Pet peeves

[yetti462]

I can't stand shooting and having brass that needs filled. I shot 35 freshly rolled 45 colt on Saturday and having a partial box left over just bugged the crap out of me. Had to roll more and make a complete 50. Anyone else like that?

 

[indydave]

YUP......

 

[Leo]

I just try to never bring home a partial box.

An older retired gentleman that loved to reload hung out at my club. Always trying new bullets, powders, kept the notebooks and everything. He did not shoot too well and always wanted me to try his gun and ammo. He would measure the targets and write it in his book. He was always real insistent that I finish shooting the box "so he would have brass to try a different load"

Usually it was fine, I liked the guy. Sometimes he would bring something like a heavy bullet load in 8mm Mauser or something else not comfortable to shoot. I would tell him not to load 50 more of those, and he would just laugh.

 

[BigRed]

I just try to never bring home a partial box.

An older retired gentleman that loved to reload hung out at my club. Always trying new bullets, powders, kept the notebooks and everything. He did not shoot too well and always wanted me to try his gun and ammo. He would measure the targets and write it in his book. He was always real insistent that I finish shooting the box "so he would have brass to try a different load"

Usually it was fine, I liked the guy. Sometimes he would bring something like a heavy bullet load in 8mm Mauser or something else not comfortable to shoot. I would tell him not to load 50 more of those, and he would just laugh.

Guys like that are awesome.

 

[Aszerigan]

I have lots of half-full MTM boxes. I like variety. Sometimes I want to plink, sometimes I want earth-shattering kabooms. Sometimes I want both. It's nice to have options.

I'm still working through a box of 45 Colt that @billybob44 loaded. Been a couple years. I don't light off more than a cylinder at a time with those things. That box will last a while.

 

[tomcat13]

I Also have multiple Partially filled boxes.
I'll shoot a particular weapon/caliber at the range, until I wanna shoot a Different weapon/caliber.
That Change usually isn't determined by what's left in the ammo box.
Variety is the Spice of Life!
On the subject of "Test Loads." I normally will Load 5-10 testers & make notes about the results.
I'll find a recipe I Like & then load multiple Boxes.
Vive la Difference

 

[billybob44]

I have lots of half-full MTM boxes. I like variety. Sometimes I want to plink, sometimes I want earth-shattering kabooms. Sometimes I want both. It's nice to have options.

I'm still working through a box of 45 Colt that @billybob44 loaded. Been a couple years. I don't light off more than a cylinder at a time with those things. That box will last a while.

HA.HA..
I DID tell you that those were "Warm"=Rifle ONLY loads...??
They did also work well in a Ruger SuperRedHawk 9 1/2" Boomer...
My 10MM loads are warm enough for me now...Bill.

 

[ghuns]

Everybody should have a little OCD in them.

As long as you're not compelled to touch every parking meter you walk by, you're good...

 

[radar8756]

Everybody should have a little OCD in them.

As long as you're not compelled to touch every parking meter you walk by, you're good...

Wanting to touch things is normal - but Parking Meters don't get you Arrested

 

[Aszerigan]

Everybody should have a little OCD in them.

As long as you're not compelled to touch every parking meter you walk by, you're good...

That was a great show.

 

[bstewrat3]

I don't have a problem with partial boxes, but partial rows within the box are unacceptable. I load all of my revolvers with five rounds to avoid partial rows.

 

[STFU]

Everybody should have a little OCD in them.

I think you mean CDO...alphabetical; the way it SHOULD be.

 

[GunsCarsPlanes]

I just try to never bring home a partial box.

An older retired gentleman that loved to reload hung out at my club. Always trying new bullets, powders, kept the notebooks and everything. He did not shoot too well and always wanted me to try his gun and ammo. He would measure the targets and write it in his book. He was always real insistent that I finish shooting the box "so he would have brass to try a different load"

Usually it was fine, I liked the guy. Sometimes he would bring something like a heavy bullet load in 8mm Mauser or something else not comfortable to shoot. I would tell him not to load 50 more of those, and he would just laugh.

I had a buddy exactly the same, he had 20+ full autos and just wanted company when he would go shooting on the weekends. It was many years back but I still have fond memories of hanging out with that dude he was just a calm, laid back older dude who just wanted to see someone smile from shooting FA and see the curiosity from all of his reloading stuff he had going on.

 

[Vanderbilt]

I just try to never bring home a partial box.

An older retired gentleman that loved to reload hung out at my club. Always trying new bullets, powders, kept the notebooks and everything. He did not shoot too well and always wanted me to try his gun and ammo. He would measure the targets and write it in his book. He was always real insistent that I finish shooting the box "so he would have brass to try a different load"

Usually it was fine, I liked the guy. Sometimes he would bring something like a heavy bullet load in 8mm Mauser or something else not comfortable to shoot. I would tell him not to load 50 more of those, and he would just laugh.

.....what sucks is when you find yourself becoming that old guy....your eyes aren't so good, your aim isn't so steady, your feet and legs are not as nimble in moving around trails and/or obstacles....

 

[42253]

MUST FILL ALL THE BRASS
FIND THEM ALL FILL THEM ALL
NO BRASS LEFT EMPTY

 

[76Too]

I hate when I crush a primer or two and I end up with a batch of 98 or 499

 

[huntsville]

Partial boxes are annoying. Partial rows are worse. But a box with only a partial row left like 4 rounds is 100% unacceptable and will drive me nuts. They must be shot or it will bug the crap out of me.

Also, glad it’s not just me. Thank you for this group session for recovery.

 

[bgcatty]

My OCD allows me to leave half a box but I can’t abide a partial row!

 

[Creedmoor]

9MM, 357 Sig, 38 Special, 5.56 and 7.62 x 51 don't have rows or odd counts when dumped in 50 Cal ammo cans after loading and final polishing.
I bet we burned 2.500 to 3,000 rds last week.

 

[bgcatty]

Breaking a decapping pin in the middle of a reloading session and then realizing you had run out of spares. Then it’s off to a store to find RCBS decapping pins.
Yes, I know, a first world problem!