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    Least favourite reloading job...

    Mine is uniforming primer pockets... Hate it, even with an attachment for the cordless drill.
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    I thought you'd have one of those smart Hornady case prep centres.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bullbarrel View Post
    I thought you'd have one of those smart Hornady case prep centres.

    Nah, they're rubbish.

    Too slow and underpowered for things like primer pocket uniforming, too fast and aggressive for chamfering.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Lord Flashheart View Post
    Too slow and underpowered for things like primer pocket uniforming, too fast and aggressive for chamfering.
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    Case prep generally, I'm going over to neck sizing for most loads to save trimming and chamfering to a certain extent.

    Favourite bit is generating the empty cases to reload
    Thanks for looking

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    My favourite bit is taking the cases out of the pin tumbler. Sooooooooooo shiny.

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    Pressing the primers in. You know in theory its really safe but every time I squeeze that handle a little bit of me puckers up
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    Trimming and de-burring

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    Compressed loads, hate 'em.

    i have a collection of home made drop tubes that I am forever spilling powder with...
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    What are you loading that needs compressed loads? with the powder choices we have today there is no need for any compressed loads in current bottleneck rifle cartridges and that goes for pistol calibre rifle loads as well

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    Most to the reloading process I'm happy to do, the bit I find soul destroying is the primer pocket cleaning and neck chamfering. I use an RCBS case prep centre but it feels such a slow and boring job; especially when you are doing 500 .223 cases.
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    The worst job for me, reading the manual and calibrating the RCBS chargemaster combi every time I use it.
    That's why I moved over to Target Master.

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    Quote Originally Posted by s.stimson View Post
    Most to the reloading process I'm happy to do, the bit I find soul destroying is the primer pocket cleaning and neck chamfering. I use an RCBS case prep centre but it feels such a slow and boring job; especially when you are doing 500 .223 cases.
    Go over to wet tumbling and you'll remove the pocket cleaning part, just make sure you get appropriate sized pins for the case . . . .
    Thanks for looking

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    Most of its a pain in the ass until you see the results I guess.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy47 View Post
    Go over to wet tumbling and you'll remove the pocket cleaning part, just make sure you get appropriate sized pins for the case . . . .
    I have just brought some new chamfer cutters so that has speeded up the process for that bit, but yes I am planning on going to wet tumbling; the only problem is I am tight as a gnats chuff and the cost of the set up is slightly shocking , especially when my vibro tumbler is still working fine.

    Might have a look at building my one once I have finished making an annealing machine.
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