What do you dislike about reloading?

My least favorite part is loading primer tubes. Some day I will buy the Dillon primer tube loader machine. I hope it works well enough to justify the price.

I do like the Dillon trimmer, it is pretty fast and easy. I still have to chamfer the inside and outside of the neck after trimming though. The RCBS case prep station makes chamfering pretty quick though.
 
I enjoy it all, except for trimming and swaging 223. I enjoy scrounging brass at the range, mining the berms for lead to recast, casting bullets and coating them. I enjoy searching marketplace and craigslist for lead(just scored 170# of NEW foundry type for free), and I enjoy loading it all on a single stage press. I find the whole process theraputic and enjoyable.

If I had to be trying to source powder or primers these last few years, that would have been a definite dislike and introduced stress into my relaxation process, but thankfully I'm stocked on those and my kids will finish them up after I'm gone here shortly.
 
Production is "mind numbingly boring!" Couldn't agree more. Pulling that handle 500-1000 times to stock up sucks! Price to pay to shoot lots.

The work ups are where the fun lies. The technical stuff is what I find fun. Figuring stuff out. Shooting measuring, etc. I like that.
 
Not anything I really dislike (other than the price of primers right now).
Trimming rifle brass would be the closest to something I dislike.
Trimming .223 brass became much less of a pain when I bought a WFT.
(trimming my other rifle brass on my little Hornady trimmer is not a issue, I don't have 100s of them to check/trim)
Now I don't even measure .223 brass, I just run it all thru the trimmer, if it needs to get trimmed it does if not it doesn't, faster that way.
 
Some of the quirks of my RCBS Pro 2000 press.
The greatest thing that ever happened was I started using it more, and although I get some gremlins, they're getting fewer and far between. Running smaller batches turned into more frequent use.
But I still get one of those days here and there where I just gotta put it away. About my only dislike as a reloader reloading
 
crestoncowboy said:
Your question was why reload. 10 dollar each hunting ammo is a fine reason for me to load even though I've always despised it.
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No. My question is why are those complaining reloading. So you answered it for you.

Edit: it actually would be interesting know how many dislike or even despise but do it anyway for cost savings reasons (due to oddball cartridges for instance). And then while at it they expand to other calibers.
 
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I hate trimming, deburring, chamfering and removing primer crimps on 223/556 brass. Another thing I hate is the OCD feeling of sorting by headstamp. I certainly dont do it with the bulk of 9mm brass but I have to sort .223 by headstamp. For no reason other than it makes ME feel better. That's messed up and I know it. Some might say its helps keep things consistent but I didn't notice the difference :)
 
I enjoy most aspects of reloading as a hobby unto itself but some things I only want to deal with in small doses.

I’m not real fond of trimming cases so I try to keep up with it.

Cleaning out primer pockets after wet or dry tumbling is another unpleasant task. I tend to do more dry tumbling because it is easier to clean out the primer pockets. But I do like the results of wet tumbling.

I do some case forming for cartridges that are unavailable or obsolete. But, again, small doses are the order of the day. I try to schedule forming sessions at reasonable quantity levels.

Anyway, the reloading hobby has lots of variations to pursue so that you can do some other aspect of the hobby while you enjoy what you like.
 
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