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Originally Posted by BarnesX.308
(Post 3523836)
I always had trouble with straight-walled cases like the 45-70. After you resize, you have to run it through a second die to flare out the case mouth before you can seat the bullet. Too much, the bullet won't seat firmly. Not enough, and you will crush the case in the press when you seat the bullet.
I found any bottle neck rifle cartridge is the same to reload. Although little ones like the 222 Rem are a little more of a PIA. To me at least. I reload for a 7mm Mag, 300 Win Mag and a 300 Wby Mag and have no more difficulty resizing than I do with my 308, 30-06 or 25-06. X2 on the bottle neck .I always had more trouble with the 30-30 than anything else. |
Originally Posted by Big Z
(Post 3523932)
Maybe I'm just weird :D I've ran mag brass from a few different rifles into different brands of dies, always turned out harder than smaller ones. Maybe I need different case lube. I've been using one-shot for convenience
Cases you have to be careful with are 22hornet. Very easy to crush with one finger if not lined up perfectly. |
Well YEAH! I figured physical difficulty is about the only way you could compare how "hard" they are to reload :D
Originally Posted by Big Z
(Post 3523552)
Throwing powder and seating bullets is easy all the way around.
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I had a little trouble with .45 acp. I flared it too much, and the resulting bulge didn't smooth out, and they would not chamber in my auto. Last thing you want in .45.
As has been said, there isnt much difference in difficulty of reloading modern chamberings. Finding accurate loads, I don't know. Most of my guns would better serve as tomato stakes. |
Bottlenecked rounds generally loaded for rifles are really all about the same to laod for....at least in degree of difficulty. I have or still load for 25 different rifle rounds and none are particularly difficult.
I would suggest something common to start out with as you will have less trouble finding components and if you should need assistance specific to that round, more help. |
Originally Posted by Big Z
(Post 3523552)
Generally, bigger means harder. Belted cartridges are usually worse than others to size. Throwing powder and seating bullets is easy all the way around.
I find the exact opposite to be true, with my fingers ...... the 50 BMG is very easy handload due to the size of everything. The hardest for me are the 17 Rem, getting powder through the tiny neck and small size of the pills and the 22 hornet due to the sometimes frail cases, you can easily render them useless with a stroke of the press. |
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