Your least favorite step in reloading?

trimming

I bought a couple RCBS three way cutters, trims, deburrs and chamfers all at the same time, that got rid of most of my grief. I clean my primer pockets with a lyman uniformer and they come out spotless and a flash hole uniformer makes quick work of the corn cob in the flash hole.

I just hate turning necks for those damn tight neck chambers I love so much
 
Not sure if this would be considered part of "reloading", but I'm not particularly fond of scooping out the clips, zinc/Fe weights, and dross when processing wheel weights for turning into clean ingots.
 
Out of any of the aspects of reloading I've been involved with, my least favorite task is casting bullets. I used to do all my own, starting when I was first involved in formal bullseye shooting. With the amount of ammo I was going through at that time, it was the only way I could afford it. Now, and as my volume of the more formal bullseye shooting is also considerably less, I have a friend locally who is really into casting in a big way, I buy from him. Just to make sure I'm never tempted in future, I've sold my furnace, molds and sizer lubricator.
 
Jarlath said:
My least favourite part of reloading?

Having to use the puller!

Followed by trimming.
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lol, didn't see yours post, i would have to agree on the puller, i got lazy there for awhile and put them all in a bag for later, well later came up at the range in the unfired round container.

Ive stooped pulling bullets, get in trouble from the building manager. he lives below me.. :50cal:
 
pats said:
lol, didn't see yours post, i would have to agree on the puller, i got lazy there for awhile and put them all in a bag for later, well later came up at the range in the unfired round container.

Ive stooped pulling bullets, get in trouble from the building manager. he lives below me.. :50cal:
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Time for a collet Die Bullet Puller :p
(I have 3 kinetic hammers myself...)
 
Cummins4x4 said:
Grizzlypeg, I just did 500 223 on the RCBS swager and was getting PO'd wrestling the brass off the pin. So I sprayed the bases of the brass with case lube and it worked like a hot damn, the cases pop off with no effort.
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Your suggestion was very helpful. I put a thin smear of imperial sizing wax on the swager protusion and the next 50 cases popped off with 1/4 of the effort.
 
That's me. Pulling bullets, esp when I am shooting surplus x39mm for hunting. Or when I trip and throw a box of work-up rounds on the floor and don't trust the weights so I have to redo them.
 
I hated swaging primer pockets so I bought a Dillon 600 super swage. Then weighing charges was taking to much time so I bought a charge master. Then I hated the time it took to trim and debur buckets of brass so I bought a Giraud trimmer. Next step is a Dillon 650 as working my way through 6000 rounds of .223 on a single stage is driving me nuts.
 
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