Is there ANY part of reloading that is NOT relaxing to you?

I guess I don't precision shoot. Gimme a 10-ring at 25yds with a .45 or my wife's .40 S&W and I'm good. Hunting rounds under 3" at 100 (depending on the rifle) and I'm good. I don't weigh and segregate all my components into batches. I keep brands separated and call 50 pieces of range brass a batch even though I know the chances of them not being the same lots is impossible. I don't need to obsess that bad, I figure.
I don't mind swaging primer pockets. I just collect a few hundred up, set up the press, and start swaging. No fuss, just more quiet. Trimming? I used to hate it when all I had was an old-style Lee trimmer, but with the shell holder that fits in my drill and the ball handle for the trimmer, it's pretty easy to just clamp one in, spin the drill, grab the chambering tool, spin the drill, switch ends, spin the drill, flash hole tool (if it's the first time for that batch), spin the drill. All done while watching (spending quality time with wife) a movie in the family room, catching the shavings in a basin. Productive for me, she thinks I'm spending time with her. Win-win.
 
I find that buying powder at $50/lb is stressfull....
I love reloading because it requires focus and concentration. You forget everything else and concentrate on here and now, and nothing else. For me, reloading is like pushing a reset button inside my head.
 
You know what is not relaxing, is trimming brass with a Lyman hand crank trimmer using it is like cranking an older type Megger.Just ordered a WTF-223 from Brownells it is a unit you put in your drill chuck and hold the brass and presto it trimmed.Might relax then.
 
To me, wiping lubed up rifle brass clean & dry is the most tedious and annoying part of reloading. After 48 yrs of reloading I have upgraded to better priming tools, faster multi head presses, digital powder scales/ measures... but...wiping oil is still the same as it was way back then...one at a time with a rag.
 
fingers284 said:
To me, wiping lubed up rifle brass clean & dry is the most tedious and annoying part of reloading. After 48 yrs of reloading I have upgraded to better priming tools, faster multi head presses, digital powder scales/ measures... but...wiping oil is still the same as it was way back then...one at a time with a rag.
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After sizing, I put all lubed brass in a tupperware bowl with some dish detergent and really hot water and swirl them around for a minute or so. Drain the dirty water, fill again with hot water and swirl...
Drain the water again and rinse
Dry the brass in the toaster oven at 250ºF for 15-20 minutes.
 
MIRAMICHIER said:
You know what is not relaxing, is trimming brass with a Lyman hand crank trimmer using it is like cranking an older type Megger.Just ordered a WTF-223 from Brownells it is a unit you put in your drill chuck and hold the brass and presto it trimmed.Might relax then.[/QUOTE
If I had even one cent for every crank on a Megger I made while I was in the electric motor repair line of work I would have a pile of dough. On another note, there is no aspect of reloading/handloading that I don't enjoy, even using the old hand cranked Lyman case trimmer, but then again I usually process small batches at a time.
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Priming using any hand priming tool. I find no matter how I use them, I always start cramping up in my hands when loading magnum cases, and as I adjust my grip, I always end up looking directly into the case being primed.

Bought a bench primer tool a while back, and I'll never touch a hand priming too again in my life. So much more feel and control, not to mention mechanical advantage makes it a breeze.
 
Nothing about it is relaxing. It's a chore that is required in order to do what I like; shoot.
If I had the affluence, I'd hire someone else to do it for me.
 
There are a couple aspects I do not like about reloading:

  • Waiting for my brass to complete cleaning and to shine like gold.
  • Spending the extra 5-10mins picking out the perfect playlist.
  • Listening to Domestic Niner complain I should be doing chores.
  • Still not having a lock on my door and a "Do Not Disturb" Sign.

Other than those minor things, Reloading is a relaxing time for me, where I get to hone my loads for my art. Nothing like the smell of case lube :)
 
removing crimps from .223 when my hand starts to cramp. other than that the pain in the a$$ is was to get my load master (bought used) adjusted to index/work properly.
 
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