . but only a little bit.

[Arkansas Paul]

When all my brass is loaded, and I realize that I have to plan a range trip so I will have more brass to load.

I need to buy more brass.................or maybe shoot more. I dunno.

[lead-1]

Since I'm wearing reading glasses the last few years it's getting easier to weigh out my charges but leaning over like the Hunchback to see the needle on the scales makes me about cross-eyed and kills my neck. I just can't bring myself to buy and trust a set of electronic auto scales.

[bobthenailer]

case prep / trim & chamfer

[OS OK]

Since I'm wearing reading glasses the last few years it's getting easier to weigh out my charges but leaning over like the Hunchback to see the needle on the scales makes me about cross-eyed and kills my neck. I just can't bring myself to buy and trust a set of electronic auto scales.

You might consider raising your scale to eye level...maybe even employ a magnifying glass to help too?


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[curioushooter]

Cleaning it all up and putting it away when you switch calibers, etc.