Does anyone else get frustrated reloading

[Dead Eye Dick]

I shoot 6GT in two different rifles. They were chambered with different reamers. So, I FL resize each and every time. Brass life with annealing is good, accuracy with both rifles is excellent (considering the shooter) I wonder if all the excessive effort we make to make perfect rounds, is really making perfect shooting or if we are just making a hobby an obsession.

 

[Gogga]

Law of diminishing returns

 

[Dylan4570]

I find I get a bit less out of reloading now.

When I started a year before COVID, it was fun experimenting with different bullets and powder combinations. all kinds of different tests, etc..

Now, being in Canada with the price of consumables effectively doubling in the last couple of years, I find myself more hesitant to try things.

I still handload, but I focus more on 22LR plinking 0-500 yards, and the centerfire stuff I reload is oriented around a hunt or task I'm aiming to accomplish. Without goals in mind, I don't get the same enjoyment.

 

[Tugboater]

When I was competitive shooting and reloading I used to get all wrapped around the axle And very frustrated. These days it just reload for hunting and plinking and it’s very therapeutic. I enjoy reloading now.

My proses is really slow and almost robotic the way I do everything the same. I’ll usually lose a few pieces of brass setting up a Fl Die, but I just figure that’s the cost of doing business. I really just try too take tons of notes, keep my work space clean, keep distractions to a minimum, and just stay focused.

Don’t be too hard on yourself, I think everyone goes through it. You just have to find that ahhhh moment and it all comes together! Failure is a big part of success,

 

[Jdowns0415]

I reload all my stuff on a Dillon 550. I size the first 10 and check each one and make sure it headspaced right out of a hornady match grade bushing die. When I zero my calipers I push on it slightly to close it. When I stick the brass in I push it slightly and spin the brass to make sure it’s in the comparator all the way, generally it always stays within +/- .001. I use one shot as lube too so I’m doing doing anything fancy.

Make sure your dies are locked in, when you tighten them down make sure the brass is in the die with the ram raised so the die doesn’t move when you tighten it down. I anneal and then size like 300 at a time usually check headspace every 50 then prime them all after inside outside neck chamfer deburr and I havent had a problem for like 5k rounds of 6.5 creed. It’s a machine so if something isn’t working right make sure everything is tight and locked down.

 

[C130]

I just starting reloading a month or so ago. I’ve shot at least a couple hundred rounds, maybe 300, and reloaded another 300 ready to shoot. I’ve been pretty happy with the results and while I know I still have lots to learn I was just thinking last week it’s not so difficult.

Then, my dumb ass is out shooting and after about 30 rounds in I try to chamber another round and it won't go in all the way. Well, just try a little harder and surely it’ll chamber which fortunately it didn’t. It then hit me that obviously there’s a muchbigger issue. It was a squib round and somehow I guess I didn’t put any powder in before seating the bullet. I thought I had been extra careful but obviously screwed up. I went back and weight all 300 rounds I had reloaded and found one with too much powder also. Definitely a learning experience and I was lucky I know.

 

[Marine52]

It takes some time before you get your reloading routine stabilized and suitable for your needs. To me, it is a chore that I put up with. I don’t look forward to it. In the off-season winter months, I anneal, tumble, size my cases, and trim. I’ll do this work on a dreary winter day when there is nothing better to do. I try to buy a new gadget in the winter that gives me a bit of excitement on the dreaded chore. During the shooting season, I brush, mandrel, and neolube the necks, prime, and load a few days before a match. With the arrival of the shooting season, I am a bit more excited as the matches near. But a new toy in the loading room always helps to motivate.