Author Topic: Most difficult and frustrating round to handload? (Read 894 times)

Questor · « **on:** January 23, 2006, 08:56:41 AM »

What's your vote for the world's most irritatingly difficult cartridge to hand load?

Steelbanger · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2006, 09:48:37 AM »

If your hands are normal sized then my vote goes to the 17 Remington. Trying to hold those tiny bullets and get them started into the case necks without getting your fingers caught while seating bullets is almost impossible. Probably all the 17 center fires are as difficult to handle.
And that's my vote.

BCB · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2006, 10:01:42 AM »

25 acp...You can't seat a bullet without pinching your fingers as previously mentioned...BCB

PA-Joe · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2006, 10:07:38 AM »

7.62x25mm

Dusty Miller · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2006, 10:16:00 AM »

Hey you guys, buy some tweezers!!

Haywire Haywood · « **Reply #5 on:** January 23, 2006, 11:45:18 AM »

22LR... hard as heck to get the primer paste back under the rim.

Ian

R.W.Dale · « **Reply #6 on:** January 23, 2006, 12:15:54 PM »

Quote from: PA-Joe

7.62x25mm

Big time, But worthwile just the same

Don Fischer · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2006, 01:08:31 PM »

Gotta be the 243 Win. Everybody I know that load's for it has no trouble but I'm on my third, maybe fourth, and I've never been able to make one shoot! I think it's a mental thing,,,,,,,maybe that scar at my hairline has something to do with it!!!!! :roll:

gwindrider1 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2006, 01:37:31 PM »

Any military cases with crimped primers. I've broken more decapping pins than I can count on those rascals.

rvtrav · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2006, 04:04:27 PM »

the easily crunched shoulder on the .30 luger makes it a challenge to get the crimp just right, and on a FMJ wihout a cannuler it is really hard to get enough.

I had an M1 carbine that was finicky about the taper crimp on the .30 caliber handloads once too.

jgalar · « **Reply #10 on:** January 23, 2006, 04:50:48 PM »

6.5 Carcano

Slamfire · « **Reply #11 on:** January 23, 2006, 07:23:58 PM »

My vote goes to the .22 Hornet, unless you can get ahold of some mil spec brass. The commercial stuff is just to fragile. When you use tweezers to keep your fingers intact, the danged shoulders collapse. If they don't, the cases start to split at the necks on the 3 loading. :roll:

Steve P · « **Reply #12 on:** January 24, 2006, 05:34:04 PM »

7mm Super Mag.

Steve

Jack Crevalle · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2006, 01:30:44 AM »

Got to agree with the .22 hornet.

It's got it all:

- Thin case walls

- Small diameter

- Finicky about loads. Goes from outstanding to abysmal with a .1 grain change.

Fun as hell to shoot though.

Mikey · « **Reply #14 on:** January 25, 2006, 03:31:25 AM »

rvtrav: I load the 30 Luger and don't have any problems with crushing cases like I used to on the 303 Brit. Just have to back off the crimp die a bit. If I'm using .310 dia bullets everything goes smoothly. If I make the mistke of using .308 bullets I can easily compress the shoulder trying to get a good crimp. Also, I think C-H makes a cannelure tool that imparts a cannelure on straight wall (so to speak) jacketed bullets - that might help you if you need it. HTH. Mikey.

Ranger J · « **Reply #15 on:** January 25, 2006, 04:55:55 AM »

.223. My old fingers don't seem to want to hold those tiny little bullets and my old eyes don't see them well. Give me a nice fat bullet! That's why I have spent so much time trying to get my .44 mag Handi to shoot good.
RJ

John R. · « **Reply #16 on:** January 25, 2006, 07:47:07 AM »

Anything 9mm and under.

Harold50 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 30, 2006, 02:17:56 PM »

.22 Remington Jet

Can't hardly hold the bullet under the seating die - pinches fingers to hold.

.22 Hornet only a little better.

Harold

rvtrav · « **Reply #18 on:** January 30, 2006, 02:39:36 PM »

Mikey,

Thanks for the tips!!

I love shooting my Luger, and I hate buyin' factory loads.