Best time saving techniques in your reloading process

[Gatehouse]

For really high volume, a progressive press with bullet and case feeders will speed up the process considerably.

For reloading rifle cartridges on a single stage press there are a few things you I do.

Use a inline fabrication case ejector system. Works so well I can't believe I used to load without one.

Forster drill press brass trimmer makes trimming easy

Redding powder dispenser will make you wonder if running every load through the Chargemaster is worthwhile or a waste of time

And doing prep stuff like chamfering and priming with a hand primer is best done in volume while sitting in front of the TV

 

[Ltbull01]

Eye ball the powder charge... lol!

 

[supernova]

Gatehouse
Does the Redding work well with stick powders or is it best with ball and shorter extruded powders? My main reason for adding the CM Lite was to dispense my extruded charges since I mainly use them in my rifle loads. Trickling plinking loads is tiresome and I'm way too OCD to not trickle down to the last granule to zero. I have the Lee Pro Auto Disk and a lapped PPM, both do great with ball but aren't consistent with extruded.

For really high volume, a progressive press with bullet and case feeders will speed up the process considerably.

For reloading rifle cartridges on a single stage press there are a few things you I do.

Use a inline fabrication case ejector system. Works so well I can't believe I used to load without one.

Forster drill press brass trimmer makes trimming easy

Redding powder dispenser will make you wonder if running every load through the Chargemaster is worthwhile or a waste of time

And doing prep stuff like chamfering and priming with a hand primer is best done in volume while sitting in front of the TV

 

[Hunt&Hook]

For really high volume, a progressive press with bullet and case feeders will speed up the process considerably.

For reloading rifle cartridges on a single stage press there are a few things you I do.

Use a inline fabrication case ejector system. Works so well I can't believe I used to load without one.



Forster drill press brass trimmer makes trimming easy



And doing prep stuff like chamfering and priming with a hand primer is best done in volume while sitting in front of the TV

I also have a case ejector on my press, but it is homebuilt and much more rudimentary. It works though, and yes, it really speeds things up!

 

[Gatehouse]

Gatehouse
Does the Redding work well with stick powders or is it best with ball and shorter extruded powders? My main reason for adding the CM Lite was to dispense my extruded charges since I mainly use them in my rifle loads. Trickling plinking loads is tiresome and I'm way too OCD to not trickle down to the last granule to zero. I have the Lee Pro Auto Disk and a lapped PPM, both do great with ball but aren't consistent with extruded.

I am hesitant to recommend any powder thrower to someone that is OCD enough to trickle plinking loads.

But the Redding does pretty good with powders like H4350 and H4831SSC. Never tried it with the log like IMR4350. I have no problem using the Redding to load hunting ammunition using RL powders or H4350. It's consistent enough for that.

 

[Gatehouse]

I also have a case ejector on my press, but it is homebuilt and much more rudimentary. It works though, and yes, it really speeds things up!

Never knew I needed one until I installed it. I do all my rifle ammo on a Rockchucker and it's really speeds things up more than you would think.

 

[odsixer]

I just tried resizing a large batch of 223 casings using my Hornaday AP, worked great. I was worried about gumming up the case feeder/drop tube but a light coating of my lanolin/alchohol, cases tossed in a ziplock bag did the trick. I think I'll do all my bulk 223 like this now, definitely a time saver.

 

[mikeelliot]

I need this in my life.

 

[ShootingNewbie]

You want to speed this up?

THIS was the hardest that I've laughed at anything on the 'net for a LONG time...!

 

[Avenida]

good cleaned prepped brass, you reduce 99% of the headaches.
Some calibers are more forgiving. I started reloading .40 a year and a half ago and realized how bad I was at reloading after years of 9mm...

My ammo is going to be 99.9% factory spec as soon as I get my new roll sizer.

 

[209jones]

Trimming and deburring and chamfering and cleaning pockets is where I found I spent the most time. And a person wants an accurate, repeatable trimmer, especially if you want to crimp bullets. There are plenty of stand alone trimmers, some have three way cutters to do the chamfering and deburring included, or available for them. still leaves primer pockets. Then you can use a straight trim unit of one style or another, and a separate case prep center to chamfer, deburr and do pockets. The fastest trimmers space off the shoulder, some come with the proper adaptor for one cartridge, and you need to buy more, some come with a set of adaptors, one uses a collet style spacer with I believe it is 3 sizes included. Some you need to buy one trimmer for each cartridge, some like the Lee, are dirt cheap, then some like WFT, add up in a hurry for 6-7 different cartridges. Then you get into say the Frankford all in one, not a terrible unit, collets are tricky to set up though, and only covers most common cartridges, certainly not enough for what I needed. Then you get to the stuff like Wilson, accurate, reasonably fast with a drill, need cartridge adaptors, if they can supply all of what you need. Then there is the Henderson and Giraud, both need adaptors, some messing with cutters for calibers and neither one is cheap to start with. And then ther is a case trim prep centre from Hornady, not the fastest trimmer, not bad though, but all functions are in one tool, and some extras, just requires what ever shell holder and caliber pilot you may need that doesn't already come with it. All said and done, for me it made more sense to get the all in one setup, maybe 30seconds to trim, maybe another 30 to chamfer, deburr and clean pockets and only handle the case twice. Not a cheap unit, cheaper than Henderson or Giraud, a bit more than a Wilson if you don't need too many cartridge adaptors for the Wilson, plus other things not included with it.
For whatever all that was worth.