Worst thing you have purchased for reloading

[uncle_motorhead]

One Shot spray case lube.

 

[Pauleye]

Hornady brass

+1

 

[Toolhand]

RCBS basic reloading kit. I knew nothing about reloading and I Guess it got me started but literally use nothing that came in that kit anymore.
Also a Lyman electronic powder dispenser. Drove me nuts floating .2-.3 grains and having to recalibrate every time I turned around
Autotrickler and a fx120i has given me back my sanity.

 

[SavageHunter11]

Winchester rifle and pistol brass. Poor quality control, way too many defects.

That's funny (and I agree with you), I just had a sales associate at a sporting goods store tell me Winchester is the best brass you can buy because he has a "good buddy" who knows for a fact that they turn away more brass ingots for imperfections than any other company in America.

 

[Toolhand]

Oh and a bullet puller that sits on top of the press with different caliber holes and handles u squeeze together to "grip" the bullet. Might as well use vice grips bc u may salvage 1 out of 10 bullets if your running any neck tension at all. The rest look like my dog chewed em up.

Not to mention the Lyman trimmer with the caliber pilots that never seemed to trim the case neck square and was a pain to adjust using to set screws and a screw down collar. Quickly got replaced with a Wilson/Sinclair trimmer with Micrometer.

My best advice to new reloaders is to research these forums and buy the best stuff you can afford and if u can't afford it save up for it bc u will end up upgrading multiple pieces at least once or more if u don't. I definitely learned the hard way.

 

[jasonco]

Hornady brass

Nosler brass.

 

[JAYgs8163]

A clock.

 

[Andrewc]

Hornady handheld priming tool! Absolute junk! Constantly puts in primers in sideways, got a RCBS bench mount now. Only way to fly!!

 

[jasonco]

20# of walnut media, then went to wet tumbling soon after.

 

[Remmy700]

Oh and a bullet puller that sits on top of the press with different caliber holes and handles u squeeze together to "grip" the bullet. Might as well use vice grips bc u may salvage 1 out of 10 bullets if your running any neck tension at all. The rest look like my dog chewed em up.

Not to mention the Lyman trimmer with the caliber pilots that never seemed to trim the case neck square and was a pain to adjust using to set screws and a screw down collar. Quickly got replaced with a Wilson/Sinclair trimmer with Micrometer.

My best advice to new reloaders is to research these forums and buy the best stuff you can afford and if u can't afford it save up for it bc u will end up upgrading multiple pieces at least once or more if u don't. I definitely learned the hard way.

Well said. I totally agree. When I started reloading I spent so much on junk. And ended up upgrading what I just upgraded lol. These forums have a lot of useful information that I wish I would have had many years ago.

 

[Reloder28]

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Have those myself & they were the answer to my issues.

 

[lkydvl]

Lee 50 BMG press. Broke the fitting that attaches the handle to the linkage three times. Didn't get thru 100 brass.

 

[Mc Fraser]

Have those myself & they were the answer to my issues.

Where do you buy them from and what exactly they supposed to do?

For me it is the type A Redding dies. Junk.

 

[Braunschweiger]

Tubb reloading die set for a 6XC..
Touted as the 'Ferrari of die sets', costing quite a bit, and potentially raising the value of my T2000 gun, I tried it. First time I went to bump a shoulder I had the case stick so bad that I had to send the barrel off to a far better die maker to have the brass carefully machined out. That guy also checked out my Tubb's sizing die and reported that he could barely tell it was supposed to be for 6XC. That it was attempting to down size pretty much everywhere by ~8-10thou!

Told him to send my barrel with a better sizing die & toss Tubb's set in the nearest dumpster. I fight injustices by warning others. Every chance I get, for the rest of my life.

I just purchased the exact set. You have me worried now... hope I don't have the same experience.