Do you have a least favorite cartridge for reloading?

**.357** · 07-09-2009, 10:25 AM

22 hornet, i managed to always mash those cases.

**yondering** · 07-09-2009, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by 303Guy

Heyyyy! I love loading the little hornet! If you saw how I do it you would laugh!

Or if I want to load without the 'paper cup', I place a cardboard wad over the powder charge then compress the powder and size the neck with this tool.

303Guy, what's the purpose of the paper with a jacketed bullet? Are you using .223" bullets in a .224" bore?

I love loading for my Hornet. I load them long for my #1, only about .2" of the 40gr bullet in the case, and use A1680 powder which completely fills the case at 14.5gr. I use a full length sizer die but only size the neck, about one caliber's length, the body isn't touched, and case lube is optional.

I disliked loading for my 7mm Mag, because it used so much powder; realized I could do the same things with my 30-06 with less powder, and sold the 7mm.

**Doc_Stihl** · 07-09-2009, 01:58 PM

Anything weatherby with those GD double radius shoulders. BUCKLE Double BUCKLE bs.

**Woody** · 07-09-2009, 06:07 PM

I had alot of trouble with .30 Herrett, should have went with a contender 30-30 barrel instead. I don't want to be sacreligious, but the 45-70 has been the worst. I lose more cases than with any other caliber, and have had bullets seat in case crooked. Not so bad after getting dies set perfect, but worse than any other rifle round I've loaded for. Just my twocents.
Woody

**Lead Fred** · 07-09-2009, 06:17 PM

Being I only reload two: 30-30 & 30-06

Nope, I like them both. the crimp is an extra step, but its countered by the fun factor in shooting the Marlin.

**lifeon2** · 07-10-2009, 06:26 PM

really dont mind any of them but I hate the lube,size,clean lube off stage for rifle cases oh and the 7.62x25

**wallenba** · 07-10-2009, 06:44 PM

.30 Herret, size down 30-30, cut neck to trim, check space on shoulder by "feel", load, and fire form the brass, clean, resize and reload. Reject rate about 20%. Bought a 7-30 Waters barrel for that Contender.

**claybird** · 07-10-2009, 07:14 PM

My dislove is the 9mm. Too short to handle easy and anything smaller is on the no-no list also. Favorite is the 38sp/357mag. along with the 45 colt.
I might add that I am no longer casting my own as I now have lung cancer and not allowed to sniff the smokie smell.

**Rockydog** · 07-11-2009, 12:15 AM

6mm TCU. Reforming .223 brass is easy just run it in the resize die and neck it up, being very careful not to set the shoulder back even a smidge, which will result in case head separation. The pain comes after fireforming. This case is nearly straight walled. It only tapers .007 from case head to shoulder. No matter how I lube I seem to lose about one in twenty to a stuck case when I resize fireformed cases. I really need a dedicated neck sizer as I'm now running these up into a FL die backed off a 3/4 turn. Love round. It's a death ray on PDogs with Hornady VMax. But a real pain to load for. Really looking forward to trying cast in it. RD

**wildwes** · 08-12-2009, 01:25 PM

.223 remington, don't much enjoy shooting it, and I don't particularly like loading for it. Don't dislike it either, I just really don't have much use for it. I'd rather have a 22 hornet

**nascarkent** · 08-20-2009, 03:55 PM

Hey claybird Hate to hear the bad news!!!!!!!

**Heavy lead** · 08-20-2009, 04:03 PM

The .204 Ruger, it would shoot, I hated reloading for it so much it's gone. Honestly (no offense to all of you 20 lovers) just can't see what I can do with that I can't with anything with a second digit 2.

**jim4065** · 08-20-2009, 04:05 PM

Mouse gun calibers - anything .45 and under.

(But I reload 'em anyway.)

**hobbylink1** · 08-20-2009, 05:44 PM

50 AE only because of the cost.

**32-20** · 02-04-2011, 11:44 PM

9mm Makarov, only because I had to make cases from the 9mm Para for a while until brass came on the market

**1Shirt** · 02-05-2011, 12:50 AM

25ACP, What a waste and PIA!
1Shirt!

**white eagle** · 02-05-2011, 06:36 PM

my least favorite is the 475 Linebaugh or the 500 Linebaugh
they are my least favorite because I don't have one yet

but in all honesty it would have been the 19-223 sheesh

**frankenfab** · 02-05-2011, 07:21 PM

9mm and 22 Hornet. The cases are too little for my level of finger dexterity. I don't load either cartridge anymore.

**sargenv** · 02-05-2011, 08:40 PM

eh, of the calibers I dislike, the 223 rem with plain based j-words is likely the most diffcult.. boat tails are way easier..

**bearcove** · 02-06-2011, 12:11 AM

357 herrett case forming was a pain, but I still liked it. That 's as bad as it gets. Most of the frustrating stuff is me fouling it up.

BP	Bronze Point	IMR	Improved Military Rifle	PTD	Pointed
BR	Bench Rest	M	Magnum	RN	Round Nose
BT	Boat Tail	PL	Power-Lokt	SP	Soft Point
C	Compressed Charge	PR	Primer	SPCL	Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP	Hollow Point	PSPCL	Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt"	C.O.L.	Cartridge Overall Length
PSP	Pointed Soft Point	Spz	Spitzer Point	SBT	Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN	Lead Round Nose	LWC	Lead Wad Cutter	LSWC	Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC	Gas Check

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