Ever have a day when Reloading just gets difficult?

[74man]

I know what you mean!!! On Monday I took my Ruger Mark II apart and installed a plate to keep the mainspring pin from dropping under the cross pin. I have had this Mark II since 1984 and have had it apart probably 50 times and only had problems a couple of times. I went to reassembly the gun but couldn't get the mainspring back into the recess, I tried for about 3 hours on Monday, 2.5 hours on Tuesday and .30 minutes on Wednesday, all went together fine and easy peasy. Sometimes is pays to just walk away frustrated can come back to it later which works most of the time.

 

[FROGO207]

For me it is kinda backwards. When doing something else and it all goes to crap I head to the reloading room. I get into the pay attention to this and let the other crap go away. Works every time and in the end there is some amazing ammo produced. A win-win if there ever was one!

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

A few days ago I was reloading a few 6.5 grendel rounds. I was doing good with full length sizing and getting the old primer out. After that it went down hill fast. Realized I was using small pistol primers instead of small rifle, I actually got a case stuck in the die removing the small pistol primers. Then had the worst time removing this case from a Lee die. I won't go into details about that. After all this frustration I knew the only way back to sanity was to head to my favorite gun store and pawn shop... I will get it together and reload in a day or two. Days like this can only be remedied by shopping for a new/old gun...

Retail therapy.

 

[10wt308]

When I don’t feel like doing something precision I can still resize cases I cleaned the other day or something other than powdering or seating
I can always clean the shop stuff that makes me feel better. Clean and lube a press.

 

[Jeff62]

Days like that are why we have chairs and good books

 

[kennedy]

the other night I was reloading 16 ga shotgun shells on my mec 600 jr and got a BB stuck in the charging bar making it hard to move, so thought I would take it apart, ended up spilling several thousand #8 shot on to my bench, floor and every where else they could hide, took 2 days to recover them. that ended that reloading session.

 

[doubleh]

I had to polish the inside of my Lee Die and use cooking spray as a case lube. I know the frustration of using Lee die on small rifle case.

What qualifies as a small rifle case? I have used Lee dies for 223 which isn't very big for over 20 years without a problem. I use Cabela's version of one shot lube just like on other calibers although I do give every caliber more than just one shot.

When things start going sideways with any of my various hobbies and I can't get them back on track I do what Jeff62 does and start over the next morning.

 

[Mark_Mark]

What qualifies as a small rifle case? I have used Lee dies for 223 which isn't very big for over 20 years without a problem. I use Cabela's version of one shot lube just like on other calibers although I do give every caliber more than just one shot.

When things start going sideways with any of my various hobbies and I can't get them back on track I do what Jeff62 does and start over the next morning.

I fix the issue with Lee steel die by polishing the inside and using cooking spray as case lube. that being said, I’m not using Lee Dies for high volume progressive operations

 

[doubleh]

I use a single stage press and am in no hurry Hurry causes mistake and I want 0 mistakes at the pressures involved. My want is accuracy, not volume. The only thing I have had to do with Lee dies and I have several sets is to use them.